bonjour, again.

top forever 21 | belt urban outfitters | skirt nava | boots zara | hat bershka | earrings urban outfitters

Just poppin' back in here to say hello. I wouldn't be me if I wasn't consistently inconsistent. Follow me on social media if you wanna keep up with my life or somethin!
@danablakex

bisous

pt i. cross the line

jacket mango | top alexander wang | denim lucky brand | sandals topshop | sunglasses sunnies studios | belt forever 21

ended up taking photos from two different locations so here's the first part of it. los angeles still manages to surprise me with the cutest streets for backdrops. on the other hand, can't stop obsessing over the softness of this a wang bodysuit. 

suede ribbons

cardigan forever 21 | tank bcbg max azria | sandals topshop | bag coach

wearing denim shorts and a sheer tank in 57 degree weather on the second to the last day of january. also, i've been searching for these suede sandals from topshop for ages and finally got a chance to snag them at 50% off. thank you sartorial gods

gloomy thursday

leather jacket mango | backpack forever 21

I know it's been a while. Had a nostalgic couple of days—ten to be exact—lately and it's left me all over the place. Safe to say my life has turned around quite a lot since you last heard from me. However, still hoping this will be a constant thing. Better to be back than never.

double origami

top angl | skort zara | vest tulle | boots charles david

I talked my way out of excuses to finally update. Mostly because my blog turns 1 today, and also because the sporadic posts are just unforgivable. I purchased this subtle tartan vest slash coat along with the black version of the Zara skort at a thrift store the other day. Thanks to the person who decided to sell their skort, I snagged it at less than half of what it originally is. Isn't it weird how I've had the white version for months but posted an outfit with the black one first? In other news, I'm still getting used to my hair which by the way is a lot more blonde in person.

instaoutfit weekend

sweater & bag Zara | coated jeans Bebe | boots Forever 21

top Chocolate U.S.A. | boyfriend jeans Charlotte Russe | cardigan Takeout | bag Forever 21

I've been seeing majority of the bloggers do a lot of shots like these on Instagram and I have to say that I'm actually a huge fan of it. If you're an independent blogger (or not) and you don't have your own photographer or fellow blogger to always shoot your look posts for you, this is a quick and easy way to show off any outfit instantly. So click on that follow button on my Instagram if you haven't yet!

desert living

enjoy this rare moment of me actually goofing off

dress Brandy Melville | bag & boots Forever 21 | silver bracelet Michael Kors | black bracelet Marc by Marc Jacobs

First outfit post in Las Vegas.. The heat here is much more unbearable to the point that it would actually make sense to walk around in just a bikini. I got this dress for such a steal from Brandy Melville. I didn't know they take 35% off damaged clothes and I found this (there's no damage in the dress at all) in the pile, I totally had to get it. I sincerely do apologise for having bad quality in my pictures. I still haven't had a chance to get my camera and I don't know how long it will take but I'll try to work with what I currently have.

1st avenue

sweater + shorts zara | bag + boots forever 21

I decided to go for a quick walk around NYC and drop by a couple of stores at Soho during my last day in New York. Strangely enough these boots are the most comfortable boots I've ever owned. I walked around them the whole day (considering there were blisters on my feet from my previous outfit) and I did not feel them hurting at all. Don't even get me started on these shorts... If I could I would definitely buy all of them and live in them for the rest of my life.

Is this too mainstream?

I know what you guys are thinking.. "Ugh, that skirt, again?"  This particular skort from Zara has been in all of our favourite blogs for the past few months and probably for a couple more. My best friend, Maria, actually showed this to me when it came out and we've been fan girling about it ever since. I have no idea what took us so long to finally get it ourselves. (You can check out her super bangin' outfit post with it over here)

It's travel season again for me so *hopefully* expect a ton more of new outfit posts and travel diaries. I was debating whether to do a haupdate a.k.a. haul update with the rest of other items I purchased last weekend but I decided to already store them in my suit case as a surprise. I'll be flying to Maryland for roughly two weeks and then spending a weekend in New York before I fly to Las Vegas. I hope this skort won't be ephemeral. It's such a lovely piece and I know I'll be wearing it a lot so I apologise in advance.