Tomboyish Teal

I'm wearing an Anthropolgie dress with Piperlime boots, a random leather baseball cap, The Row round sunglasses, and an Alexander Wang "Brenda Chain" handbag.

Two weekends ago I went to Philadelphia for the first time to visit my good friend Dylana Suarez. We took these outfit pictures together just after I arrived. The night before I got back to my apartment around 2:30AM, woke up three hours later to hurry up and pack, take the subway to the bus station (of which, I took the wrong train), and hopefully board that early morning Philly-bound bus. I made it...thank goodness!!

It was an almost too perfect of weekend complete with sunshine, brunching, new friends, and live music. I fell in love with Philly, and I am already itching to go back. More photos to come!

All photos taken by Dylana Suarez

The Wang Gang

The gang, clockwise: Alexander Wang Devere bag in black, Alexander Wang Brenda chain bag in black, and Alexander Wang Marion bag in Mercury with rose gold hardware.

I'm pretty stoked about these three new friends of mine—welcome! No wonder Mr. Wang is nominated for the CFDA's Accessory Designer of the Year award (and the Womenswear Designer of the Year award), his handbags are always right, and they always have been right from the very beginning. Here's to hoping you sweep the CFDA awards Alex, we all know you deserve to win. Oh, and I have officially been inducted into the Wang gang and I couldn't be happier!

Preoccupations

Some things I've happened upon, that I just can't seem to get out of my head:

1. A cake made entirely of crepes; from Dean & Deluca.
2. A beautiful grapefruit from my grandpa's tree in Lake Havasu, Arizona.
3. Fur shoes by Céline.
4. Dearly Beloved red wine.

So Many Thoughts

Oh my god, I'm actually blogging! THIS IS HAPPENING!! And, I can guarantee you that it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I just drank an entire bottle of wine—of course not. I don't know. I love blogging, and it used to be something that I really enjoyed doing. Blogging was a sort of coping mechanism for me, way back when, and now it has become that task at the bottom of my to-do list that keeps carrying over from list to list that I just don't get to—or maybe, it's the task I just don't want to get to.

I still love fashion—very much so in fact, and I just landed my dream job in the fashion industry. And I do still talk to, hang out with, and love the friends I made from blogging. I just renewed my domain for another year or two because I really do want to start blogging regularly again—really. I want to write more, practice my photography, and stretch that stylish rubber band of mine, but I'm going through a great deal of transitions right now, and life is just happening—but when is it not. Honestly, I don't know. But I'm human, and I'm trying.

**All images are from my Instagram, please follow me at: @macdowler