In Dreams: Anthropologie May Lookbook 2014 // Guanajuato, MX

by now you've seen Anthropologie's May lookbook. when i got this sucker in the mail, before i even opened it, immediately i knew it was shot in Guanajuato, Mexico. GTO has a special place in my heart so i just knew. spring break 2009, i took a trip there to visit my friend who was doing a study abroad program and it was amazing. it was my first solo trip, my first airplane ride, and my first visit to Guanajuato. ah, to be 21 and adventurous again!

just looking through the catalogue really made me miss it. i had the best food i've ever had (please don't tell my mom), and was inspired nearly every day i was there. the colors man, they do something to ya. i really didn't want to come back but i did have those coachella tickets, lol. Guanajuato is a big college town so no one finds it weird to see an asian girl speaking fluent spanish. If there's anything i've learned about Mexicans (my other half) is that they love involving people from other cultures to learn their ways, to try their food, to learn their language and share all the good things they have to offer. which in turn, makes me wish mexico wasn't so corrupt and overrun by the drug lords because i want to go back. there is beauty there that needs to be seen. i just want to go to oaxaca, and quintana roo, and nayarit and soooo many other places in mexico, and not to mention i'd love to one day visit the land that raised me, Sinaloa. but it doesn't help that sinaloa is one of mexico's most dangerous states. T___T. it will happen for me, one day. hopefully.

coincidentally, i did wear an anthro top on this trip! hah! 

(this is my friend derek, an african-american and korean boy from kentucky who i met while he studied abroad in mexico. tell me that's not like the funniest story ever? haha. derek, my friend angie, and i were totally joined at the hip during this trip. explorers!)

more photos from my mexico trip can be found here if you care! they're unedited, so dont cringe too much. 

anywayyy, i love when Anthro shoots on location because their photos are just breathtakingly beautiful. what i didn't like about this lookbook was that nearly all items in this catalogue all had spanish words in them. was that necessary? i didn't see ya'll give vietnamese names to all the products on the previous vietnam lookbook. maybe i'm just being nitpicky. you win some, you lose some.

SOME   F  A  V  E  S:

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you can see the rest of the lookbook here.

ThreadSence Fall 2013 Lookbook: Inspiration Never Sleeps

So remember when i mentioned that the ThreadSence Fall Lookbook was coming soon? Well, the day has finally arrived! Woo! Check out Inspiration Never Sleeps at ThreadSence.com with the queen of all babes, Natalie Suarez of Natalie off Duty. Make sure you watch the video too, it's really cool.

So here are a few looks i styled (just clothing, not jewelry):

(this one is my faaaaave)

this hat. i need it.

And some favorites I didn't style:

sooo i suppose it's now time to mention that my internship with ThreadSence is now over, but i learned sooo soo much, and i'm super bummed it's over. It was work that didn't feel like work. I'm going to miss my styling team a lot but i hope that i will see them sometime soon.

Here's to a Summer well spent!

Heads Up: ThreadSence Fall Lookbook 2013

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You guys! Keep on the lookout because ThreadSence will be releasing their fall lookbook soon! If you couldn't already tell from the insta snaps above, queen babe Natalie Suarez of Natalie Off Duty stars in this years lookbook!

These are a few of the outfits I styled for this shoot! So stoked! While I did not get to go on the actual shoot (oh believe me I'm pretty bummed about it) I helped in all the prep that went into this shoot. A lot of people don't really think about it but shoots are planned months in advance, locations have to be scouted, outfits have to be styled. Basically a whole team works together to achieve the end results. I'm bummed I didn't get to meet my favorite babe ever, but I'm super stoked for the lookbook to be released. I could get used to this. 

p.s. location scouting was probably the hardest because how do you know where cool places are in a city you're unfamiliar with? the internet is really no help there by the way! but i'm super stoked the team chose one of my locations which obviously was the bookstore hahahaha. book nerd for life!

--leeds out!

Back to School with ThreadSence: Class of Whatever

Also, speaking of lookbooks, you should totally check out the new ThreadSence lookbook: The Class of Whatever.

I had so much fun researching these iconic ladies for the styling team and i'm sure the styling team had a ton of fun styling these looks. So much fun over at TS HQ it doesn't even feel like work!

My faves from this shoot were definitely Penny & Clarissa, duh!

photos shot by: Vu Bui

styling by: Kathleen Bonus

Back to School with Ruche: Take Notes

you guysssss
Sorry I have been away. I haven't actually been doing anything, just chillin', staying away from the Internet. I have to catch up on blog reading, but i'll leave that for later. Sorry, dudes! I'm enjoying my time off hanging out with the boy. If you're, you know, bored and want to catch up on my adventures or silly things i encounter feel free to add me on instagram!

In the meantime, you should all head over to ShopRuche.com and look at their new lookbook: Take Notes! It's so rad. Here are my favorite outfits from it:

i love this, it has an anthro touch while still being totally Ruche!

um...it says I LOVE RUCHE on the chalkboard...SO CUTE.

this skirt is such a great color!

these pants. need these pants.

this last one is my total favorite! i have to fight the need to buy this. fight. fight. fight. oh damn, who am i kidding?!

photos shot by: Brandon Kidd
styled by: Mara Ferreira