Jacket: Free People | Dress: Free People | Flats: Madewell
(if you're reading this Lizzi, thank you so much for all the pictures!)
Today I bring you the first of six OOTDs that I took while in LA during my spring break a few weeks ago! I spent my week and a half with some of my friends and family who I don't see very often, so it was great being able to spend some time catching up and exploring (aka them taking me to cool places since I didn't have a car with me...I am eternally grateful to you all!). The last time I properly visited LA (I say that because I technically was in LA for about half a day last year when I was heading home from London) was about two years ago, and so I was excited to head back there with my lovely roomie, Elhaam!
This was my first time visiting the Griffith Observatory, and it had such a stunning view! Natalie, Lizzi, and I walked around inside of the observatory building for a bit before going outside and taking in the twinkling view of the city. I had tried taking pictures with my camera, but since I'm still a DSLR noob (I still have yet to master taking pictures at night...and during the day, who am I kidding!) I only managed to take pictures like this:
(I actually kind of like this photo, though. Such art, much abstract eh?)
Thank goodness Lizzi's camera was able to take nice pictures while we were out there. Lizzi has a fashion blog too, btw, and her blog is linked in the PC above! I especially love how the first photo in this post turned out, and that it was able to capture the beauty of the city lights :) I wish I had been less of a derp while taking outfit pictures, but I'll just blame my lack of posing inspiration on fatigue from sitting in the sun on the beach and exercising with Natalie earlier in the day (*insert side look*).
Now for a quick blurb about my outfit: I've had this white dress for a little over three years now, and I still love its delicate lace pattern and simple silhouette. I added my trusty chevron-patterned jean jacket to bring back some texture mixing into my life (which is something that I was really digging around this time last year too, funnily enough!). Finally, I finished the look with some lovely but painful D'orsay flats (the back of my right foot looked like a zombie's foot for quite some time...and sadly that isn't an exaggeration). The pointy toe combined with the tan color sometimes reminds me of Aladdin, but meh I don't mind!
Instead of an outtake from this OOTD, here's the snapchat story that Elhaamy and I made while on our drive down to LA....we definitely had a lot of fun making it, so enjoy! Hahaha! ;)
Side Note/Mini Life Rant: Now that I've been back at school for a little over a couple of weeks now, the stress is starting to kick back in again. Dealing with stress/anxiety is something I've been struggling with for a while now, and today was one of those days where I felt especially overwhelmed by a lot of different things. I'm quite a sensitive person in general, and things that bother me tend to affect me strongly. On days like this, I'm really glad that I have my little blog to go to and be somewhat creative with. I'm forever grateful that I was able to take a styling/journalism course while studying abroad last year, since that was the real push for me to finally start blogging. I'm very thankful for everyone who has taken time out of their busy schedules to help me with my blog, since I definitely couldn't do this alone. And I'm also thankful for anyone who has taken the time to read my blog as well, so thank YOU! Basically, I'm just very happy that I have a place where I can express myself about something that I love and is a passion of mine. I hate that sometimes I feel embarrassed about loving fashion so much since I know there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. When I read my favorite fashion blogs and see their outfit posts, it never crosses my mind at all that what they are writing about is trivial. Sometimes I forget that at its core, fashion is simply a form of expression that allows you to showcase your personality or how you feel. So hopefully I'll start getting over feeling awkward/self-conscious when I take pictures for my blog and just try to own it and be more confident. Of course those feelings stem from a few other things as well, but hey we'll see how this goes over time...(baby steps, right?)
*End of rant/heart-to-heart*
Didn't really plan on ending this post like this, but it felt good to write down a few of my thoughts. Stay tuned for more LA outfit posts (and maybe more life updates/random thoughts, who knows!), though it might take a little while.
'Til next time!
x Angelli
