Welcome to LA LA LAND

Hello lovas, its been a minute since my last Shoe Files post, but ya girl has been busy basking in this LA sun. I recently relocated from New York City to Los Angeles and let me just tell you what a joy it has been! I've stepped fully outside of my comfort zone so I can get some shit POPPIN! With that said, you best believe I have already hit these LA streets donning some of my fav and recently 'straight out the box' footwear. Have a look-see for yourself...

On the train ride out west - yes I took the Amtrak this journey is all about comfort zones - I purchased these baby blues from Barney's Warehouse. They were promoting an offer that just could not be refused - an additional 50% off CLEARANCE. 

The Look: Bare legs: mine; Shoes: Pierre Hardy.

Location: Macy's in Glendale as I was purchasing cookware.

During GRAMMY week I hit the town with my beauxs. We hit up every spot from the Hollywood Hills down to DTLA. 

The Look: Shades: Ray-Ban; Bag: Phillip Lim; Dress: GAP; Earrings: Henri Bendel; Shoes: Isabel Marant.

Location: Hollywood Hills, Mulhoulland Drive Mansion.

Next, I had the pleasure of witnessing the wonderment of Mr. Stevie Wonder himself during a taping of his GRAMMY tribute. Everyone from Beyonce to Jill Scout to Janelle Monae to India Arie to Jay-Z were in the building.

The Look: Jacket: H&M; T-Shirt: GAP; Denim: GAP; Necklace: Zara; Earrings: Henri Bendel; Watch: Michael Kors; Bracelets: Various; Bag: Phillip Lim; Shoes: Alexander McQueen - and yes yall have seen these before they are my FAV.

Location: LA Live/Nokia Theatre.

On my next jaunt, I hit up the Louis Vuitton Series 2 exhibit sponsored by LACMA. 

The Look: T-Shirt: Zara; Leather Skirt: Vintage; Shoes: Christian Louboutin; Moon: My personal star.

Location: Hollywood, LACMA

Close up: My Galata sling back and these luscious LV's, which I need by the way. 

Here some flicks from the exhibit:

Shoe making process; something you must see at some point in life...

Yes pink heel....

The bootie that was being made...

Reflections of my shoe future..Greta Garbo's shoe trunk....

Couldn't resist the wears....

And finally, OSCAR week arrived and all my ladies from ESSENCE magazine were in town for the illustrious Black Women in Hollywood event. On my way out to meet up with the homie, I needed to make some adjustments to my attire. I purchased these lovely sandals at a sample sale and the zipper on the left foot had the nerve to get stuck. Welp, I got some scissors and went to town on them heauxs creating a 'new' sandal.

The Look: Sandal: J. Crew; Bag: Marc Jacobs; Denim: GAP

Location: My loft

Daddy, Pom Pom's, & Kicks

Hey lovas! How goes it? Yesterday's fit is already going down in the books as one of my favs! I decided to kick-it-out and rock my brand new Nike Air Raids and built my entire outfit around them. I wanted to pay homage to my father and decided tapping into my tomboy-chicness was the right thing to do. Yesterday marked 2 years since he had passed away and I was missing him and always miss him tremendously. 

To my surprise, however, it was the best day I had had all week! So enough with the ying yang. Check out these fun flicks, get into this look and learn where me and my kicks have been, so far!

The Look: Kicks: Nike Air Raids; Leather Moto Jacket: Vintage Schott; Turtle Neck: Uniqlo; Sweats: GAP x GQ collabo; Hat: Duckie Confetti; Glasses: Vintage Cazal; Bag: Alexander Wang X H&M

Location: The Highline 

Channeling my father 100%. He always had a fly hat on and some dope Cazal's. #iammyfatherschild 

Get The Look:

Hat: My lovely little co-worker put me on to this designer Duckie Confetti. She knows I love nothing more than a great headpiece and this is so me!

Glasses: I love these glasses. Today was my first time wearing these and I've had them for at least 2 years. Cazal's are the flyest. Find some Vintage Cazal's on ebay. 

Top: The best shop for basics. Uniqlo.

Leather Moto Jacket: This is one of my favorite jackets. Also seen in my previous Shoe Files post. You can own it or something close to it check here, Schott or Macys .

Sweatpants: I love a great pair of sweats and there was absolutely no way I could walk past these stylized pair on one of my jaunts to the GAP. These are from the GAP x GQ, but they still have some great sweats in-store. 

Kicks: I've said before and I'll say it again, I'm a tomboy at heart. I was the chick who guys envied because my sneaker collection was better than theirs. Whether it was a new pair of Jordan's or Airmax's I probably owned it. These Nike Air Raids are the newest edition to my kicks closet - and yes I have a closet that houses only my sneakers! Find them here. 

Bag: Spending ereyythang on Alexander Wang! Nothing much to say here except, if you didn't make it your business to even try and hit up the Alexander Wang x H&M debut, you failed. Find a great bucket bag here. 

The Switch Up Queen

Hey lovas, how's it going? Missed ya mucho! Welcome to the first installation (I <3 this word) of Shoe Files. I'll be sharing quick snapshots of all my favorite 'stomp and shout' worthy looks, keeping a 'file' of my fav shoes and 'tracking' where my shoes have been. 

I've been going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to launch this feature on the site. See, I don't want this to be your typical style blog. My passion is in really telling the story of others that love shoes just as much as I do. BUT then I thought, why would you listen to me if you don't even have a chance to enter my own closet?!?! *Light Bulb Moment* Welp the wait is over dolls and dames. I caved!

The Look: Shoes: Alexander McQueen; Leather Moto Jacket: Vintage Schott; T-Shirt: The GAP x Visionnaire collaboration; Leather Skirt: Vintage

Location: Around the corner from work 

The Switch up! Same day. Same locale. 

Shoes: Vans Skater Sneakers 

Get The Look:

Leather Motorcycle Jacket: Schotts - though mine is vintage you can have your own carbon copy!

T-Shirt: My t-shirt is from the GAP x Visionnaire collabo check any GAP location or for something similar look here - Nasty Gal

Leather Skirt: Anywhere gyals - start here - Bloomingdale's

Shoe 1: My Alexander McQueen's are long gone, but I recommend these haute Ryan Haber Collection booties called Monster! I mean I NEED these myself. 

Shoe 2: Simple chic Vans