TAKING MY NEW CAMERA OUT FOR A SPIN!

HEY LOVES! 

NOW I KNOW I TOOK A BIT OF A HIATUS BUT I FINALLY GOT MYSELF A DSLR CAMERA AND LET ME SAY, I AM IN LOVEE! I GOT MY HANDS ON THE CANON REBEL T3i; IT IS BEAUTIFUL! WITH A NEW CAMERA, IT'S TIME FOR MORE OUTFIT AND FASHION POSTS! I TOOK MY FIRST 'OUTFIT OF THE DAY' TODAY WITH MY CAMERA..LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK! ;) 

NOW DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THOSE OUTFITS THAT COME TO YOU SO QUICKLY AND EFFORTLESSLY?! THIS OUTFIT WAS ONE OF THOSE FOR ME! I GOT THIS WHITE SEMI-FORMAL DRESS FROM FOREVER 21 A WHILE BACK FOR MY FRIEND'S BLACK AND WHITE PARTY. I LOOKED AT IT IN MY CLOSET AND WANTED TO WEAR IT AGAIN BUT FOR WORK (A MORE CASUAL SETTING). I WAS WONDERING HOW I COULD DRESS IT DOWN AND LOW AND BEHOLD, I REMEMBERED I RECENTLY GOT THIS FLORAL PRINT KIMONO FROM H&M FOR $7! SCORE! I LAYERED THE KIMONO ON TOP AND BAM! THE OUTFIT WAS SET! I ADDED THIS BLUE JEWEL CROSS I HAD FOR YEARS FOR ANOTHER POP OF COLOR. AS FOR THE SHOES, I WANTED TO WEAR OUT MY NEW BLACK PLATFORM BOOTIES (ALSO FROM H&M) SO I ADDED THEM TO THE OUTFIT AND IT WAS A DONE DEAL! :D I FEEL LIKE THIS LOOK DEFINITELY CAME OUT TO BE EDGY/GRUNGY WHICH I LIKED BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFERENT FOR ME! IT'S ALWAYS GOOD IN MY BOOK WHEN I FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO WEAR OLDER PIECES! :) LET ME KNOW IF YOU LOVED IT AS MUCH AS I DID! 

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LOVE ALWAYS, 
KARINA! 
















KIMONO: H&M | DRESS: FOREVER 21 | SHOES & SOCKS: H&M | NECKLACE: OLD GEM IN MY JEWELRY BOX 

P.S. HERE IS HOW I WORE IT THE FIRST TIME! ;)