hi guys i have not filmed the video in a hot second because i've been in a creative rut
i don't want to admit it but i've just been letting myself rest though and hopefully this
will get situated but i thought what better way to break this filming cycle with a fashion haul
i know a lot of people have been requesting more fashion content and i've been really getting into
styling in general like styling myself and i personally believe that you can still love clothes
and fashion but really falling in love with the process of styling yourself or styling in general
is a whole new path or a whole new chapter of someone's fashion journey. I've been
so into matching the appropriate look with the occasion and also like matching the
makeup looks and the hairstyle that goes with the outfit and the occasion the whole thing
and i've been collecting a lot of pieces that i can do that with... with recent events in my life
so let's get started. I also want to talk about different ways I shop because I do have kind of
a philosophy behind my shopping these days so let me walk you through it! A lot of people ask me
what is your favorite place to shop? what's your favorite brand? how do you shop? I don't really
have a favorite fashion brand. I always just kind of buy whatever from wherever I can find. This is
what I call my smart shopping philosophy. I have one, two, three, four, and five. Five different methods of
shopping these days no particular order but number one we have Depop and Depop is an app where you
can buy things second-hand, you can also sell things from your closet to make some extra cash.
this is where I buy my second-hand, mid-tier, trendy brands so if there is a mid-tier brand that i want
to try but the item that I want is sold out in my size or if I want to buy for a discounted price,
I would go to depop and look it up and it's also just a good way to browse and get inspo for
your new season outfits and then there's The RealReal. I don't shop here as often as depop
because The RealReal is more for luxury brands or high-end brands and I don't have the funds to
buy luxury every single time I shop... but this is where I go to look for second-hand, high-end
purses or accessories. The good thing about the real real is that they often have discount codes that
you can apply on top of the discounted price on luxury items so it's a really good way to find
gently used luxury items for a lot more of an affordable price. Next, I have the thrift store.
I go to goodwill mostly. Goodwill's my go-to and this is where I go when I don't care about the brand.
I just have something general that I'm looking for so that can be like an oversized blazer
um a graphic like sweatshirt, graphic tee... I would just go to the thrift store and
look for something that could fit into my little genre that I'm looking for.
We have online shopping. This is when I want something specific but I don't know which brand
to go into. I utilize google shopping so if I'm looking for green cargo pants, I would literally
just look it up on google and go to the shopping tab and look at the different options.
And for certain things, I buy from certain brands. For dresses, I would go to reformation or realisation par
If I'm looking for basics, I would most likely go to h&m or like even Abercrombie. For jeans I
would go to Abercrombie, agolde or even like revolve where they have a lot of the famous jean
or denim brands. Offline is where I go to find something like urgently like... if I needed something
that night, I would just go to the mall and buy something. So that's it for my fashion philosophy...
I don't know what to call that but that's how I shop. Let me get into all the clothes that I've bought!
The first brand we have is IAMGIA. IAMGIA is a brand I would go to if I'm looking for something
more edgy. If I want my outfit to stand out, this is where I would go to because their style is pretty
bold and very like LA girl. I was wanting to buy a top that would be just super flattering that
I could wear with bunch of different bottoms and this is what I found. It has vertical structures
going down throughout the top so it really holds you up and makes your body shape look
super flattering on all body shapes. It does have a really nice zipper in the back, super good quality.
This is something I won't be ashamed of wearing a bunch of times. Also the laces you can undo
and adjust according to your waist size. The fabric is also on the stretchy side!
There's a silicone gripping so I don't really have to worry too much about this falling down
and then we have these denim cargo pants which is so unique and something you can't really find
anywhere else, which is how I talked myself into getting it... There are these strap details
that you could tie into little bows like that. It's unique without being too extra which I like.
The next brand we have is Maje. I don't know how to pronounce it... I should know.
but I have a story about the skirt... so I had a gentle monster event to go to and I ordered the perfect
skirt to wear with the white corset top that i just showed you from Miaou and it was supposed
to come in time except my package got lost and I knew that it wouldn't reach me in time. So I
actually went to the thrift store the day before the event to try to look for a skirt to replace
my Miaou skirt and I was looking for something more colorful, something a little beachy that would go
with the jentle garden theme and at the thrift store I actually found this skirt which I was
really satisfied with. Has this paisley print, very colorful. Honestly exactly what I was looking for.
Really good quality too and I wanted something to sit like lower on my waist and this does that
and I was very very satisfied with the purchase. It was seven dollars
and it's from j crew which is a pretty good brand. Then I didn't stop there. I decided to
go to the mall and look one more time and I found this skirt which i thought was
perfect and it's so pretty. I love it because it's not too colorful but it makes enough statement
and it looks so beachy without it being too beachy. It reminds me of like a curtain honestly.
The whole texture of it... has like the shorts part under the skirt and I got mine in size 36
and I cannot wait to style this in different ways other than wearing it just with the white corset
this summer. Then I have some things that i bought from depop... Matilda Djerf is an instagram
influencer that I've been following for a long time and I love her effortless style.
I go to her for fashion inspo all the time and she has a clothing brand called Djerf avenue.
It's been blowing up on social media and it's been super popular even though they're really
pricey and I've been wanting to try something out from her brand and I came across this exact blazer
and i fell in love with it because not only is it like the perfect fit but i was specifically so
obsessed with how the gray looked like it's not a flat gray. It has a vertical detail going on.
I just fell in love with that and I was like I need a gray blazer but I don't want it unless it has
that specific gray look to it. I got this blazer off of Depop. I was searching for it like every
day just in case someone updated it and I got this when it was uploaded for like two hours. I was like
I'm gonna buy this. I have to buy it. Because it was sold out on the website and I couldn't wait
for them to restock because i wanted to wear it in paris. And gray goes with so many different colors
I never realized i could wear this with everything like white, black, pink, yellow, orange, green,
brown... if you're looking for outerwear, definitely go for a gray blazer. I would highly recommend.
The quality is amazing. I really don't have much to say about this because it's just a perfect jacket.
It has an inner pocket. Also has a little bit of shoulder padding which i don't mind.
That jacket had its original tag on, even came with the tissue wrapping on it but I got
it for way cheaper than buying it from the actual website so that was a big win for me.
Another thing that I bought from depop is actually a bathing suit from a brand
called frankie's bikini. Frankie's is a really big bathing suit company in the states right now. They
recently got funding from victoria's secret for like 18 million dollars (I think) which is insane
but I've been wanting to buy their swimsuit for a while but they're quite pricey so I was
looking on depop and I came across their terry cloth collection and I love the way they do
colors. This watermelon colorway is everything and I initially wanted the blue and yellow
colorway but I'm not gonna complain about this one because it's so summery and very unique.
I can't wait to wear it. One last thing from depop, I got this skirt. This is something that
i just came across while browsing on depop and Matilda Djerf's been bringing the pinstripes back
for sure and I came across this pinstripe skirt from Zara. It's kind of giving tennis
skirt like tennis girl vibes but it's just a mini skirt with the pinstripe on it.
and it's like a very cool cotton material that feels cool on your skin. I think this would
look really cute with like a white linen shirt in the summer even like a white blouse
to make it fancier... even like a black crop top and make it super casual and more sporty
with white sneakers... um I haven't really styled this yet but I can't wait to get to that.
Then we have some mini dresses. I really want to get into more dresses this summer because they're
so easy. All you have to do is put on a single thing and your look is done. The first dress I got
was the one from Pretties. I've been eyeing this brand forever and couldn't really justify the
price because they're just so simple but like hundred dollars or like around that range
but I do think it's a good staple so I just did it and I'm very satisfied with it. The little
waist detail makes your waist look cinched, very flattering and the whole fabric is just
so delicate. For the work of art this dress is i do think the price is reasonable now that I look
at it. The next dress I have is from For Love and Lemons. It's a brand based in LA. They do a
lot of delicate work with dresses and even like undergarments and blouses but the one I picked
was this silky dress with all the lace details. I really liked how soft the flower print was because
I usually don't really go for flower prints but this was something that I could try with the soft
colors and the flower prints not being as bold. It is a little skimpy like the back is very low
so I think I'll probably wear this with like a cute cardigan on top like a cropped cardigan
or it's really cute with the blazer on top as well. I've been wanting to try cargo pants from
this brand called Lioness. It's been viral on TikTok and it looked really good on everyone
so I was browsing on their website and then saw that they had a linen collection and I was like
it gets pretty hot here... I don't know if I can handle 100% cotton pants so let me go for
the linen cargo pants and I'm kind of regretting because cargo pants are pretty for their shape but
with linen they're just so flimsy and it gets so wrinkly. I don't know how I feel about these pants.
You can already tell like how wrinkled they are but they're just basic straight-legged cargo
pants in this camel color. The details are cute. The quality is pretty good. I like the color. It's just
the fabric is too flimsy for how I want my cargo pants to fit so I might sell that on
depop because I already have linen pants in that color so I just wouldn't want that
but if you are looking for linen pants in that color I still do think that it's a solid choice
also I think their sizing runs a little big because those pants are a little big on the
waist for me. Shout out to urban outfitters in Paris or I think it's just European
urban outfitters because I walked into urban outfitters in Paris and they just had so much
better stuff and one of the things that I found was this pink cardigan
sweater and I found it in the clearance section for like 30 dollars which is not bad for a sweater
like this and also it was kind of cold in paris so I wanted something warm to wear and this is very
versatile. You can wear it as a cardigan. You can wear it zipped up as an actual sweater. The zipper is
two-way so you can play around with how you zip the zipper. Very 2000s and 90s to me and I'm really
into that right now and then from urban outfitters I found these cute socks... I'm wearing them right
now so I'll just insert a picture of it but it's basic white ribbed socks with some embroidery in
this neon green color. I love neon green. I wouldn't like wear it as a top but for details on my socks,
I will let that go. They're just solid soft socks. I needed white socks in Paris so I bought it
and I'm really liking it. We have some accessories coming at the end of the haul but one last thing...
My friend Krystal is running a clothing brand right now and she sent me her newest collection
so I wanted to show it to you guys. She released a sweatsuit in this beautiful green color.
There's also like an oatmeal type of color but I personally think that dark green is easier style
than a whole oatmeal color sweatsuit so I chose the green and the lettering is in light pink.
I'm a big pink person so this color combination is everything to me. The suit itself is super good
quality. It's not too thick which is good for the spring season and they're very oversized.
I got a size small but they're very oversized on me and then also got this hat in the oatmeal color.
Then there's this ginormous bag. It's a tote bag but it's the biggest tote bag I've ever seen
and I kind of love that because if I need to go on a weekend trip and I need a lot of stuff
but I don't want to bring a suitcase? I will shove everything in this bag and carry it around.
Lastly we have shoes and some bags. For the pair of shoes, I have these silver*
heeled sandals that I found at target for literally... Um, let me see how much they were. They were 8.99.
8.99. It was originally 30 so it wasn't too expensive to start with but 8.99?
That is really good so I had to pick it up. I do think this whole silver thing in shoes is going
to be super big this summer so I had to pick it up and it's like silver but pretty subtle still
so I do like that and the heel part is pretty thick and not that uncomfortable to walk in. Lastly
we have my tiny little Jacquemus bag in orange. For purses, I don't like anything too bold
or like too like "I'm ysl." "I'm gucci." I don't like loud purses but Jacquemus
just does it so effortlessly and they're just so chic and such a statement to your outfit
without making it look cheesy so I fell in love with this bag on the real real. I wasn't planning on
making purse purchases but when I saw it, I had to do it. It is very tiny though. I can't really fit
my card wallet in here so I normally just take out the cards that I'll be using and then shove
it in here and then I put in like my lip product and that's about it but she's very gorgeous to me
It has a thicker strap and I could wear this with this outfit now and it would still
look pretty cool and yeah orange is honestly a pretty versatile color too. Lastly we have this
purse that I got from cotton on for 10 bucks. For $10? It's a really good quality bag and I
love playing with colors as you guys have probably caught on from this haul. It's a light yellow like
baguette bag and I bought this because I thought it would look amazing with my gray blazer and it
really did. I carried it around my paris trip. It has a magnetic closure and then a little zipper pocket
and then a big pocket and you can even adjust the straps. It's a perfect little yellow bag. That is it
for today's haul. that was kind of a lot and now i'm really hungry from talking a lot.
But I do want to do a like a ootw video that's super old school youtube but I want to bring it
back because I think they'll be fun for me to film and hopefully fun for you guys to watch as well.
Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you in my next video bye!