Florida Winter

Outfit details:
Keiko Lynn dress: courtesy of Modcloth
50s sweater: gift from my mom
tights: H&M
shoes: thrifted

The day after I left New York, it snowed (and snowed and snowed). Meanwhile in Florida, I arrived to 80 degree weather with heavy rainfall and flash floods. It has since cooled down a bit and the sun is out, so a lightweight sweater and a pair of tights is all I need to stay warm. It's a nice change of pace from the coats and gloves of New York winter but I do wish Santa would bring some snow to Florida for Christmas. It would certainly make things a little brighter.

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

Crafty Crow Giveaway!

Today's giveaway is courtesy of Crafty Crow Vintage, who is offering one of my lucky readers a vintage frame bag.

To enter, simply visit Crafty Crow Vintage and then leave a comment below.




Entries will be accepted until 9 pm EST on Wednesday, December 23rd. A winner will be chosen at random and announced in this post. Good luck!

-Keiko Lynn

p.s. Get 10% off your Crafty Crow Vintage order for the rest of December, by entering KEIKO in the message to seller.

The winner is katieloves2airguitar. Congratulations!

Violetville Vintage Giveaway!

Today's giveaway is courtesy of Violetville Vintage, who is offering one of my lucky readers a $50 credit to their online shop. Violetville Vintage specializes in Mid-Century fashion and has an amazing collection. It's where my dress is from!

To enter, simply sign up for the Violetville Vintage mailing list. That's it!

Entries will be accepted until 9 pm EST on Monday, December 20th. A winner will be chosen at random and announced in this post. Good luck!

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

The winner is Victoria T. Thanks to everyone for participating!

Holiday Dress, Holiday Spirit

This vintage purse's coin bag still had a bunch of coins and tickets from 1965 and before (all the way back to the 40s wheat pennies). It made me so excited! I'm keeping them in there.




Outfit Details:
brocade and chiffon vintage dress with matching belt: courtesy of Violetville Vintage
petticoat (not visible): ebay
vintage purse: courtesy of Violetville Vintage
shoes: Beacon's Closet
"I hold the key to my own heart" necklace: courtesy of KDikio Vintage
not pictured: maroon velvet coat (I'm not crazy; I did wear a coat...it just covered the whole dress)

After several days of being pampered by my sunshine Bobby boyfriend (homemade soups!), I'm finally starting to feel a little less dead to the world. I took the opportunity to ham it up in a holiday dress, complete with a petticoat underneath. We made up for the lack of outfit posts by taking several million pictures, as you can see. I'm proud of myself for actually getting dressed and going out into the world for a few minutes! I had to get into the holiday spirit before my Florida departure, since I'm about to go from cool winter weather to the mid-eighties of Broward county. We went to see the tree at Rockefeller, had some good soup and then headed back to the apartment, where I am currently pretending to pack my luggage.

While our brief excursion did work somewhat, I'm feeling pretty down. Bobby isn't going home for Christmas (he couldn't get out of work) and I hate leaving him here. I hate the idea of him being alone on Christmas and New Year's Eve, even though he doesn't seem to mind it very much. Maybe he's just trying to keep me from getting upset (not working).

Will someone please keep my boyfriend company on Christmas? Preferably someone who isn't going to try and make the moves on him? ;)

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

Blueberry Deluxe Vintage Giveaway!

Today's giveaway is courtesy of Blueberry Deluxe Vintage, who is offering one of my lucky readers a vintage brooch.

To enter, simply visit Blueberry Deluxe Vintage and then leave a comment below.

Bonus entry: Follow Blueberry Deluxe on Blogspot and leave an additional comment for a bonus entry!




Entries will be accepted until 9 pm EST on Tuesday, December 15th. A winner will be chosen at random and announced in this post. Good luck!

-Keiko Lynn
The winner is Kmcfatridge. Congratulations!

Features/Shameless Self Promotion

The very talented Julie Nivert made this beautiful illustration of me and I couldn't be more flattered! See more of her work at her blog.


Check out Bobby's pictures in Mishka's Holiday Lookbook! I'm starting to think Bobby should get an agency. Kim and I get a little bitter about all of these jobs just falling into his lap;)


Bobby and I recently modeled for Fringe Salon and the ad is in the current issue of Bust! If you're in New York, check out Fringe Salon at 248 Broome St., next to Babycakes. They also started a blog, so add it to your list!


Vogue Germany online feature! (I may have posted this already...I can't remember.)


This outfit was featured on Glamour.com as a holiday outfit idea!

I used a lot of exclamation marks in this post. !!!!

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

Cupcake

Outfit Details:
Handmade dress - Postlapsaria
shoes - Alice + Olivia for Payless
Full skirted trench - H&M
Miku - descended from a rainbow

Kim's ultimate goal in life is to look like a cupcake whenever possible (she's a high achiever), so I dedicate this post to her.

Actually, I dedicate this post to both Kim and Miku, whose original name was Cupcake. Miku was a surprise from my mom, who adopted her from one of Tessa's classmates. When she was born, they named her Cupcake. My mom immediately vetoed that name - Keiko and Cupcake is just asking for trouble. I went through many suggestions - Bunny, Unicorn, Unico, Cheese - before my mom vetoed them all and named her Miku. I guess she's just better at naming cute little puppies, because Miku suits her well. I do call her Bunny, Princess Unicorn, Mooku Las Vegas (I don't know what to tell you), Mikanese, Mikachu and a million other names and she's definitely a cupcake in personality, but nothing tops Miku. Little princess Miku.

Now that I went off on a huge tangent, I'll just wrap it up by telling you this is what I wore to the Bust Craftacular. Also, I've been living in that Julie Hewett cheekie cheek and lip shine - I wear it as blush and smudge a bit on my lips and it stays all day. Favorite!

-Keiko Lynn

His and Hers.

Outfit Details: American Apparel tri-blend Deep V (both of us), H&M belt and pants (him), American Apparel interlock pencil skirt (me), Alice+Olivia for Payless shoes (me).

We entered the American Apparel contest for fun, but it looks like Bobby is stealing everyone's hearts on lookbook. I think he is secretly loving all of this attention:)

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

p.s. Kim, Bobby and I all wore the same shirt that day. Except I just stole Bobby's for the picture. Oh, us.

We Love Colors

Today's giveaway is courtesy of We Love Colors, who is offering two of my lucky readers a pair of tights in their color choice!


To enter, simply visit We Love Colors and then leave a comment below.

Bonus entries: Follow We Love Colors on Twitter and leave an additional comment for a bonus entry!

and/or Become a fan on Facebook and leave an additional comment for a bonus entry!



Entries will be accepted until 9 pm EST on Saturday, December 11th. Two winners will be chosen at random and announced in this post. Good luck!

-Keiko Lynn

The winners are: Julia Marisa and Kelly Ann! Congrats! I emailed both of you from keikolynn@gmail.com - check your inboxes!

Blonde Girls In NYC!

Hey girls, I'm looking for a blonde gal for a modeling gig on Friday morning. I know it's very last minute, so please email me ASAP if you think you're up for the job!

You'll be modeling with me - it's for a yarn company. Email me at keikolynn@gmail.com with a couple of pictures - you don't have to be a professional model (helloooo, I'm not). It will be from 9am-1pm tomorrow!