My Secret Garden

Natural History Museum Rose Garden

Observation of the Week: Luscious Orange

Young Asian woman I saw while riding the bus wearing an orange dress and black flats.

Observation of the Week: Depression Era Chic (Young guy on bus, wearing black shirt, pants, brown boots and fedora. When I saw him, he put me into a very 1930s frame of mind.)

I’ll be all around in the dark… I’ll be everywhere. Wherever you can look…wherever there’s a fight, so hungry people can’t eat, I’ll be there…
Tom Joad from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Beautiful Styles at Good Prices

You don’t have to spend a fortune to accessorize your look or be relegated to plain sneakers for a casual, but dressy, evening out. Now you can indulge in lush velvet and gold lame to dress up that feminine poet’s blouse, jeans and sleek leggings. Thanks to designer collaborations,and chic off-price styles,you can find ultra-stylish shoes, hats, jewelry andpurses on even the smallest budget.

Lovely…

Continue reading →

Observation of the Week

Observation of the Week: Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month

For Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month I decided to feature two Hispanic Los Angelenos I saw this past week. One was an Hispanic male in a black sweatshirt, beige cargo pants and dark boots and the other was a female co-worker wearing a light-colored dress accessorized with a navy-blue baseball cap and high-topped Converse.

On-site LAUSD 2021

This has been such a strange and unusual time I’ve felt compelled to document its progress so I can look back, and remember it, historically. Throughout it all, the constant thread has been perseverance. Without that nothing would’ve been, or will be, accomplished.

My School Year with LAUSD

Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Display at *Mar Vista Libra*ry

LAUSD Video Diary

Weekly Fashion Observations: (9/8/21-9/10/21)

An Hispanic woman I was sitting next to on the bus was carrying a blue Frida Kahlo tote, and when I asked her about it she said “My sons brought it back for me from Mexico. The best thing is it came with an apron too.”

Guy on the bus wearing a black tee and a pair of jeans.

Female employee at LAUSD elementary school wearing a long white cardigan over a navy-blue dress.

Weekly Fashion Observations: August 30-September 2, 2021

Another feature of the “Every Day Fashion: Style for the Mainstream” blog I will be introducing, and posting every Sunday, will be called “Weekly Fashion Observations”. It will consist of descriptions I record whenever I see someone during the day who I think is wearing a great outfit or has a lot of style. I feel these observations really represent the spirit of “Every Day Fashion” because they tell a wearer’s sartorial story truthfully and boldly.