While I was shopping with a friend Saturday morning, a friendly photographer named Matthew Sperzel asked to take my picture. I excitedly accepted the offer, and was happy that my look caught his eye. He said he was a street style photographer with Getty Images, so I knew this guy meant business. My sunglasses and my white Doc Martens were what he initially saw, and it was interesting to hear what he had to say about my look because he gave me his point of view as a person who just saw me as a passerby on the street. But I caught his attention. After the experience I was delighted and flattered by the polite gesture. I was really suppressed to see one of the pictures on his website, MatthewSperzel.photography, where he posts street style from all different types of mayor cities like New York, Tokyo, Miami, and Chicago, where he caught me. He also focuses on runway images, commercial photography, and lifestyle images, all of which I found amazing. Matthew Sperezel has a great eye for lighting and color, and from what I've seen, can't possibly take a bad picture.
For my 18th birthday, I enjoyed spending time with my friends and family, going out to eat, and shopping, of course. And because I haven't done one of these in a while, I've decide to do a haul of all the things i was either gifted or bought myself with gifted money. Firstly, I received some things from Forever 21 from my Aunt Stephne. In fact, as a side note, I will actually be the newest employee at the Forever 21 in my local mall, which is very exciting. I received:
$47.80
$10.90
$24.90
$39.90
$2.90
$7.90
With my money given to me, I bought some things online from ASOS.com as well as from H&M. Here is a list of these things and stay tuned to see these pieces in my "What I Wore" posts!
$10.75
$39.41
$24.99
$34.99
$29.99
Currently, I am really into the idea of mixing distressed, unraveling, and deconstructed pieces of clothes mixed with classics and immaculate made things in exquisite fabrics. Unevenly cut t-shirts, unhemmed sweatshirts and unraveling sweaters mixed with soft velvet and suede companions creates an interesting mix, in my opinion. Stores like Zara, H&M, and Topman and online stores like ASOS are places I've been digging into to look for quality pieces that are interesting and not like anything anyone else has.
$49.90
$149.00
$34.99
$24.99
$17.99
$49.99
$71.66
$143.32
$68.08
$53.75
$62.70
$59.90
$29.90
$29.90
I must say that my personal style is flowing and transforming into a more gothic and dark look. However, I don't mean that I will be wearing heavy makeup any time soon or listening to gothic music. I do have an obsession with the color black and love leather gloves and unconventional looks. I also love quality, fitted looks that don't need to be cheap but also don't need to break the bank. For this, I always look at Forever 21 and Zara for good clothes and accessories that fit my style mold. I've recently discovered a new place, called VirginBlak.com that sells fantastic goth and punk looks that make me swoon. In fact, I might do a separate blog post in the future exclusively about the brand, as the stuff I love from there is too extensive to include with this post.
$119.00
$39.90
$59.90
$229.00
$17.90
