Stairway to Nothing

        SO happy to say that I had the opportunity to shoot with Lindsay Wu again! If you haven't read my past posts with her, she is a young photographer that I met through university, and we bonded over photography. She is incredibly talented, and if you live in the Vancouver area, shoot her a message and ask for a quote!

       We wandered around some back alleys for these photos, and shot 3 different outfits. Here is my first, with the classic denim-chain-turtleneck vibe that I've been going for since last winter. Simple, yet interesting, cool, yet comfortable. My one regret is not wearing some heeled ankle boots, but alas these boots will do.

Faux Leather Jacket: Zara

Denim Jeans: Vintage Lees Jeans

Turtleneck: Thrifted

Boots: Women's Clara Boot in Black

Belt: Topshop

Necklace: Thrifted 

2 Chainz

Finding this belt was a miracle.

        Recently, I went to the Vancouver's Topshop at Granville Station, on the hunt for some black mom jeans. I was having a hard time finding a pair that fit me anywhere else, and Topshop was my last shot. Luckily, I was able to find an incredibly comfy pair (that I will be showing in an ootd very soon I'm sure). Before I went to checkout with my jeans, I browsed their accessories section, specifically seeing if they had any cool belts with chains - I've been really into that look recently, inspired by many other bloggers including one of my favs, Julia Dang, as you can see in this pic. So I was checking out their selection, and lo and behold I reached to the back of the rack, and pulled out the last black chained and studded belt, and it happened to be a size XS. If that's not fate I don't know what is.

        I've been itching to style this belt since. I've been really inspired by a more androgynous look recently, with dress pants, black boots, and turtle necks- for some reference check this out, and this, and also this. 

        So I decided to try styling the belt with my thrifted trousers, my thrifted black turtleneck, my thrifted (and incredibly warm) down puffy jacket, as well as my 8-eye 1460 Greasy Dr. Martens, and toped it with my dad's Hi Visibility Orange Thinsulate Toque.