calivintage – Page 114 – mom jeans + puff sleeves

giveaway: win a pair of glasses (or sunglasses) from bonlook!

June 28, 2011 615 Comments

enter to win a pair of glasses (or sunglasses) from bonlook!

you may remember a couple of months back, i offered a giveaway to win a pair of glasses from my sponsor, bonlook! well, it went over so well, that we decided to offer you another opportunity to win a pair! if you aren’t familiar with bonlook, they’re a fashion and vision boutique offering prescription glasses with lenses made in the usa at a fair price for all. all of their glasses come with anti-reflective, uv, and scratch-resistant protections and they cost only $99! and as you can see from the selection above, they have some seriously stylish frames!

to enter:

visit bonlook and tell me which style is your absolute favorite in the comment section on this page!
then “like” bonlook on facebook to stay up to date on exclusive discounts and more!

this contest is open to international readers, so anyone can enter. in order to qualify for the drawing, please leave your comment here on calivintage.com! winner will be randomly selected and contacted via email on tuesday, july 5. winner will receive your choice of frames, with your choice of standard prescription lenses, clear lenses, or tinted lenses.

like what you see? bonlook would also like to offer you $20 off your order now through july 8! simply enter the code “CALI20″³ at checkout!

inspiration

weekly roundup

June 25, 2011 19 Comments

michi photographed by tamu mcpherson of all the pretty birds, street style photographed for stylesightings, street style photographed for team peter stigter, street style photographed by phil oh of streetpeeper for refinery29, street style photographed by vanessa jackman, and street style photographed for street style aesthetic.

and as always, you can also follow me on the calivintage tumblr or bikes + babes for a feed of all the outfits that caught my eye this week!

street style

street style in alameda, part 2

June 23, 2011 22 Comments

as promised, today i am sharing the second set of street style photos i snapped at the alameda flea market. and of course, you can find the first set here, in case you didn’t catch it last week! i am especially in love with those darling heeled clogs in the last photo and have been meaning to go get a pair for myself!

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what i’ve been up to lately

June 21, 2011 22 Comments

besides writing calivintage, i’m sure some of you know that i also have a few other little things i do around the internet. so today i thought i might share some of the projects i’ve taken on recently… most notably, i’m excited to have started a brand new blog: bikes + babes featuring (you guessed it) bikes and babes. it’s still a little baby at the moment, but i’ve been having fun filling up the queue with all of the pretty pictures i find and hope that it will provide good bike and outfit inspiration for these wonderful summer months ahead of us. you can also submit your own images to add to the feed!

over at modcloth (where i work as a blog writer), i also recently did a post about how to style a graphic t-shirt three different ways. i think this may have been my first little attempt at dressing someone up other than myself and i am excited to try it again soon!

and i was especially excited to have recently gotten in touch with miss moss to create these beautiful outfits inspired by some of her favorite fine art. this one is my favorite, but you should definitely click-through to see the rest!

and as always, you can find the rest of my work on the modcloth blog, the modcloth tumblr, and the calivintage tumblr, or you can keep up with me on twitter or facebook or both! ;)

my style

hand across the water

June 20, 2011 38 Comments

and the summer is here! this was the first weekend of the year that i could actually call hot. as in, so hot i wish i had a swimming pool and so hot that it’s basically impossible to stay inside of my sweltering apartment. and of course, i celebrated by wearing yet another sailor-inspired piece of clothing! i swear, half of my summer wardrobe revolves around the sailor motif. anyway, this is actually one of the outfits i wore for my bike video, riding around lake merritt near my house (except i wore flats). it was such a pleasant day that of course half the city was hanging around the water, sitting in the grass, and enjoying the weather.

top: j.crew racerback tank
skirt: vintage sail boat skirt
bag: vintage woven straw tote
shoes: swedish hasbeens braided sky high
sunglasses: rayban rounded wayfarer

cycle chic

filming a bike video

June 19, 2011 18 Comments

if you follow me on twitter or tumblr, you may have seen me posting about a bike video shoot yesterday. basically, i rode around oakland on my bike all day long getting footage for said video. we still have another day of shooting to go, but i’m pretty excited about what we came up with so far. especially since my pal, jon brown, who is filming and editing the video, decided that the best way to film a bike video would be to ride along with me and shoot in motion. the only catch is that you can’t ride and shoot at the same time. his solution came in the form of an xtracycle, which is illustrated in the photo below. he hitched a ride on the back of a bike while my partner, brendan, rode along with me. it must have been a pretty silly sight if you happened to see us ride past!

i have more photos and things to share, but for now i thought i would just show you this teeny tiny sneak peek!

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weekly roundup

June 18, 2011 10 Comments

milk, rachel photographed for refinery29, street style by mr newton, violette tannenbaum, paulinemma, and marina munoz photographed by phil oh of street peeper. and of course, you can see all of the outfits that caught my eye this past week on my tumblr. enjoy!

my style

setting sun

June 17, 2011 50 Comments

one thing that i love most about the summer season is that it’s still light out at 8:30pm, as was the case when we snapped these photos before a night out. unfortunately, it was a little dark for photos, but i wanted to capture my silly little outfit, which is clearly somewhere between retro flight attendant and daffy duck! the hat is definitely what does it. i scored this darling little topper for only 5 bucks at the flea market. i’m sure it’s seen better days, but i’m happy to give it new life in the form of another cartoonish outfit. sometimes you’re just in the mood to play!

dress: vintage, gift from my mom
shoes: thrifted vintage
hat: vintage, from the alameda flea market
bag: j.w. hulme mini legacy bag
lipstick: ysl fard a levres rouge pur in rosy coral

street style

street style by calivintage!

June 16, 2011 40 Comments

today i am super excited to share my first set of street style photos! i finally overcame my fear of approaching strangers and decided to share some photos of the fashionable ladies i see in my daily life. so if you were every wondering what the bay area girls wear to the alameda flea market, here is a little snapshot for you! i have more images, but i still haven’t figured out exactly how to share them with you! at first, i was thinking that i would just share one photo per post, but then i thought it might be better to share a set since i have so many other posts going on here… maybe i haven’t ironed out the details, but i hope you enjoy the new feature! and expect to see more soon!

my style

the cat’s meow

June 15, 2011 51 Comments

and it’s time for round two of the cat dress! and what better way to style a cat print dress, than with a pair of cat eye sunglasses? and for good measure, let’s throw in some sky high wedges while we’re at it! yep, this look put a little spring in my step and brightened my day with it’s silly, cartoonish quality. always good to add a little dose of humor every once in a while.

speaking of humor, i’ve been catching up on all the episodes of parks & recreation lately. i kept hearing that it was a good show, but just never got around to it until now. so i’ve been overdosing on episodes every chance i get! if you haven’t seen it yet, i highly recommend it!

sweater: j.crew infinity cardigan
dress: leah goren cat print dress
shoes: cÁ©line wedges
bag: j.w. hulme mini legacy bag
sunglasses: tom ford nikita