I want to be her! (Seriously)

Sometimes you find a book that reads like your own story. Most times such book is a novel about a boy who is a wizard and has a dorky friend and you think you are that boy's friend with a weird name and bushy hair. OK, not really. But, this time it's something much more real for me.

Last year I got the memoir/style book I want to be her! by Andrea Linett, and seriously it's like I wrote it. Not only because the author's name is my name too, but because her life is super similar to mine. OK, it's more like I want my life to be like hers... But who cares?

Andrea Linett has worked in magazines her whole life, from being the receptionist at Sassy (where she discovered Chloe Sevigny) to founding Lucky. One of my favorite magazines, by the way. But the most amazing thing is that she did it being the weird girl. I love the illustration above with the (vintage) shoes she wore for her first day at BAZAAR compared to the ones the other girls used. Yes, she wore vintage in a sea of Manolo-wearing-Carrie-wannabes.

The other thing I really enjoyed while reading the book, were the super pretty illustrations by Linett's BFF, Anne Johnston Albert. These, along with the bullet points and quotes make for a really light reading. Like I said, I read the whole thing in 5 hours. And if you don't fell like reading, you can visit her website. But the book is better, I swear.

She is now at Michael Kors and has an awesome life (see for yourself), and she's a book author sooo.... I feel really identified with her and I'm definitely planning on following her advice, both fashion and career-wise... Because, of course, I want to be (like) her.

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¿No les pasa que leen un libro y sienten que podría ser su vida? Recientemente terminé de leer (en un solo día) el libro I want to be her! de Andrea Linett y justo me pasó eso. Obviamente me emocioné porque tenemos el mismo nombre, pero la historia que cuenta es increíblemente similar a la mía. Yo aún estoy en un punto muy inicial, pero me encantaría seguir sus pasos.
Ella es fundadora de Lucky, una de mis revistas favoritas, y trabajó en Harper's Bazaar. Pero lo mejor es que lo hizo muy a su manera, usando vintage cuando aún no era cool y sin intentar ser como todas las demás chicas de las revistas.
El libro es hermoso, está lleno de ilustraciones de la mejor amiga de la autora y es una lectura súper ligera. Lo recomiendo muchísimo para cualquiera, no solamente para fans de la moda.
Yo, definitivamente, quiero ser como ella. No solamente en cuanto a moda sino también en su carrera.

June 1972

I've been missing my parents a lot lately. I want to go home ASAP because I hate missing people. And I want to eat Mexican food.

But since I can't go now (but probably I will in April) I want to share this picutre of them. It looks like it was taken with Instagram, but it is really old, not just pretended old. It was taken in June 1972, even before they were married. And waaaay before I was even born. I love this picture, I think it's my favorite of them.


The picture reminded me of the blog and Lucky magazine feature My Mom, the Style Icon. I never though of how much my mom and I dress alike until I started liking vintage clothes and looking at told pictures of her. I actually have a red skirt that looks like this one that I got at my favorite vintage store, Arc. I do wear it with striped t-shirts, but I really don't understand those shoes.

And this is what we look like now (at my cousin's wedding in July). My dad is wearing a "guayabera", since that's what men wear to a day wedding in Mexico. I really like how he looks in this outfit. I can even forgive the shoes and the long pants. My mom chose her dress by herself, but of coursed I styled. She's wearing a Zara belt as necklace and I changed the shoes she had chosen. I wish I will look as good as her when I'm her age. I'm wearing a Shoshanna dress and (sigh) Jessica Simpson shoes.


And this is a picture of me trying to scan the other picture. It makes no sense but I thought it was really funny.

Vintage Savannah

One of the things I love the most: shopping. Another addiction? Magazines. And Lucky has become one of my favorite magazines, and I really enjoy their local shopping guides (their Twitter account is really good, too). So imagine my excitement when the latest issue featured a Savannah shopping guide. You can find an online version here.


Not that I need any instruction or help finding stores, but I loved that two of my favorite stores were featured: Arc and the Wright Square Antique Mall. Arc is the store I have to credit for my converting to an avid vintage shopper. Before Arc, I thought vintage meant "old and smelly". Now I even shop at the Goodwill.

Image courtesy of shop-arc.com

I've bought skirts and shirts at Arc. But I think that my best findings here have been the Christian Dior lace blazer (pictured below) that I wore to my job interview for Net-A-Porter, and a beautiful leopard print maxi dress that I'm planning on wearing at a beach wedding next month.

A lace blazer: my dream come true!

The Wright Square Antique Mall also has great findings, especially jewlery and purses. They have vintage clutches (like mine, pictured below) in all colors and sizes. Some jewlery pieces look not-so-vintage to me, but yet you can find great things, and very different from what you'd find in other stores. And it really is a great place to waste time just looking around.

I love, love, love this necklace!

The perfect neutral color for a clutch.

So now you know, if you ever come to Savannah visit these stores, and another good thing? They're conviniently located next to each other. Enjoy your shopping!