Feeling Groovy

Here are just some of my recent acquired items (i say acquired and not purchased because all of them were gifts or hand me downs from my mom)! They're all super cute and most of them are vintage and fun!

My mom bought me this dress she found when she went thrifting with my Abuelita a few weeks ago. I think its really cute and it was union made in the 60's so I feel like I'm supporting cute old shit!

This is the bag of my dreams! My mom has two others that are like it and she's had them since I was a kid. She found it at the salvation army last week and it was in perfect condition (it looks brand new)! It's from Japan and is super cute, I think its probably early 70's and I think its precious.

 This little box was my mom's and she's had it since she was a teenager! She went to my Abuelita's house this weekend and they went through the garage and found old goodies. The inside has pictures of mushrooms and other fungi that my mom cut out of magazines back in the day. I always loved it as a kid and she decided to let me have it (she loves little boxes to store things away and since I'm moving out in a few months she wants my organization stuff to be super cute).

 Lastly, these super cute boots my mom found at the thrift store this weekend are to die for. They remind me a lot of Bob Dylan and they make me feel super cool lol (excuse the lol). She found them for $8 bucks and they're Italian leather. Finding stuff like this is always so rewarding for some reason. Can anyone explain why finding a great deal feels like you just won the lottery???

When my best friend and I were driving back from San Francisco last month it was around 10:00 pm and we were driving on the coast and through the forests of Big Sur. She made a playlist and Simon and Garfunkel's 59th Street Bridge came on and it made the scary night and curvy road feel...groovy.

~Thrift Life~

So I never go to school functions like ever. I have been to one dance prior to Winter Formal this year and that was Homecoming all the way back in Sophomore year. I was stoked when all my friends decided that this year we would go just for the hell of it. This not only meant shopping, it meant DRESS SHOPPING! The tickets were $25 bucks which was rad since homecoming is about $50 bucks and our prom is going to be $70. A cheap dance means a cheap dress, or at the very least a thrifty dress :). 

CLOTHES BLOCK

My friend Maddie didn't go to the dance but we still went shopping together and it was really fun! I found the vintage blue dress in the "better clothing" section at one of my favorite thrift stores in Santa Ana. It was $5 dollars and it still had the tags on it from some lost time in the mid-70's. The black velvet dress, I assume late-80's early 90's, was  an indulgence into my severe addiction to velvet. I got home and my mom told me that she had worn a dress just like the black one to her homecoming Junior year in '93 so that was rad. 

All who went shopping were in agreement that I needed to buy this jacket even though it was a thrift store splurge at $11 bucks. I just had to get it! I wore it on Valentine's Day with a ridiculously way to festive get up that included a lot of hearts.

This skirt is part of the Prabal Gurung collection for Target. My mom made me get up super early on a Saturday (7:30 AM ewww) to go with her so she could get some dresses and shoes she wanted, and I got a cute skirt out of it so all was well.

SHOE BLOCK

These were just for fun, they had them in black but they didn't shimmer and who can pass up shimmery grandma couch print shoes. Not I.  I love the chunky heel so much wow.

These ones I got to go with my WF dress. The dress (which I will post down below) is a mid-80's, dark green dress that reminded me of Heathers and when I tried it on at the store all my friends "awww"d me so I had to get it. The shoes were waaaaaaay more comfortable than the last pair I got for Homecoming and still just as tall (a platform makes all the difference).

These bad boys I got when I went shoe shopping with my friend Xtine for her  WF shoes. She found some cute golden strappy ones to go with the perfect 70's white dress my mom lent her for the dance. The heels is so close to being a wedge but not quite so the walking is super easy if not a little odd feeling. I think they are super adorable and I had to have them even though I told myself I would stop buying black heels (you can never have to many).

These little velvet loafers were super cute and they had them in purple and burgundy but I just loved the navy blue. They were just something more reasonable to walk in and they were only $15 bucks so obviously gotta have them. PS great for kicking ass in.

My shoe problem, visualized. These may not seem like much...but these are just the shoes that don't fit in my closet. I have two shoe racks in that closet, along with the entire closet floor covered. I can't stop though! Shoes are just as essential to making the perfect outfit as clothes are! :)

 And here I am with Ronny(left) and Evie(right) before we left to dinner on Winter Formal night, Saturday. My mom made me a corsage and Ronny's boutineer and I made Evie a corsage too! They were super cute and we dusted them in glitter. Evie found her perfect dress while we we're dress shopping, that thrift store is a gem. We all look so fab, the night was a success!

I can not wait for Prom! The theme is way cuter than last years and Maddie said she's going to this dance! We're gunna rent an old limo (hopefully late 50's) and we're gunna go vintage shopping in LA to find the perfect dresses! Nothing makes me happier than a reason to go shopping with my friends up in LA, and to top it off wearing that awesome outfit out in front of the world (okay the school) to see! AHHH SENIOR YEAR IS NEARLY OVER EXCLAMATION MARKS EVERYWHERE!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!!!!!!



This somehow became the song of the night starting on the way to formal, continuing when we were yelling out "Martin had a dream!" at the DJ in hopes that he would play it and ending while me and Evie we're huddled in a freezing car at 5 am trying to sleep because we had both lied to our parents like the typical teenagers we are. Sure enough I won't forget any of that night ever.

☮She was one hip, hip lady☮

Okay, hey! Short intro, I'm Chloé, I'm 17 and I'm from Southern California and this is my first post. That's good enough for now. 

So Wednesday was my first day of school, SENIOR YEAR that is. As a huge lover of Dazed and Confused I have been waiting my entire high school career to be a senior, if not only to make this shirt.

Ignore my fabulous mess, it will almost always look like that so deal.

 The fact that my mother had the perfect purse in her closet only helped to make me want and wear this even more. 

 Ah, jebus all the art shit on my floor...look for more DIY shtuff soon I guess.

Shirt: DIY on American Apparel, Skirt: American Apparel, Shoes: Vans, Bag: Vintage Mexican Leather.

Wow, after listing that out I realized I wore an entire American Apparel outfit practically. Sorry about that, it doesn't happen often. So I guess now is as good a time as any to let you all know that I am not a fantastically wealthy shopper, nor do I choose to max out credit cards to get the latest "trendy" item. The shirt I've had for forever, the skirt I got on sale at their outlet store and the shoes were only $10 bucks after discount. Style is forever where trend is pricey and fleeting, so look for more looks in which I might not even know what brand my clothing is, or if that brand even still exists. 

So I wore this on Wednesday the 29th of August, and I like to think I wore it with pride, obviously not school pride or senior pride, but pride or at least confidence that I looked well dressed yet happy. This outfit was my comfort blanket for my last "first day of high school" which until the night before it,  hadn't seemed like a big deal. But now that it's really hit me, yeah I guess I'm a bit scared, but weren't we all?

American Apparel? yeahhhhh