Spring is like that weird puberty stage everyone had to go through yet not realizing as we pass through it. Not to mention it is also my least favorite season after summer and winter. Aside from those rare days when it's perfect leather jacket or sweater weather Spring's just okay. I guess Spring doesn't indicate as much wardrobe changes for me than it does for others-- so don't count on seeing any floral patterns/prints on me anytime soon.

By now you should know the drill-- I wear my whites all year round and I'm pretty good at finding new ways to wear old things, hence this casual outfit. I love investing in pieces that come back season after season. It makes me happy knowing the holes left in my pockets for these purchases aren't filled up with post purchase regrets or afterthoughts.

Around this time last year, I was prancing around Capri in this top, and wearing it now brings back such good memories and it just makes this top even more special for me. Zimmermann has been top of my list for delicate laces and silhouettes (like this and this). I can't even begin to express my love for some of their dresses, but for now, this top will suffice.

Top: Zimmmermann
Pants: Amo Denim
Shoes: Nicholas Kirkwoods Bag: Givenchy (similar here)
Cardigan: Club Monaco (similar here)

Photos by Shun S.

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Navy With Care

To care is a form of effort that to me, means more than any grandeur gestures or kind deeds. Quite frankly, before 'I love you's, I'd much prefer 'I care about you's.

But lately, I feel myself slowly not caring --anymore, as much, or enough, for some reasons. I don't remember when this started, nor can I recall why -- but I guess that's the thing, do you ever really know the reasons why you care deeply about something? It's overwhelming when there are so many things to care about, but, I feel empty when there isn't much to hold onto to get up in the morning.

I feel spoiled, in a way, when I ramble about this topic. My mom would probably not have it, as she would tell me to stop being ungrateful and just focus on my work and goals. It must be a generational thing as I grow more and more impatient with my own expectations of myself, realities, and the struggles to communicate my experiences to people of my age or older.

I feel a lack of loyalty among the people that I'm friends with, work for, and even myself as I'm constantly changing as a person too. At the end of the day, I probably just care too much with an I don't give a f**k attitude, if that makes any sense.

When it comes to fashion, there are just way too many people who claim that they are "passionate" about the industry yet they're so misinformed. I guess people get confused between their love for having nice things versus their love for fashion. It really frustrates me when someone dictates whether something is nice based on what brand it's from or justify dressing "low and high" by decking themselves out in fast fashion clothing and a high-end bag. Whatever happened to taking the time to learn about why a trend emerges and what designers are responsible for these creative innovations. Everyone invests in a bag, but no one seems to want to invests in a great blouse, a great pair of jeans or a great coat to wear year after year anymore. People just want new things to wear, to stay on trend, but does anyone even care about fashion the way they can shamelessly say they do nowadays?

I don't know, but lately, new clothes don't excite me much. I guess I still care about fashion, but I'm extremely bored of the community and how shallow everything feels. It's easy to put on something new for the first time and be eager about wearing it out, but I've been more enthusiastic about being able to come up with an outfit to wear with my core pieces and updating some of my classic go-tos. Here are a couple of new things (in a very long time) that I've incorporated into my limited rotating rack of clothes - a navy knit cardigan and a pair of mid rise blue jeans with the perfect slit details by AMO.

Sweater: Oak + Fort
Top: J.Crew
Pants: Amo Denim
Shoes: Valentino
Bag: Proenza Schouler
Accessories: Fendi

Photos by Shun S.

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Off The Shoulder Sripes

Top: Missguided
Pants: A Gold E
Shoes: Common Projects
Bag: Chanel Accessories: Vanessa Mooney Choker

Photos by Shun S.

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Chevron

It’s probably much easier to look forward to Spring with a clean slate of mind, but as a personal motto of mine, everything comes full circle. Beyond just wastefully going through a phase of wardrobe cleansing for the first week of a new season, I prefer to organize instead. There’s a great sorted-out feeling of just knowing where everything is and what purpose they serve.

Contrary to what most people might find themselves doing at the beginning of Spring - putting all of their coats away - I find myself first putting all of my chunky knits away instead. I’m a sucker for contrasting layers so it’s pretty common for you to see me in a tough outerwear jacket with a crop top.

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In The Headlights

By now you’re probably so sick and tired of every single New Yorkers whose initial topic of discussion comes up to be something along the lines of “the weather’s been so crazy!”

As someone who’s been residing many years in this city, survived many winters and breezed through some torturous summers — I’ll never understand why when the weather is temperamental, we all act like deer in the headlights.

During Fashion Week, it rained, snowed and the temperature dropped to the lowest it has ever been through this year’s mild winter we’re having. On this particular day, I went out expecting the temperature to climb back up to its moderately predictable numbers, yet right after I came out of brunch, it started to snow. Instead of talking more about the weather, we should somehow shift the conversation to how awesome New Yorkers are able to adapt to such fickle environments. I know — I’m probably not the best at this, but I’ve learned to at least try. For example, one of my favorite coats has to be a trench coat. It’s a coat that I feel is the epitome of Spring, perfect to set the tone for fall, a great cover-up alternative for short shorts in the summer, and a must-have layering piece for winter.

The saying goes, the only constant is change - and it is from this that I truly believe that despite everything that goes on, and how fast life might move — fashion is a constant that’s important in anyone’s life whether you care about it or don’t. And with or without proper preparation, something that I really do admire about the fashion of New Yorkers is that while we might seem like we're panicking, we're somehow always ready too.

I don't know about the deer where you are from, but the last time I had a car accident running into a deer in New York, it didn't really stop in the headlight, it left a dent in our rear door and kept running across the highway.

Coat: Aritzia (similar here)
Sweater: Jacquemus
Pants: J Brand
Shoes: Common Projects Originals
Bag: PS11 Classic Mini
Accessories: FOXIEDOX Bolero (similar here)

Photos by Shun S.

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Greige in AEO

Somewhere between the shades of beige and gray came together a combo that seemed like they were made for each other. I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for good neutrals. It's either all black, all white, all gray, or all beige - but being so plain has its perks too. Once in a while, I'll mix a couple of my favorite pieces together and out comes something completely new and refreshing; like this charcoal washed pair of jeggings from American Eagle Outfitters with a camel turtleneck sweater under this fluffy coat that makes me feel like a walking sheep. *BAAAA

You can read about the rest of my styling collaboration with AEO and get to know me on their blog here!

Coat: Mink Pink
Sweater: Aritzia
Pants: AEO Denim X4 Hi-Rise Jeggings
Shoes: Common Projects
Bag: Givenchy
Accessories: Fendi

Photos by Shun S.

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