Here’s the second article I wrote for LA Fashion on the amazing collections shown at the Otis College of Art and Design Scholarship Benefit. How much do I want that green textile mini skirt from Todd Oldham’s team above and the giant, oversized sweater from the Armani Exchange team below?? Very. very. much. Click here to read the full article!
{Designer Michael Maccari’s team for Armani Exchange}
{Designer Ame Austin Max’s Team for Max Studio}
Filed under Adventures, Fashion, LA Fashion Mag Articles
I am so excited to share with you all the little adventure I took to the Excess Baggage showroom! Excess Baggage is an awesome website which offers great brands like Brandy Melville, Blank NYC, M2F Denim, and Wkshp at up to 75% off regular prices. Seriously, I want every piece of clothing on this site and I had such a blast going through their showroom and pairing together outfits with the owner of Excess Baggage, Haylee Winard. In fact, I may have ended up loving that orange tank so much it came home with me!
{Excess Baggage Cobalt Hi-Lo Skirt, Excess Baggage Sioux Falls tee by Wkshp , Free People lace bra (similar here), Frye sandals (similar here)}
I also had a chance to ask Haylee a couple of questions about her company and here’s what she told me:
Haylee, what inspired you to start your own clothing company and where did the name Excess Baggage come from? I am originally from Scottsdale, AZ and I moved to Los Angeles to attend FIDM. While going to school I knew I wanted to own my own business, ideally a boutique. When I was graduating the economy was not good, stores were closing left and right so I had to switch up my plan. I decided an online store was easy, low overhead and less risk than an actually store front. Over the two years that Excess Baggage has been in business, it has now grown to a full showroom where we do by appointment shopping, styling, and trunk shows! The name Excess Baggage came up while brainstorming over tequila with a few girl friends! We knew we wanted to sell for less than retail and thought the name “Excess Baggage” was something everyone would understand and relate to!
{Haylee and I going through the showroom clothes}
Can you describe Excess Baggage’s ideal customer? The Excess Baggage woman is smart, confident, and beats to her own drum. She knows her style but isn’t afraid to branch out and try new things and experiment with colors, textures and trends. She loves a good deal and appreciates detail and quality!
Do you have a line you carry that’s a personal favorite and why? My personal favorite is one grey day, it is a year round sweater line that is absolutely amazing. The fit, fabrics and effortlessly cool vibe the line has is right up my alley. I love simple pieces with a little extra something to make them stand out, and that is what this line is all about.
If you love a hip, laid back, California style like I do, you’ll go nuts for Excess Baggage. Check out their whole collection over at ShopExcessBaggage.com!
Filed under Adventures, Fashion, Photo Shoots, shopping
I’ve spoken of my admiration of William Vintage on this little blog before. Well, last night the beautiful William Vintage store in London was robbed and many priceless, one of a kind vintage pieces were stolen. Obviously, a robbery should never happen to anyone but it particularly saddens me that it happened to William Banks-Blaney and his fantastic store. It’s just not fair when bad things happen to good people, especially someone as passionate and talented as Mr. Banks-Blaney. If you happen to be reading this from the UK (or even if not!), below are pictures of items that were stolen. If anyone has any information at all, please contact William Vintage. According to their Twitter, a 2000 pound reward is being offered for any information.
{1965 Berrard coat}
{1973 Dior haute couture silk gazar cape}
{1975 Halston haute couture silk organza shirt}
{1978 Yves Saint Laurent silk skirt}
{1971 Givenchy haute couture coat}
{1968 Courreges haute couture mini dress}
{1961 Dior haute couture two piece}
On a lighter note, seriously what were these thieves thinking? They’re not going to know how to wear any of that amazing couture without William Vintage’s expertise!
To Contact:
WilliamVintage, 2 Marylebone Street, London W1G 8JQ
Phone: 02074874322
Twitter: @WilliamVintage
Filed under Fashion, Inspirations, Miscellaneous
For the past few months, I’ve been having a great time as a contributor over at LA Fashion Magazine. I covered the Otis College of Art and Design Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Show at the Beverly Hilton a few weeks ago and it was an amazing experience. Seriously, all of the clothes were unreal!
Click here and here for the articles I wrote…
Otis Legacy Award Winner Rosemary Brantley. I had a chance to interview her — such a wonderfully passionate lady.
To see more, click here!
(Photography for LA Fashion by Kai He)
Filed under Adventures, Fashion, LA Fashion Mag Articles
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of rings. It’s also no secret I have a horrible habit of taking them off and twisting them between my fingers and dropping them. But really, there’s nothing I love more than layering those bad boys on every finger I possibly can. Even with my (admittedly) somewhat large ring collection, I’m always on the hunt for more to add. Rings are pretty much like shoes and purses; you can never have enough and you have to keep changing them up every once in a while to make life interesting. I keep fawning over rings on Freshtrends which are incredibly tempting because they’re awesomely affordable. Much like women wearing men’s watches, I love the idea of wearing a slightly heavier men’s ring.
1. YSL Arty Gold Plated Glass Ring - $290
2. Madewell Arrow Ring – $18.00
3. All Saints Lava Ring – $40.00
4. Chan Luu Rangoli Armor Ring – $228.00
5. All Saints Encrypt Ring – $110.00
6. Asos Wrapped Claw Ring – $20.87
7. Asos Wrapped Coil Ring – $10.44
8. All Saints Stitch Ring – $30.00
9. All Saints Jaldhara Ring – $155.00
10. Todd Lynn for Asos Lion Snake Ring – $83.50
11. All Saints Tresori Cocktail Ring – $55.00
Filed under Accessories, shopping
