Wishful Wednesday :: Dorothy Perkins

I swear she popped out of no where! I did start to see some of her items trickling into the blogosphere but then this week, BAM! Everyone is talking about Dorothy Perkins!

So I took a gander at some items that I thought were nice picks. Some you may have seen already but too bad, this is my blog, and I shall talk about what I wish.

Cream zigzag chiffon dress

You may have seen this one featured on Atlantic Pacific. She's got great style and great choice in dresses!

Photo Source from Atlantic Pacific Blog Post Zig Zag

Rust spot sundress

Love polka dots. Always have, always will.

Black drape pocket dress

I need to find more simple black dresses or dresses similar to this style. They make for great after work, dinner wear as well as... work wear.

Peach sleeveless belted dress

Cute dress but I think I need a darker color!

Black / grey beaded dress

 Love the bead detailing on the skirt of this dress.

Navy blazer with ivory tipping

I'm a sucker for blazers. Especially in colors like this!

Multi print cross over dress

This could be interesting. I kind of like it but am dying to pair it with some solids/neutrals of some sort.

Black illusion peplum dress

This looks like it could be slimming and nice enough to wear to work or for a special occasion.


Has anyone else tried ordering from here except for Extra Petite [DP review post]? I know she mentioned that the quality is similar to ASOS however, for those of you who have ordered from ASOS, you must be familiar with their free shipping and free returns policy. With Dorothy Perkins, I believe Jean of Extra Petite said she had to pay out of pocket to return her items. AND, there is no free shipping like ASOS. I believe IF there is, you must have a minimum order.

Let me know if you find anything great! Happy Hump Day!

Glutton Tuesdays :: Plums Cafe

One of my favorite brunch spots so far has been Plums Cafe down in Costa Mesa. I really enjoy their eggs benedict dishes.

SANTA FE EGGS BENEDICT
Poached Eggs over Peppered Ham & Fresh Baguette Chipotle-Cilantro Hollandaise, Served with Plums Potatoes

Here it is, my favorite dish. I've never really enjoyed eggs this way until a friend of mine that teaches cooking, made poached eggs for us. I really have to learn how to do this (well) at home.

ALDERWOOD SMOKED SALMON HASH
Red Potato, Onion & Pepper Hash, Poached Eggs
Dill Hollandaise, Served with Organic Nine Grain Toast

Very colorful arrangement. I was impressed with the poached eggs on top. Really adds that pop (literally) to the dish.

PLUMS FAMOUS DUTCH BABY
A Deep Dish Pancake Skillet Baked, Powdered Sugar & Lemon

Everything there was delicious! I'm glad someone in our party opted to get the Dutch Baby Pancake. I really enjoy it but can't eat a sweet breakfast by itself. I have to have my savory items. I've got to have my eggs.

What's nice about the Dutch Baby is that the lemon sprinkled on it really makes it refreshing. It takes a bit longer to make, but as they say at Plum's, it's well worth the wait. And I can attest to that!

Not pictured:

CHOCOLATE COCOA BANANA WAFFLE 

Salty Caramel, Oregon Hazelnuts & Whipping Cream

Forgot. Sorry. It was good though. But I still prefer my savory breakfast foods (even with me being the choc-o-holic that I am).

What are you favorite breakfast foods? If you're from Los Angeles and have a favorite breakfast/brunch spot, please share!!

Weekend Recap :: White Denim

Hi All! How was your weekend? I hope either tons of fun or tons of relaxing time! I had a pretty productive weekend sifting through old clothing and items and throwing away "junk" and creating "to donate" piles. AND, I did that in the friendboy's room AND my own. I've been on a cleaning spree. It's actually been pretty therapeutic. Sometimes you just need those kinds of days/weekends.

I was also able to find white denim, yay! If you recall, I had been looking at a couple of different ones. I actually ended up going with a totally different brand but it's been treating me well so far.

My only gripe about these pants are that the front pockets are FAUX pockets. I didn't know when I bought them. I just tried them on to make sure they looked okay. It wasn't until this day that I tried to put my phone into the pocket... and nearly dropped it because well, there wasn't a pocket there!!!

This is not an advertisement for Starbucks by the way. I was just thirsty. It was hot!

:: Outfit Details ::

Floral Tank :: H&M, similar here

White Skinny Jeans :: Mango, similar here

Tan Sandals :: Target

Bamboo Sunglass :: Gucci

Black Tote Bag :: Marc by Marc Jacobs (with studs!)

Bangles & Bracelets :: Forever21, similar // Kohls (actually a necklace), similar

Hard Boiled Egg Necklace (not really eggs, just look like them) [old] :: H&M, not so similar here

White Shell Earrings [old] :: Urban Outfitters, similar here

Wedding Wear Wednesday

Remember when I was shopping for some peplum?? Well I caved in and bought this dress that I had posted awhile back.

ASOS Peplum Dress In Floral Print

By the way, these photos are kind of long over due. It's been a crazy couple of weeks!

Beautiful newly wed couple! One of which was my roommate for some time. Thank you for having us!! :)

These are some of my old roommates from college. Everyone one is married and/or a momma! When did we all grow up?!

The friendboy and I...

More photos of the friendboy and I in the photobooth. MUST take photobooth photos!

And I leave you with the silly ones.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!!

:: Outfit Details ::

Floral Print Peplum Dress :: ASOS (on sale now for $29.83!!)

Nude Patent Leather Pumps (old) :: Aldo, similar here

Gold Leaf Earrings (real 14k handipped leaves) :: Forgot where from :( Similar here

Gold Chain Link Necklace :: Kohls, similar here

Gold Studded Black Clutch (gifted) :: It's actually a Stella McCartney make-up  bag, similar here

Rainbow Sombrero (borrowed) :: Similar here

China-man Hat (borrowed) :: Can't find it!

Glutton Tuesdays :: Make Shoppe Goodness

Make Shoppe is a blog that one of my good friends started. She posts about DIYs, recipes, crafts, and much more. If you enjoy cooking and/or crafting, I highly recommend that you check her blog out.

Of course being friends with someone that knows how to cook well always ends up in my favor :P She allowed me to snap some photos of her making dinner.

Mango Salsa

Pretty yet simple decor in her home. You can totally snag the same idea by saving all your corks from your wine bottles and toss them in a nice vase. Also, placing some simple yet elegant faux flowers into a vase works too... but you may have known this already ;)

Rice Pilaf

Mango Salsa

Pan Fried Chicken Breasts topped with Mango Salsa

Dinner time!

Gin & Tonic w/ a splash of Grenadine

Can I just say publicly over the internet that my friend's husband makes the BEST G&Ts ever? I'm not a huge fan of gin but let's just say I've been turned around ever since having my first sip of his famous G&Ts.

For more recipes, please follow Make Shoppe via her blog, Facebook, pinterest, and twitter!

Landry Fields & Cameron Jones

Guess what?!?!?! I have to share with you! Over the weekend, I got to meet some NBA basketball players! I don't know how many of you watch NBA games or how into athletes you are but, I think this is the coolest thing ever.

I was honored with a chance to meet Landry Fields and Cameron Jones. If you are not familiar, Landry played for the New York Knicks alongside Jeremy Lin and Cameron Jones currently plays for the Indiana Mad Ants (NBA Developmental League).

Cameron Jones selecting his style type with Steve Chiang of den.m bar

The two athletes were coming into the shop to get fitted! Can you believe that? Two NBA players WANT to wear our den.m bar jeans! Amazing!

Landry Fields selecting his with Zach

Zach, writing down Landry's choices

Measurements time!

By the way, I just learned this that day of the two guys coming in but, wearing shorts to your fitting is not the best thing to do. Apparently, shorts are thicker and harder to measure around for your denim jeans fitting.

For Landry and Cameron's sake, I opted to not photograph some of the "embarassing" measurements such as their inseams. I'll spare you this time guys! :)

Landry and Cameron are the nicest guys ever. I really enjoyed working with them. Very polite, funny, and just all around good guys.

The two guys also took home some of our denim ties too! Can't wait to see them sportin' our stuff :)

From Left to Right: Kat (me), Landry Fields, Steve Chiang (one of four den.m bar partners), and Cameron Jones

And just for kicks... a picture to show you how freakin' tall they are compared to us!! I literally bent my head as far back as I could to look up and greet them/shake their hands when they walked in! Cameron is 6'4" and Landry is 6'7".

Good luck to Landry Fields, who just signed with the Toronto Raptors and to Cameron Jones in your career with the NBA as well :) Look forward to crossing paths with you more often!

...Still a little starstruck. Wouldn't you be?

:: Outfit Details ::

Polka Dot Sheer Sleeve Top :: Zara, similar here

Mint Denim :: Zara, similar here

Taupe/Pink Flats :: Zara, similar here

Double Pearls :: Francesca's, similar here

Gold Chain (old) :: Similar here

P.S. While posting these pictures, I realized that I am all Zara'd out!! Not intentional... just coincidence :)

Black Kat

Happy Friday the 13th!! No need to be supersticious today! Just go with it and have fun!

Going out for drinks with friends. Quick outfit. Leather jacket. Done.

Decided to pair up some edgy leather with some pink, fun, floral print. And in case you're wondering what shoes I ended up going with, I wore my red DV by Dolce Vita pumps.

As seen from 'Gondolier' post

 :: Outfit Details ::

 Moto Leather Jacket (old) :: Express, similar here and here

Floral Tank :: H&M, similar here

Skinny Jeans :: Gap

Red Pumps :: DV Dolce Vita

Gold Chain Necklace :: Kohls, similar here

Patent Leather Clutch :: J.Crew, similar (nicer one) here

Wishful Wednesday :: Cyber Window Shopping

I like to window internet shop. I don't know about you but I always add a ton of things to my cart. Things I absolutely think I have to have. And then, I "X" out of the window and just "pretend" that I never saw those things or stop myself from spending money I don't have. It's so easy to virtual window shop from home, in your PJs, guilt-free with no one watching.

Going to window shop with you here.

Lazy Oaf Camera Shopper Tote

Rag & Bone Jean Jacket w/ Leather Sleeves

TopShop Structured Blazer

Sam Edelman Yelena Strappy



Nasty Gal Bright Angle Blazer

Sunday Market Tote in Cat

 How could I not like this "Kat" tote??



Ray-Ban Clubmaster Sunnies

In a perfect world, I would be able to pull off any style of frame/sunglass such as the one pictured above. But alas, I'll have to remove these from the cart. Darn.


ASOS Sleeveless Top with Spot Print & Peplum

Is anyone else as weird as me? Please don't let me feel alone on the virtual window shopping! If you also do the same thing, what are some of the things you put into your cart?