Habits & Passions

Carven wool jacket, Giorgio Armani silk top, American Apparel skirt, Louis Vuitton lace up boots, Rolex timepiece, Christian Dior vintage pearl earrings, vintage leather purse (Italy) - photos by Conor

The aftermath of the California rainstorm offered surprisingly reasonable conditions for dressing up in my formulaic, unusually-ladylike-for-a-teenager kind of way. I went about engaging the formula this time with a new part wool blazer that fools the eye into seeing orange sometimes and red at all other times. If fabrics had opposites, wool and silk would be just that. The equation is made complete with a standard skirt that I suppose is unstandardized with its pleating.

St. Regis Holiday

Black Forest coat, Giorgio Armani t-shirt, Theory skirt, Chanel purse and heels, Brighton necklace + earrings

Photography by Conor

Last weekend I stayed at the St. Regis at Monarch Beach to get away for a bit. Cavorting down deserted hallways lined with colossal mirrors and the kind of ballrooms that are ideal for echoing led me to this room flooded with sunlight that can confuse your eyes. I feel like the grand stairway plus piano situation and painted ceilings calls for luxurious fur over a sheer silk shirt - things that recall past centuries. The piano was tightly locked away. Otherwise, I would have done more than sit so primly. 

To the Moon and Back

Photos by Conor & Griffin

Based on my limited experience of being in deserts as well as landscapes that seem to be microcosms of them, I decided that dressing in absolute white with slight variations in tone is the only acceptable option here. Anything that freely floats with the subtlest of winds is a match for combating oppressive heat levels while contributing some ethereal effect. I can get used to overlapping highly concentrated whisper sheer lace with the right amount of ruching on a jacket where it is least expected. Something not to get used to, however, is wearing perforated footwear on surfaces that are like the shallow sandboxes they're not.

Parade of Petals

Giorgio Armani top, Forever 21 skirt, Chanel: purse, sandals, and watch, Givenchy earrings

Joining in that athletically inspired fashion movement (which is really not so sporty anyway) with Chanel tricolored sandals. I like the sensibly low height and unexpectedly exposed heel, both features that complement the minimal design. This is all a testament to how air thin black silk and the tiniest doses of simple white lines can make for one of those multipurpose default summer uniforms.

I Dreamt We Were on a Sea Journey

We the Free shirt, skirt I designed myself, Louis Vuitton bag, Alexander Wang heels, Hermès bracelet, Yves Saint Laurent vintage earrings

Here is to breaking my unforeseen month-long absence from blogging and assimilating summer after graduating. After tracing the perimeter of a collection of stationed sailboats, I now wish they would all just do what they are made to do — launch and sail out to nowhere all at once instead of being so still in one spot. There is nothing more appropriate for boat-gazing at the harbor than wearing an impossibly wispy white shirt with wooden buttons and a floaty skirt as blue as the vast seawater. At least as blue as environmentalists like myself would like it to be.