Leopard and paisley.

Burgundy HM hat (similar brown version here), Black Urban Outfitters velvet moto jacket (similar version here), Brown c/o Others Follow paisley dress, Brown gifted Kurt Geiger leopard satchel (cute similar version here), Navy blue Madewell suede boots.

When I saw this dress from Others Follow, I seriously was blown away by all its beauty, firstly with the gorgeous paisley pattern, and secondly the feminine pretty silhouette with the trumpet hem.  The dark brown color is so perfect for fall, so I decided to transition it with all fall colors, keeping the palette neutral -- a burgundy (or oxblood) hat, leopard satchel, dark navy blue suede boots.  Lastly, I decided with the cold coming, it'd be perfect to try out the moto jacket trend -- here layered it over the dress as well.

I really feel my style goes so well with Fall fashion, which is why I'm excited to start wearing tights, boots, jackets, and sweaters more this season.

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Happy Monday lovelies! Hope you have a great start of the week. Few things happening this week for me, catching up with friends for belated birthday outings, boxing (with my partner in crime Chanda), few gala fashion parties, and then the weekend! 

Keep inspiring Beautifuls!

xo,

Kathleen

DAAME x Inspirafashion Style Feature and $25 Giveaway!

Yellow Theory knit sweater, Metallic skirt c/o Crossroads Trading, Brown Karen Walker Super Duper Strength sunnies, Red bracelet gifted by Kurt Geiger, Brown Fossil watch c/o the boyfriend, Light brown Zara heels, Cheetah print c/o DAAME clutch.

Lovelies! So glad to share with you a recent feature I collaborated with DAAME, (pronounced 'dame'), a life-loving group with a rebellious spirit. They design bags in collaboration with their online members who personally choose features and curate bags and accessories they'd love to purchase. They're driven by a singular passion – to educate girls in need and change the world’s future for the better. A portion of every purchase goes toward their nonprofit partners who provide services and education for girls in need.

With DAAME, we decided to do a fun style their new clutch in two ways. With the post, I share how I style their new fold-over cheetah print clutch. In addition to how I style it, they've also partnered with my BBFF ("Best Blogger Friend Forever") Chelsea from the blog, Zipped. It was so appropriate to collaborate with us, as we've been virtual "pen-pals" over the years ever since we first started our blogs.

In addition, I partnered with them on a "Bag Snoop" feature on which they took a look inside my bag for fun daily essentials. Can't wait to share with you the rest of it soon!

I decided to style the DAAME cheetah clutch with different textures -- knit sweater, metallic tweed skirt, and leather heels. I love mixing textures as well as complementing with neutral colors, browns and yellows. For accessories, I added my gold and red bracelets along with a brown Fossil watch my boyfriend lovingly let me borrow ;). And to top it off with my trusty Karen Walker sunnies.

DAAME and Inspirafashion are also bringing to you a great giveaway!! Enter to win $25 credit to the DAAME shop! Rules are below.

1) Enter by using the rafflecopter below.
2) (included in the rafflecopter below):
Like the DAAME Facebook Page

Sign up as a member on DAAME.com 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

U.S. Residents Only for entries.
Giveaway will run until August 14th, 11:59pm PST.

Good luck lovelies! Just wanted to say again, thanks so much for your love and support on my blog. Hope you have a fantastic week ahead Beautifuls. Keep inspiring!

xo,
Kathleen

LuLu*s x Inspirafashion $100 Gift Card Festival Contest!

Photography by Ryan Chua

Black c/o LuLu*s Gypsy Junkies fringe dress, Blue thrifted Levis denim shorts, Red gifted Casper and Pearl floral headband, Burgundy gifted Kurt Geiger ankle boots, Brown Karen Walker super duper strength sunglasses, Black c/o Jeweliq 'pretty in spikes' necklace, Gold armor ring via Crossroads Trading.

I'm very excited for this post, firstly because this is my favorite time of year (besides Christmas) with Spring/Summer fast approaching and the music festival season coming up: Coachella, Outsidelands, and everything in between.  Floral crowns, fringe, high-waisted denim shorts, sunnies, just scream the bright and amazing vibe that come with music festivals.

I'm excited to work with one of my favorite online stores, LuLu*s!
With the festival season coming up, we're bringing to you a really fun music festival inspired contest
to win a $100 LuLu*s gift card!!

Rules for contest entry:

1. Fill out the Rafflecopter below and complete required entries.

2. Once you've completed required entries, also complete this required entry below:

From the Rafflecopter list, please choose either button to create a Polyvore set OR a Pinterest board; 

be sure to include the direct link for either in the Rafflecopter.

Based on your inspiration for music festival fashion, create either:

a) A Polyvore set featuring at least 3 LuLu*s items

b) A Pinterest board featuring at least 3 LuLu*s items

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This contest will run for two weeks, ending on 4/11, Thursday 12:00AM PST.  The winner will be chosen based on Creativity on either Polyvore or Pinterest entries, and extra entries; Myself and LuLu*s will judge the best entry.  The winner will be selected and announced the following week.

And just for fun and as examples, I've created my own Pinterest board and Polyvore set below.

Good luck lovelies on this contest!  Thought it'd be a really fun way to do something creative/artsy for a contest.  Can't wait to see what you come with!  

xo,

Kathleen

      

You're my sweetheart.

Black/white c/o Alyssa Nicole lace raglan sleeve dress, Brown gifted Kurt Geiger leopard satchel, Arm candy: Silver stone bracelet and rings via Crossroads Trading, Brown Zara sandal heels.

This lace dress is seriously a dream, one of my really talented girlfriends designed this.  I seriously recommend visiting her site at alyssa-nicole.com, her collections of dresses are beautifully made -- you'll fall in love too!  I decided to play off the black and white contrasting color combo with my leopard satchel, as well as my contrasting Zara sandal heels.  For accessories, I chose all pretty silver rings and bracelets.

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The start of this year has been going so well!  From my last post, I said I was saving up for traveling this year, and I'm so excited for all that's to come!  I'm saving the best for last though, next summer -- Paris!

I hope you lovelies have been doing well! And many of you are having a great 3-day weekend ;).

Keep inspiring always ♥♥

P.S. If you're in SF next week on Wednesday 1/30, hopefully you can come to Chictopia's fun shopping event!  I'll be helping as a guest blogger stylist! :) and would love to meet you all!!

Details about the event and get tickets here: http://shopitlikeitshot.eventbrite.com/ 

Chictopia is offering Inspirafashion readers an exclusive coupon code for $12 off tickets!  Enter 'KathleenCarlaShopHot' at checkout.

Hope to see you lovelies there!

P.S.x2 I find the best blog post titles come from my fave songs hehe, and is a cool way to share what kind of music I like. This one has been stuck in my head forever, such a happy go-to song.

xo,

Kathleen

      

Silver light.

White American Apparel turtleneck cropped top, Grey Urban Outfitters high-low skirt, Silver c/o ShoeMint stud spike 'Zoe' heels, Brown gifted Kurt Geiger leopard clutch, Arm candy: Silver c/o Filthy Magic spike bracelet, H&M cuff, silver rings via Crossroads Trading.

Decided to celebrate the new year, with of course something sparkly and pretty -- these ShoeMint 'Zoe' heels fit just that description of NYE-goodness.  Styled it with this gorgeous UO flowy high-low skirt and kept the colors to silvers/greys/neutrals w/ my AA cropped top.  For a mix of print, added my fave Kurt Geiger leopard clutch.

As part of this ShoeMint sponsored post, ShoeMint is giving Inspirafashion readers a 20% discount off your next online order!  At checkout, enter promo code: 'RACHEL20'  Happy Shopping lovelies!

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Happy New Years!  Can't believe 2012 is behind us and saying hello to 2013 now, time flies by way too fast; but they say it flies when you're having fun, which is so true -- 2012 brought me a lot of milestones and memorable feelings: happiness finally graduating from UC Berkeley, excitement starting my new job, gratefulness & bliss for having amazing readers like you along for the ride on my blog (being a part of such amazing features/events: Refinery 29 x TJ Maxx, Saks Fifth Avenue styling mannequins, Macy's collab w/ Pretty Little Liars Stylist, Got to host my first blogger collab party w/ Crossroads Trading)..

and to sum up 2012, decided to make a collage of some memorable memories :).

I am so excited for the new year, 2013 is going to be amazing! Happy 2013 Beautifuls!! Hope you'll have an amazing, fun, and exciting New Years Day!

xo,

Kathleen