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best coast casual

May 4, 2011
Alicia Gastown Shoot-2

kensie blouse // h&m trench // hunter boots c/o melface
Alicia Gastown Shoot-22

Alicia Gastown Shoot-23

Alicia Gastown Shoot-27

Alicia Gastown Shoot-49
all photos by kingkabuz

i feel like a fraud.
i call myself a “fashionista” and yet, i’ve been parading around lately in leggings and rain boots. let’s take into consideration how uninspiring this weather has been. and the fact that i have a closet full of beautiful spring merchandise that is too cold to wear and a closet full of cute winter things that i am sick of wearing. i’m so ready for summer, aren’t you?

i was supposed to met up with the super talented ned aka @kingkabuz for an urban photo shoot in gastown last week. i was mid-move and quite unorganized, so i actually forgot we had planned to meet up! i was stuck wearing my rain gear for our shoot, but the truth is now out there now…that i’ve been dressing casual! at least my new hunters ($30 woot woot) were put to good use 🙂

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  • alison*elle May 5, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    Totally agree with you on this topsy-turvy weather. I still think your casual look is super cute… and $30 for Hunters? Awesome deal!

    xo, alison*elle

  • Lindsay G May 6, 2011 at 12:17 am

    How did you get those hunters for $30 bucks?!

  • laura May 6, 2011 at 12:27 am

    $30 green hunters? ridiculous!!! haha all the ones i've seen are like… $150+!

  • Jennifer Stoddart May 6, 2011 at 12:39 am

    LOVE the green Hunters! I have matte black ones, but every time I see the green ones I wish I'd bought green instead.

    I also fully agree on the weather… these drizzly days need to end for a few months! I'm so ready for open toed shoes and cute sundresses! My closet is full of new things it's still too cold to wear too. Bring on the Vancouver sunshine already!

  • Melissa May 6, 2011 at 1:19 am

    We've already discussed this but you know that i'm in the same wardrobe slump. At least your casual is better than my casual (sweatpants. oops)

    xo

    ps, send mr.kabuz my way. I need a personal photographer 😉

  • CessOviedo May 6, 2011 at 1:55 am

    Is it that bad to wear leggings and rain boots? Oh my! I've sin! The Gods of fashion are going to shut my blog down, ha ha you look perfectly fine Ali! So lovely for that rainy weather! Loved the setting, wish that purple wall was outside my house, I'd shoot from there everyday!

    Cess O. <3 The Outfit Diaries

  • Cee May 6, 2011 at 2:05 am

    Oh, you're wearing Hunters! I love it 🙂 The weather has been awful, I completely agree, although my strategy has been the opposite of yours; I've been wearing all of my new spring stuff and suffering with the cold because I'm delusional and think this might make the weather change. It has not. Seriously, though, this look pretty much exemplifies what I love about your style; the fact that you can wear Hunters, and leggings, and a wool cap, and look still look like a fashionista 🙂
    xox,
    Cee

  • Linda (little tin soldier) May 6, 2011 at 2:19 am

    These pictures are amazing! You look perfect in your rain gear. I love your Hunter boots. I have them in navy blue and they're the best boots on the planet.

  • C May 6, 2011 at 6:02 am

    i WISH i could be parading around in leggings and rainboots. it's gotten so hot here, ha!
    also have i told you have you have GORGEOUS hair? it's the best accessory a girl can have an you nailed it.

  • GIRL AND CLOSET May 6, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Love these fabulous photos. Sigh. I love photography!! And can't wait to get snap happy at are next meet up. Yay!

    As for your outfit? I think it's so urban, adorable, and chic. You can do no wrong in my fashion books. Hope your Friday is a fabulous one. xx veronika

  • Cara May 6, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Love these photos…fantastic backgrounds!
    And hey, you can still be a fashionista and wear rain boots…they are, after all, an essential here in Vancouver 😉
    xo Cara
    http://www.afashionloveaffair.com/

  • Sandy Joe May 6, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    YES. Everything about this is awesome. Plaid shirt, hunters, Best Coast. Dreamy.

    I think this was the perfect outfit for an urban Vancouver shoot after all it rains there A LOT. The last photo is great, your expression is priceless.

    xThe Pretty Secrets

  • melly May 6, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    sooo vancouver!
    ihe rain boots were the first thing that caught my eyes when i moved to this city – fascinating how something so practical can become fashionable.
    <3

  • Tashrin May 6, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    I love these photos. The explosion of colors through the graffiti is mindblowing.

    BTW this is my first time on your blog, so I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Trishna, a girl from the east coast.

    It's lovely to "meet" you.

    Love

    Tashrin
    Twitter – @ishrattrishna

  • lisa May 6, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    I'm in a wardrobe slump too. Wearing jeans and Converse sneakers at work today. :/

  • This Charming Style May 6, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    I think you still look amazingly chic in the wellies!! I have those hunter ones in pink 😀 I love the coat and the plaid top! And I saw Best Coast last weekend in London 😀 xx

  • Marie a la Mode May 6, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    I love this outfit! You look so chic in your wellies. I'm hoping to find some in the states in a couple of weeks!

  • Dress Me Dearly May 7, 2011 at 6:04 am

    Love your blog and your style!

    I'm now following, feel free to follow me too, I'm a Canadian blogger as well 😉

    http://www.dressmedearly.com

  • Jess May 8, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    Nothing wrong with leggings and rain boots! I love this look… Comfortable chic.

    xo jess
    http://cheapbutchicclothes.blogspot.com/

  • Alexandra May 9, 2011 at 6:15 am

    The first thing that came to mind when I saw this outfit was "West Coast chic", so don't worry, you're still entirely every bit a fashionista! But yes, I dug out my leggins recently too…the weather has been straight up depressing, especially with that downpour on Saturday which I (of course) got stuck in WITHOUT an umbrella.

    Hope you had a good weekend love! And watch out later this week for a little blogger feature I'm doing…you'll be in it needless to say!

    Alexandra xo

    http://tovogueorbust.com/

  • Sweet Harvest Moon May 9, 2011 at 10:05 am

    Great outfit!

    http://sweetharvestmoon.blogspot.com

  • Rebecca Jane May 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Nothing wrong with a casual look when the weather is so gross! I came back from NC hoping for spring to have arrived, and aside from a tulip or two, the weather is just as rainy and gross as when I left! Thus, rainboots = totally fine.

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