I Feel...

WEHEARTIT

Exactly like this, right now :)

Snow in Shanghai?!

ABOVE:

Full Fur Jacket- $50, Amvets San Diego

SHANGHAI, CHINA- It rarely ever snows in Shanghai, so when it does I get to bust out some of my precious finds that I get to wear just as rarely. I remember when I found this jacket squished between two other pieces in the dump that Amvets is. After a quick dry cleaning it looked good as new!! I probably wear this piece about twice a year if i'm lucky ;)

plum pout

ABOVE:

Glasses- $225, Dita Supa Dupa, Dish Clothing Berkely, CA; Cardigan- $100, Gift from Lily McNeal; Fur trim jacket- $40, Goodwill; Pleated Skirt- $7 Salvation Army San Diego; Bag- $950, Mullberry Bayswater; Shoes- $100 Sam Edelman

m.style

ABOVE:

Jacket- 8,600RMB, PREEN from THE VILLA

SHANGHAI, CHINA- I was stoked when I got this write up in m.style magazine. It's always super rewarding getting recognized for your job and hard work. I'm excited to say I have a few more of these coming up pretty soon that I'm excited to share!! I was honored to be lined up with other buyers from Nike, Novo me, Anywalk, and Istituto marangoni. If you can't read Chinese,.... the article asks me about my background, how I came to china, how I conduct the buying in the Chinese market as a foreigner, and asks me to describe my personal style. Which is obviously a lot a vintage/ thrift shop with a downtown feel ;)

It was all a dream

PATCHWORK

ABOVE:

Patchwork Jacket- $40, Goodwill San Diego; Top-$35, H&M New York; Suede Skirt- $7, AMVETS; Boots- $300, Sam Edelman; Hat- I wish I had a better memory but it was cheap. Bracelets- Accumulated over time; Rings- 100RMB,All Local shops in Shanghai; Bag- 16,000RMB, Proenza Schouler, THE VILLA

CAMEL

ABOVE:

Jacket- Derek Lam, 13,500RMB, THE VILLA; Clutch- Heirloom, 1900RMB, THE VILLA; Shoes- Sam Edelman Falken boots, $190, Intermix NYC

SHANGHAI, CHINA- This season Camel is the new black. Every designer under the sun produced a camel coat but Derek Lam by far executed this trend the best. It's simple black leather sleeves was a unique touch. Maryna Linchuk wore it in the Fall ad campaign and it was the 1st look down the runway worn by model Freja Beha Erichsen.

Snow. Fall.

TOP:

Sweater- Yigal Azrouel, $770

SHANGHAI, CHINA- It normally doesn't snow in Shanghai, but when it does on days like today I generally enjoy lounging around in my most comfy clothes and catching up on all the latest fashion magazines!

Above I'm wearing the patchwork sweater from Yigal Azrouels F/W10 season. When I saw It come down the runway at his show in February, I knew I had to have it! He also made a blanket cardigan in the same patchwork fabrication. Since I own so many flow type pieces I opted for a more unique oversized sweater.

workingwomen

Bag- Patent Leather Mulberry Alexa, $1250; Oversized boyfriend blazer, $12; Baras foundation thrift shop; Shoes- Marc Jacobs, $650, Marc Jacobs West Hollywood; Striped dress- 75RMB, some random store in Shanghai on Nanchang lu.

a n o n y m o u s CITY

Anonymous company- 10,000RMB

SHANGHAI, CHINA- I absolutely love the work of Emma Rytoft. A Swedish artist working as an architect in Shanghai. She believes her work is a reflection on the anonymity of city life...

A reaction to a polish on the surface of everything that disguises and flattens, smooths and conceals.

A blanket of global commercialism is spreading fast, eradicating identities, converting and abstracting life into patterns and colors. City and citizens are merging into an indistinguishable mass.

Erasing the need for direct human contact, the city wraps us up in a colorful bustling blanket and lulls us into a false sense of security and belonging.

Surrounded at all times by anonymous life and unfocused energy we loose ourselves in the struggle to find meaning and recognition. In an attempt to allow our identities to resurface, we play along.

The continuous movement and energy of the citizens interacts with the inherent static state of the physical manifestation of the city to create a tangible friction. Moods, time and temperatures establish and govern the relationships between city and citizen much like those between humans.

The fickle force of the city supports and encourages, traps and threatens, bashes and sometimes even defeats. It leave us struggling, wondering, and searching for an escape, for something to propel us out of the suffocating mass that is keeping us firmly anchored to the ground.

The apple of my eye

Boots-$150, ZARA; Bag- 24,000RMB, Proenza Schouler extra large PS1, THE VILLA; Dress-$100, Free People, Patina Newport Beach; Top- $6, Goodwill San Diego; Mink Vest- 20,000RMB, Yigal Azrouel THE VILLA Shanghai

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Romamore