Diamonds in the sky.

Editing by me, Photography by Sarah Jehan, Makeup By Audrey De Los Reyes

Red Banana Republic trench coat via Crossroads Trading, Gold c/o DressEmpire.com Scala dress, Gold F21 ring, Brown gifted Kurt Geiger leopard satchel, Black Steve Madden heels.

This dress is beyond beautiful with the intricate sequin design and strapless sweetheart shape -- shiny and perfect from DressEmpire's selection of New Years Eve dresses.  Was so lovely they also picked this out of all the scala dresses for me, it fit in with my style.  I decided to go with the holiday theme and pair it off with an amazing find from Crossroads recently -- this gorgeous red Banana Republic trench.  I love the mix of leopard and sequins, playing with textures again (I seem to do that a lot haha, can't help it!). And decided for heels to keep it simple and sleek with strappy sandals.

Shoutout to Sarah Jehan, one of my sweetest girlfriends, who took these photos. Her work is amazing, definitely check out her site.  Also, shoutout to one of my lovely besties since middle school :), Audrey De Los Reyes for her gorgeous makeup. Def check out her makeup blog mmmakeupbyaudrey as well! Had such a fun time with these girls on this collab :).  

Random, but I love how the background kind of goes with the outfit -- ironically metallurgy goes with the shiny metallic like sequins ;).

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Ah December is almost here! Hope you lovelies had a great Thanksgiving filled with lots of really good food, I was pumpkin-wasted ;). Can't wait for Christmas coming up, my all-time fave holiday. Have an amazing week ahead Beautifuls!

♥, 

Kathleen.

      

Release your inner animal.

Chloe leather dress, Luv Aj snake chain knuckle ring, Alexander Wang sunglasses, Zara leopard belt, River Island feather earrings, Topshop wedges.

Decided to start doing regular posts on fashion inspirations I get from a lot of places, after all, my blog's name is Inspirafashion for a reason :P.  Enjoy this post and more to come, sporadically of course with my regular outfit posts.  First up, a jungle animal theme :).  Been so inspired lately by animal prints, leopard, feathers, cat-eyed sunglasses, etc.  Am releasing my inner animal, rawr. lol.  P.S. have you seen the website Cute Roulette? SO adorbs w/ cutest baby animal videos! :)

All images linked back to source.

<3, Kathleen.

  

Jeans & Leopards.

Brown Forever 21 leopard jean shorts, White thrifted woven belt, Black gifted Biluxi Rad T-Shirt (cropped DIY-ed), Tawny H&M fringe bag, Tan Forever 21 suede wedges, Silver/white F21 rings.

Although it is supposed to be Summer with more free time, I feel like I'm getting even busier! lol.  Oh the irony.  But, it's a GOOD kind of busy..not like the kind where you're stuck at home all day trying to study for a test that week (believe me, I've gone through soo many of those moments) -- I am so happy for a break.  Which btw, everyone who is in finals mode right now, good luck on your finals! Your almost there! and bet you will all do a great job :).

Was gifted by Biluxi, an online t-shirt shop, this lovely shirt called "Rad," and just love how it has a vintagey rocker feel to it w/ the photograph.  And um, the girl in the pic is soo gorgeous :).  Decided to also DIY crop it myself, always love the freedom of expression with t-shirts.

Haad to share with you the newest member to my evergrowing jean shorts collection.  I saw online that it was back in stock on F21, visited my local one, and found it!  It's so lovely, and so happy w/ the price too.  K, I think I'm kind of going through a phase of leopard/cheetah print overload..sry bout that lol.  But don't we all go through that stage at one point? ;P

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A few very exciting things are quickly happening in terms of fashion this week.  The SF photoshoot w/ Lydia Hudgens was postponed due to the horrible gloomy/rainy weather we've been having :/, really now Bay Area weather, WHYYY? Well, happy it'll be a bit sunny tomorrow..traveling to SF in the morning to meet up w/ her :).

Thenn, this Thursday, I was invited by Ruby Press to attend this one of a kind event at La Boutique.  A French jewelry designer, Shourouk, is going to show us her collection/inspirations.  Her jewelry was seen on the runway of Jean Paul Gaultier's couture shows!  Very excited bout this :).

THEN, (yes i know i DTM..do.too.much. haha), there is an event I'm attending on Sunday that I'm superr excited to tell you all about!!  News will come about it this week forsure! :)

But things un-related to fashion this week.  My amazing boyfriend (& the person behind all the camera shots lol), Jeff, is graduating from UC Berkeley this Friday!  I am super super proud of him :).

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Alrighty Beautifuls, I'm about to return all of your comments with lots&lots of love, and of course get so inspired by your gorgeous blogs.  I hope you're having a fun and lovely week so far!  

PS. The Trendy Rose Spring Lookbook is coming soooon!! For now, enjoy this behind-the-scenes video of the entire shoot I styled (my very first styling gig) :) and modeled in.  Enjoy! :)

PS.x2 Give my blog's new official Facebook page some loovin' by clicking the "like" button below :)! A great and easy way to stay updated on things happening w/ my blog :).  Thank you so much Beautifuls! :)

<3, Kathleen.