A Current Affair

My friends and I went to a fun and anticipated event Saturday night, A Current Affair, in downtown LA's Cooper Design Center's penthouse. A Current Affair is 'a "pop-up vintage marketplace" with 20+ vintage vendors who all have carefully curated collections including apparel, jewelry, accessories, eye wear, and ephemera.'.......AKA vintage heaven. We stopped and combed through just about every single vendor there...by the end of it I was almost dizzy. Plus, I don't know what the bartender put in the one drink we had :/ But really, the over-stimulation of eye candy happening had me overwhelmed to a point where I had to stop and breath deeply a couple times! From vintage Chanel, Oscar De La Renta, Fendi, Carolina Herrera and McQueen to name a few... to sequins and furs...to Native American ponchos and turquoise jewelry...boho chic to high end fashion...they pretty much had it all :)

A really cool part of the night was running into my friend Jude (below) who also works at FIDM with me...I had no idea he was one of the vendors participating and also is involved is the event's organization as a whole. Now, I hate to play favorites, but Jude's booth was the best...finding special pieces like this truly is an art. He has this leather & knit top (below) that I'm going to soon be stalking him for!

Passed by these hanging critters (?) below on the way out. Random but cool.

Fringe Moccasins

Instead of hitting the huge Fashion Square mall when I was visiting AZ last week, I hit historic Old Town Scottsdale where you get the real flavor of the Old West. I knew that was the place I would find the perfect moccasin boots I have been picturing in my head for the last month.  The shops sell quality Native American crafts and apparel, offering everything from hand-woven Navajo rugs to silver and turquoise jewelry.The wooden sidewalks, horse&carriage rides and overall rustic feel of this little strip beat a crowded shopping mall any day.

Buying them in Old Town made them much more special...UNTIL I found out the moccasin brand, MinneTonka, also sells to Urban Outfitters!! Ahhh...I went all the way to Arizona when I could have walked down my own street to Urban haha. Oh well...still cooler that I got them where I did I suppose :)

Christmas Cat

How cute is my huge cat Anikan watching me put the angel on top of our Christmas tree...

I definitely got into the holiday spirit this weekend...the LA temperature dropping from the 80's to the 40's must have helped....it would just feel wrong to be tree trimming in flip flops.

Just a Small Town Girl

Small towns in the mountains are so endearing and charming that I'm always positive upon arrival that "this" is the place I want to move and lead a more peaceful/quiet life. Usually by day 2 I'm past that thought, and realize I might just be more of a city girl than I'd like to admit. That was the case after a couple days in Flagstaff last weekend...awesome getaway though, great thrift shops, and I loved seeing trains and walking on some railroad tracks!
My 'Penny Lane' inspired jacket kept me warm - oh how I have missed wearing it...

 I guess the fact that I'm always happy to come back to LA is a good sign that I still love my city. And, there is still so much exploring left to do within it, that I shouldn't get bored for awhile to come :)

Urban Decay - Get Naked 2!

This is going to sell out fast....the highly anticipated Urban Decay Naked palette 2 has arrived today! The new palette has 12 nude & neutral shades including 5 exclusive new shades. Take a look HERE at my previous post of the first widely popular Naked palette that every fashion girl had to have....the new palette is similar but includes more color in matte, which I like. It has less golds and more tonals, along with a matte black which will be awesome for shading. It also comes with a double sided brush AND a rose lipgloss! Also, it's so nice for travel to just need this one palette...

 (pics 1-3 posted on Urban Decay twitter)

December Mood Board

This month....
Sequins, matte nail polish, velvet separates and shoes, books, traveling, over sized knit sweaters, guitars, good food, festive cocktails, sparkly handbags, seven sins candles (amazing) and NYE attire :)

(velvet bootie:Rag&Bone, velvet dress:Acne; bag-Urban outfitters; sequin dress-Vince)