Oversized Vest with a Romper for Summer

This romper/playsuit seems to be my go-to when visiting LA, I last wore it here and here. It just makes it easy to throw on and wear out as a chic and vibrant but not overly loud outfit. For this outfit, I played down the tropical print with an oversized white vest, but did highlight a color of the tropical print with my rust-colored booties.

Girls on Film Palm Print V Neck Playsuit, Little Mistress
White Vest & Booties, ZARA 
Clutch, Ann Taylor
Photos taken by Kimberly Luu

Black & White Outfit in LA's Arts District

Happy Monday! I've been obsessing over my Bloom That flowers which I shared in my last post and had received at the Whitney Eve Summer 15 Preview. I wanted to include pics from my LA casual look that I wore the day of the preview. I took the train from OC to LA that morning and wanted to be comfy but still put together. I wore black, distressed skinny jeans; a white sweater with a open back detail and my go-to black booties. My neutral black and white look really popped against the graffiti walls of LA's Arts District. Here are the details:

Dapper Vintage Inspired Round Sunglasses in Tortoise Smoke, ZeroUV
Split-Hem Sweater in Optic White, GAP Factory
Distressed Black Skinny Jeans, ZARA
Black Booties w/Fringe, Mango
Photos taken by Renee Rogers

Simple All White Outfit

I've posted two other all white outfits here and here, and my 'How to Wear White' story has been published on eHow which you can read here. In this look, I wanted to dress up a pair of white denim cargo jeans, so I styled a flowy tank and simple vest to create a bold look. I finished the look with strappy white heels, see the outfit details below:

Straight-Cut Gilet, Mango
Barcelona Cami in White, Express
Cargo Jeans (similar without cargo pockets), Celebrity Pink
Heels, Zara
Photographed by Renee Rogers

Together by Gravity Bracelets for Children's Education in India

I was so excited when Sarika reached out to me from her jewelry label Together by Gravity based out of Newport Beach, CA. She designs the most exquisite earrings, necklaces, rings, and men and women's beaded bracelets made from precious and semi-precious stones, wood, diamonds, 18k gold, and sterling sliver; all inspired by ocean and earth's natural beauty, Sarika's Indian heritage and travels, with the most important aspect of her brand being that she gives a portion of her sales to support children's education in rural India. Since the company started less than a year ago in April 2014, Sarika has already been able to support 260 children allowing them to attend school for an entire year. Why Together by Gravity? The method of how a star is formed -- when the force of GRAVITY pulling in on the cloud is greater than the strength of internal pressure pushing out, the cloud collapses into a star. Sarika designed my very own three-bracelet set including onyx and peridot (my birthstone) beads, and she even included the meanings which wrote in a sweet hand written note. Also see how I styled the bracelets below!

Onyx: a stone for inner strength; it is worn to defend against negativity that is directed at you
Peridot: a stone of balance; worn to show compassion and uplift energy of all kinds

Shop all jewelry here, and the bracelet collection here; let's spread the word about children's education in India, doing good one bracelet at a time.

Thank you to Shawna at Bleudog Fotography for capturing my bracelets along with outfit and super rad hair which was styled by Dee of Swell Beauty and a tutorial will be posted soon.

Jumpsuit, Ann Taylor Loft
Onyx x Peridot Custom Bracelet Set, Together by Gravity
Jewel Cake Necklace, Mint & Lolly
Heels, Zara
Hair, Dee of Swell Beauty 
Photos, Shawna of Bleudog Fotography

Sky Blue Pants for the Spring Season

I've been quite in the Spring mood since this weekend and wanted to wear some color to LA Fashion Council's Day 1 of Fall/Winter 2015 Collections yesterday, so I immediately thought of my sky blue wide pants. I am absolutely obsessed with this color and it got me right in an upbeat, bubbly mood. I kept my top neutral but mixed it up with texture by wearing a lace and immaculately pearl beaded collar and a simple cream blazer over the shoulders. The pants got an extra pop when I used my vibrant coral clutch, creating a marriage of complementary colors. Of course, the runway lights were bright, so couldn't be without my ZeroUV sunglasses. See deets for the look below and follow me on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook for LAFC fashion show and presentation updates today! My hair was also looking unstyled today and bless my stars the Glam Squad team was posted up at LAFC so I was able to get my hair fully styled as well as my make up touched up! Check out this amazing new mobile beauty company that's currently serving Los Angeles.

Lace Top & Heels, Zara
Oversize Bold Cat Eye Sunglasses in Black/Lavender, ZeroUV
Blazer, Cache
Wide Leg Crop, Chelsea28
Clutch, H&M
Hair, T'Nique Jones of Glam Squad
Make Up Touch Up, Monica Alvarez of Glam Squad
Photos by Andrew Philip Nguyen