{OOTD} Green Plaid

It's been a while since I've mentioned Poshmark, but this outfit consists of mostly items I purchased off of the app. I haven't posted a Poshmark Finds post in a while, but I haven't stopped shopping! That app can really get addicting! Just a fair warning! Haha! Do let me know if you'd like those types of posts to continue :]

Anyways, I just wore this out on a little date with the Boyfriend. Actually, not so little because dates together are always special. Excuse the cheesy-ness, but we're actually in a long distance relationship, so time together in person is extra special. We only get to see each other about once a month. Shout-out to all those in long-distance relationships!

He really liked the outfit that he insisted on taking a picture for the blog. Unfortunately is is just an iPhone photo in a dimly lit apartment complex hallway. Apologies from the both of us! The Beret is my boyfriend's, but I'm really the only now who uses it. It was gifted to him from his sister from her trip to Paris. So it was ultimately a gift to me! 

Outfit Rundown

Beret  |  Stolen from the BF

Coat  |  Love Tree

Turtleneck  |  Talbots via Poshmark (similar)

Scarf  |  via Poshmark

Skirt  |  Forever 21 via Poshmark

Gloves  |  Aldo Accessories

Tights  |  Forever 21

Ankle Boots  |  Target via Poshmark (similar)

{OOTD} Blue Chevron Stripes

So... you may have seen my last post about the eShakti dress review. It was actually a really cold day for me and I couldn't actually go out without a coat, so this was my actual outfit for that day. I just needed to highlight the dress for the review, so I took pictures without the coat. So here you go! My outfit and accessories for a date with my boyfriend that weekend. I'm really happy about how the blue  and green embroidery match my purse without being the same color.






Outfit Rundown

Beret  |  Goorin Bros.

Earring  |  Claire's 

Coat  |  Purchased at Ross 

Dress  | c/o eShakti

Boots  |  Purchased on Zulily

{Review} eShakti Dress

Hello hello! Long time no outfit post! I'm not counting the Dapper Day outfit because of course I would take pictures whilst on vacation! I did get off by butt and took actually outfit photos on a normal day because I got the lovely opportunity to review a dress from eShakti. Many of you have probably heard of eShakti from the many blogger reviews around the community. It is a website that sells customizable clothing. They have tons of dresses and skirts in retro styles, which definitely attracts me. They also have tops and jackets. They do have regular sizes and the base design where you pay $7.50 for customizing, which I find pretty affordable. I chose the Retro embellished poplin shirtdress. I had it customized to my measurements and I also changed the sleeve length to 3/4 sleeve. Other options were to change the skirt length and to remove the pockets or embroidery.

Pockets

The thing I love most about eShakti are the side-seam pockets. They are perfect. I am much less likely to lose my phone when I have pockets. So, I would never choose the remove pockets option. Ever. 

Sleeves

I changed the sleeve length because I prefer 3/4 sleeves the best and most dresses I find don't come in that length. I found that I didn't enjoy the look of the sleeve being so loose fitting didn't seem to fit the style of the dress, so I folded it up and folded it up until it looked good, which ended up being short-length. I regretted not getting a full length sleeve because I could have folded that up to 3/4 sleeve length. It would have been much better if there were actual pictures of each type of sleeve length instead of illustrations. I understand not making completely different sleeves every time they make a new dress, but at least show different sleeve types in different fabrics. It would definitely help the decision making process. 

Embroidery

The design is lovely and I like the colors. The embroidery isn't evenly stitched around the entire skirt. Some parts are stitched closer together than others. The closer stitches are definitely better looking. Overall, further away it looks  good. The chevron stripes also don't match up on the side seams. They kind of match up on the top, but closer to the bottom it gets less matched. It's understandable since the skirt goes outward to make it full. It also isn't so noticeable. These are things I am fine with, but it does speak to the quality. Since I'm taking about the skirt portion.. It is extremely full and fits my petticoat, but it isn't a full circle skirt as advertised. It's not cut as a circle skirt, which automatically makes it not a circle skirt. It's actually 4 panels. It might be 2 panels because I can't tell if the embroidery came before or after the fabric became a skirt. I'm unsure because the stripes match up on 2 of the seams. Anyways, When I hold up a circle skirt it makes a 180 degree line, but this dress doesn't make it that high. It definitely comes close though! Fitting my petticoat is really all that matters.

Fit

It fits really well. It felt tight whist putting it on, but I think it just fit so exactly. That or they didn't add enough breathing space or I measured incorrectly. I found that the shoulders were actually a little too big. I may have measured myself wrong? That was the measurement I was most unsure of when I took it. This is definitely the hard part about ordering customized clothing online. I know a lot of people don't know how to measure themselves properly. That may actually also include me! 

The construction was good.  The darting was the best fit I've ever had there. The sticking connecting all the pieces together was solid. It didn't feel like it was going to fall apart anytime soon. The pockets are awesome. They are big enough to hold what I need. I wouldn't need to use a purse sometimes even. They also aren't obvious when worn. I have other items with pockets including a coat and a different dress (not eShakti) change the draping of the fabric that it's obvious if I have something small in my pocket and ridiculous if it's something big. The way these pockets are sown are awesome. I love the customization choices as I really like over the knees lengths which is so hard to find even for a shortie like me. I absolutely hate sitting down and being able to feel the chair. Some dresses are too difficult to resist though. The dress design is also extremely cute, much like most of the other options on the site. They also seem to go through designs pretty often. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone wearing the same dress as you. I do like eShakti and already own a dress and skirt from them. I also just purchased a dress for my mother. I'm excited. I wouldn't count on the fit being completely perfect all the time even though it's a customization website. It is really difficult to do, even designers have multiple fittings before the finished product. I would definitely continue to shop at eShakti purely for the pockets and over the knee-length skirts/dresses. The pretty designs and full skirts are also a big reason too though. I could definitely look past any imperfections for these reasons. 

Outfit Rundown Beret: Goorin Bros. Earrings: Claire's Dress: c/o eShakti Website - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest If you want to shop at eShakti, you can get 10% off with the code "calamaristyles". It's only valid until December 3, 2014 though! Just enter it in the promotional code box :]

I received this dress for review, but all opinions are my own!

Emmy-Nominated Costume Showcase

As I was walking around Valley Fair Mall, I noticed this display of costumes. The display is gone now so, sorry that I didn't post about it sooner!



The costumes were from Mad Men, Downton Abbey, Boardwalk Empire, Once Upon a Time, Deadwood, Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Family Tree, and Game of Thrones. I seriously oo-ed and awe-d for like 30 minutes and would have for longer, but I had to leave. I wish I could have gone back for pictures of each individual costume. I didn't even get all the angles of it as a group, because I didn't know we could take pictures, until late.

These two are from Once Upon a Time for Mrs. Mary Darling. In the back facing the camera is one from Mad Men for Jane Sterling. The ones not facing the camera in the back are from Deadwood: yellow in the back is for Janie Stubbs and purple is for Alma Garret.

From left to right of the dresses facing the costume: Boardwalk Empire - Margaret Thompson, Mad Men - Peggy Olson, Killing Lincoln - Mary Todd Lincoln, Family Tree - Rebecca Schmelff Chadwich

I actually had time to send in this info and this Martha Levinson (Downton Abbey) costume to DowntonAbbeyAddicts.com though >.<

The Game of Thrones actually had a display case of it's own!

Sadly there was no legend for these though. I don't actually watch Game of Thrones, so I cannot identify any of the costumes. I really want to start watching it though.

When I went to Wondercon 2011, I was actually able to see a few costumes there, and they were so glorious as well. I wish I could share the photos, but my computer broke in May of 2011, so I lost all of my pictures from before then. It was a great promo for before the show came out. They even had the throne where they take your picture on it. They posted all the pictures online, some people had really great poses, I wish I wasn't so shy! So, here's a bonus picture of the throne (but with me sitting in it >.<)

{Movie} Thor: The Dark World

I totally had a get-together with Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman and we did a little photoshoot for their movie, Thor: The Dark World aka Thor 2.

So really now, My boyfriend and I went out to watch the new Thor movie the Night it premiered in theaters. We went to the Metreon in San Francisco. They had showings every hour starting at 8 p.m.! We had planned to watch it at 10, but missed it by a couple of minutes, so we decided to watch the 11 o' clock showing. In the hour that we waited, we took a lot of silly pictures with the advertisements :)

He wanted to attack me for a second there, but then he apologized and then requested the highest of fives.

Tom Hiddleton, who plays Loki, also decided he wanted in on the photoshoot fun I had with Chris and Natalie. He's way bigger in real life.

And here's what we wore to watch the movie! Brendon went with a Thor shirt and I tried to go for a young SHIELD agent ready for action. I have my SHIELD badge on if you can see it. I got it at Wondercon 2011 (come back to San Francisco!!!).

It says I'm a level 1 SHIELD agent! Let me know if you'd like me to share an actual picture of it :]

This is actually the same outfit I wore to watch a Walk the Moon concert this past month. >.<

Outfit Rundown:

Top, Jacket, Pants: Forever 21

Shoes, De Masque

Halloween 2013

I know this post is a bit late, but I wanted to share what I did for the actual day of Halloween. I happened to get the day off work :) 

For Halloween, I went to Chipotle for their $3 come wearing a costume special, hung out with my friends at their apartment, went Trick-or-Treating, and ate at a Korean restaurant.

They're both wearing Giraffe Kigurumi and their cat is a Hot Dog! 

I am Marie from Aristocats. My boyfriend is Mako from Legend of Korra (Handmade, he did everything, except sew - which I did)

I actually also have an outfit rundown for this as well:

Dress: Forever 21

Jacket: Costco

Socks: Angelic Pretty

Headband: Forever 21

Ears: Disneyland

And bonus, I went to Cream in Palo Alto (not Halloween day) and got their Halloween special. It's mint chocolate chip ice cream in double chocolate chip cookies with orange sprinkles and fudge.

{Cosplay} The Eleventh Doctor - Halloween

Happy Halloween Everybody!

My cousin's birthday was a week ago and since it's so close to Halloween, everyone wore costumes. I decided to dress as the Eleventh Doctor of the Doctor Who series.

I know I pose awfully, but I really wanted to share something Halloween themed for the day. 

My outfit looks pretty ordinary if it weren't for the oversized fez and sonic screwdriver, it would have looked like I didn't dress up at all! Sadly I didn't have a proper bowtie (forgot it in SF and came straight from work), and was only able to clip a ribbon in. I did take the photo booth bow though! 

My whole cosplay is all store bought, so here's a run-down:

Fez: Hot Topic

Blazer: H&M

Top: Merona - Target

Jeans: Forever 21

Shoes: Payless

Have a great Halloween!

{Event} Steinhart Aquarium's 90th Anniversary

California's Academy of Sciences holds a Night Life event every Thursday and on September 26, they had a Roaring 20's theme in honor of the Steinhart Aquarium's 90th Anniversary.

They had a table with pictures of the old aquarium and also the skulls of the animals that lived there when it first opened. There were people there watching the table making sure nobody touches the skulls and also answering any questions.

There were so many things to see. There were live animals, statues, and displays. I would recommend attending a Night Life to everybody! Especially if you love museums. You get to explore the museum after regular hours for a cheaper price too! They also have stations where you can buy alcohol (Night Life is a 21+ only event). They had special drinks

There was even a craft table at this event where people could make head pieces for their 20's outfit. There's even a lab area. If you see the corner of the bottom photo it says "Not a public area Real scientists at work"

My wonderful boyfriend drove 2 hours to get me here :]

My Outfit Rundown:

Dress: Soprano Soprano Soprano (For sale HERE)

Coat: Target

Cardigan: Audrey & Grace

Hat: Goorin Brothers

Necklace: Bought via Poshmark

Shoes: Payless

SF Station even took our photo and put it on their site!