What to Wear: 4th of July

1. Poolside/Beach

John Lewis swim suit, $52 / One Teaspoon white shorts, $105 / Aquazzura red shoes, $365 / Isabel Canovas blue purse / Janessa Leone panama hat / Loro Piana scarve, $965 / Cat eye glasses / The Beach people / Crate and Barrel red home decor

2.   Special Event/Restaurant

Sea New York blue and white dress / Soludos espadrille shoes, $63 / Madewell mini crossbody / Janessa Leone gold hat / Gold lens sunglasses, $33 / Hermès red shawl / Dartington Crystal serveware / Sunnylife red home decor

3. BBQ

Olive Oak off shoulder crop top / Original 501s [W24], $86 / Soludos black and white flat, $63 / Chloé shoulder bag purse, $2,570 / Rembrandt Charms metal jewelry / Vintage silver ring / Janessa Leone short brim hat / Ray-Ban rounded sunglasses, $165 / Blue scarve

Hey Guys!
4th of July is just around the corner and I created a few outfits inspired by independence day! I love this holiday, it's a time to get together with friends and family, have a BBQ,  and just have a good time while enjoying the fireworks. I created three ideal looks that can actually be worn anywhere for this day. They're basic chic outfits with pops of blue and red, I kept the red minimal since I'm not a huge fan of red too much haha, pops of red are okay though! For 4th of July, I usually try to stick to casual looks and usually finish them off with patriotic colors, stripes, and accessories. This year I think I'm going with an outfit similar to #3. I'm planning to stay by the beach and have a BBQ with friends/ family, can't wait! Which is your favorite look?

Hope you guys enjoy your 4th of July! 

x StephC

Summer & Music Festival

♫ El Guincho- Sega ♫ 

My ideal coffee table! 

One of my fave local stores in LB called: Made in Long Beach which features about 120 products from local makers and artists, love love it!

(Wearing: H&M jacket and shirt, O'neill culottes, Old Navy sandals, Rebecca Minkoff bag, TJ Maxx hat)

Summer & Music Festival 16!

Sk8ers doing their thing

Skater boys showing off their skate tricks

Getting to meet Devendra Banhart with my sis was one of the highlights of the day! He's such a talented artist/musician who was DJ'in that night!

LOVE the new "The Loop" art installation in downtown Long Beach!

Here are some snaps from last Saturday's Summer and Music festival, it was most definitely a fun day with good company, great food, cool skaters, amazing music, and chill vibes all around! I'm so glad I got to meet and snap a quickie with Devendra Banhart, such a chill guy!

There are so many more summer event coming up that I'm planning to check out and I can't wait!

Hope you guys enjoyed the pictures :)

x

StephC

Random Delights

♫ Life Without Buildings- The Leanover ♫

Early morning delights= Coffee with guava and chocolate pretzel vegan donuts from Recreational Coffee and The Caffeinated Kitchen in LBC!

HOWL magazine at Recreational Coffee

My fave donut was obviously the chocolate pretzel..can't say no to chocolate ;) Thanks to The Caffeinated Kitchen...looove their vegan donuts!

Ran into this cute crafty party store called" Wild Child". It was hidden around my old neighborhood in LBC, love discovering new local stores!

Exploring around

Just because I loved this mauve/pink wall!

(Wearing: LOFT jeans, Madewell sandals, F21 lightweight pocket blazer, Rebecca Minkoff bag)

Hope you guys enjoyed your weekend!

 Here are some quickie snaps from this past Friday strolling around my old neighborhood in LBC. I love this boho/artsy neighborhood you will surely find random cute cafes and shops hidden in between houses and artsy walls in the most random-est places. It might be a little hipster but it's imperfect and super artsy which is why I love it!

 I checked out Summer and Music (SAM) festival yesterday and got to snap a few pics with one of my fave musicians/artist, Devendra Banhart! Stay tuned for that post! :)

x

StephC

Summer Solstice

♫ Maria Usbek- Moai Y Yo ♫ 

(Wearing: Heavenly Couture straw hat, H&M mirror shades, Brandy Melville shirt, Anneise rope necklace, F21 shorts, H&M lightweight jacket, Rebecca Minkoff bag, Rainbow sandals)

Seal Beach was the spot to go during the summer solstice and golden hour! I mean what better place to be at than the beach right? I LOVE golden hour it makes for the best pictures and you can't beat a view/sunset like that! Did you guys catch the strawberry moon? I saw it but did not get around to snapping a pic...it clearly left me speechless haha, it was quite a sight though! 

Hope you guys are enjoying these first summer days, the weekend is almost here and I've got a few summer events to attend...can't wait!

x

StephC

Golden Hour Cuddles

♫ Rooney- I Can't Get Enough ♫

Spending the first day of summer at the beach with my cute pup, Mr. Waffles, no better feeling... which is one of the many reasons why I love summer!

Hope you all are enjoying the week so far :)

x

StephC

Breezy Weekends

♫ Peggy Sue- Fools Rush In ♫ 

(Wearing: Crossroads flowy shirt, Levis shorts, Rebecca Minkoff bag, vintage scarf, Madewell sandals)

Lounging with Mr. Waffles which means weekends= lazy days!

Adventuring

Heatwave...welcome summer!

Cooling off with cucumber infused h2o

Hey loves!

Here's a quickie recap of this past weekend, it was pretty chill since I spent it mostly catching up with family at the park and lounging around at home with my cute pup.  We've been having a heatwave here in SoCal so staying cool with great tunes and iced infused h2o is the way to go!

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend, more pictures coming your way!

x

StephC