(American Apparel hat, Vintage coat, Chaser Brand tee, Goldsign highwaisted jeans, Marie Turnor bag, “Natalie + Dylana Suarez x Modern Vice” SUMMER JETT boots)

Who knew Easter would be filled with so many gigs, and so much music. We danced front row to everything from some real British rock n’ roll, to some local Blues boys (tambourines and TROMBONES!) There was CAKE, and of course, there were nights ending at 4am. By Sunday afternoon, I could do nothing but actually plop down into bed early, as I could barely hold my head up, yet still managed to fill my night with sappy movies. There are always some weekends that just don’t feel like reality. Lately, I’ve been walking down the yellow brick road in my head…only my coat’s red, and my shoe’s are a bright yellow. Meet our new shoe design, the “Natalie + Dylana Suarez x Modern Vice” SUMMER JETT! This has been one shoe I’ve been dying to release. Keeping our signature 3 buckles, kiltie, but adding a contrasting sole, and beautiful toe details. I can’t get enough of it! Yes, this baby comes in numerous colors…the yellow always stealing the show.  With the highest waist of jeans that I own, and a rock tee, they’re the perfect summer shoe! If only it’d get warmer and I can pair it with tiny dresses. With work, it looks like I’ll be seeing sunshine pretty soon anyways!! Making my way from Palm Springs to Vencie Beach mid-April. This LA girl needs some sunshine already!

Photographed by Dylana Suarez

Summer’s downtown are always the best. Craving the days I can finally hop on my bike, and ride to Brooklyn on the Williamsburg Bridge, grab a popcicle on the sidewalk, and come home, dressed in summery neon prints. Here I am photographed by my sister, Dylana Suarez, for Volcom. She shot a lot of my past print campaigns, but it was rad being snapped up inside my new apartment, where things are finally coming together. Floral blankets line my bed, we’ve got a tee-pee of a lamp, and rows of neon wax candles from Woodstock. My new home is finally becoming a home and I’m obsessed…I love being able to walk to Soho, to the LES, and down the Bowery in a matter of a minutes. Plus, it’s now a new top favorite stop for my friends in the neighborhood. A place to make music, order-in, and watch endless amounts of movies. This summer looks like one to be filled with ombre colors, stripes, and lots of brightly colored beanies and stacked on jewelry. Bring on the east coast heat! With some beachy west coast finds, I’m bound to survive.

(Vintage dress, SW3 Bespoke coat, American Eagle beanie, Marie Turnor bag, Dr. Marten boots)

I was here in my NYC apartment, and for the first time, I saw real snow…and falling!! Yes, it’s exciting and beautiful, and all you want to do is sit for hours looking down out your window. My sister and I, being the LA girls we are, ran outside, so shocked by the cold, and snapped our first real photos in the NYC snow. A snowy winter day we’ve only read about in books, on the sunny patios of our house in the LA Valley. The inability to feel your fingers, the white beanies, and chunky Dr. Martens to brave the slippery streets…dressing for winter can be fun, until now, when it’s nearly April, and you’re still in beanies and coats, and all you want is summer sweat and denim shorts. This look reminds me of those chilly London days late last year, when I never took off my Docs, and I lived in little vintage frocks and stockings. Right now, the sun is currently shining brightly into my living room, and it’s only beginning to feel a bit like Spring. Already dreaming of those weekends on 2nd Avenue when all the tables are out on the restaurants and the streets are filled with people. Till then, I’ll be curled up under my wool coat.