starry-eyed: house of harlow giveaway!

I'm kind of biased as to what my favourite jewelry line is as my brother's line (SSSPEECH) is obviously my favourite. One of my favourite celebrity jewelry lines though? Well Nicole Richie's House of Harlow is up there.

And I am so excited to announce that I am giving away the Sunburst Cocktail Ring from their collection on behalf of Designer Apparel!

Designer Apparel is a shopping search engine that carries hundreds of popular brands. You can find anything from popular labels like Prada and Nicole Miller to smaller labels like Magaschoni. Yes yes yes.

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wino in white

top: forever 21, shorts: H&M jacket: elizabeth & james necklace: random from nyc shoes: bcbg

I bought these shorts a few years ago and I have never worn them until...like a few months ago. Not sure why. It's one of those things that I look back on and I'm like "Yesss! I'm so happy I am a hoarder and kept them". Seriously, I need to make an appearance on that show. But in all honestly, I am very glad I kept them tucked in one of my drawers. I have really fallen in love with white denim this summer and these shorts have got some great wear over the last few weeks ( a good part of that is because I am sloppy and have had to throw them into the washer each and every time I sport them).

The weather in Napa was so much hotter than in San Francisco that wearing these shorts in San Francisco would have been very risky. I'm talking 15 degrees hotter. I thoroughly liked venturing to the hotter inland of Napa and Sonoma. As did I enjoy the stunning wineries. If you don't like wine, you should go for the scenery itself. Wow.

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looking kind of cute

image via knightcat

Sienna Miller. Love Magazine
Not sure why but my Sienna obsession is always heightened when she is back with Jude Law.

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MK Marie Claire

Is anyone really surprised that I am utterly obsessed with this image? I don't think I will ever get over the Olsens
Also have been frantically searching for antlers to hang my jewelry on which is why i may like this picture a little more as well

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outer space

Dress: Urban Outfitters Shoes: Sam Edelman Jacket: Danier Leather
Foreign Cinema restaurant in San Francisco combines 3 major loves in my life: food, art & movies.

We dined on Smoked salmon, Alaskan halibut and warm potato salad watching an old Fellini film that was in italian with english subtitles and (it gets better), had the chance to wander into their art gallery with our wine while waiting on dinner. It was as perfect as perfect can be.

....Minus the walk back to the hotel. Walking up-hill in San Francisco is a stroll for some locals I'm sure. In my world...it is equivalent to ...HIKING. Woah!...although for the amount of food I ate that night, a difficult uphill walk was definitely needed.

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freaky things

photo via Fashion Canvas

Pamela Love mood board. All sorts of cool.

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the sun was high & so was I

Blazer: H&M, Shoes: Steve Madden, Necklace: Speech, Bag: BCBG, Jumper: Topshop, Sunnies: Forever 21

I don't think it was possible to actually document a proper outfit post during my trip to San Francisco because I don't think I was ever in a proper outfit. My outfits were constantly being re-worked, switched around, layered, de-layered, and then I rotated this cycle 4 times and then some! This is the doings of what I call San Francisco's Bi-polar weather disorder.

Morning-WARM, sunny, ...Mid Morning-Windy, cool.. Afternoon-PERFECT beautiful weather,... Dinner-FREEZING

Basically I ended up purchasing a lot more than I should have because I kept shopping in the moment ( this is a legit excuse right? I mean-I was preventing sickness?). Although San Francisco's weather cannot make up it's mind, I definitely can...and that is that I am 100% in love with this city.

What do I suffer from? Seasonal Affect Disorder...(when the weather effects your mood-no really I think I do)...so for me to love a city despite it's wild weather...it really says a lot.

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