There’s just something about Annabel. We’re slightly obsessed with her blog, Blushing Ambition. The name is even cool. Her little Rachel Comey booties—plus, the way she rocks our legging jeans—make us seethe with style envy. OK, dramatic blog (and girl) crush aside, we had to know more. Find out about ALL her favorite things like Justin Bieber (seriously), snack time cheese cravings, and how much she hates to lose her chapstick (us, too!).
Fashion
One thing in your wardrobe you can’t live without: Black Rachel Comey booties.
Favorite Gap piece: 1969 legging jeans.
Trend you’re skipping this season: Leopard prints.
Trend you’re working this season: All white ensembles.
Best purchase in the last year: A.P.C. trench coat.
Last Gap purchase: Cropped light blue legging jeans.
Describe your personal style: Simple and clean, never too fussy. Maybe a bit lazy...
Favorite designer: Rachel Comey.
Favorite accessory: Fjallraven backpack.
Favorite brand: A.P.C. or Acne.
Kids fashion brand: If I had kids, I’d dress them up in clothes from Gap or J.Crew!
Item you keep purchasing over and over: White t-shirts.
Favorite piece of jewelry: Mociun triangle ring.
Fashion trend you regret: Thigh high socks.
Overrated: Wearing too many rings/bracelets at a time.
What do you like about fashion: I love finding out more about myself while defining my wardrobe essentials. I'm not a flashy or expressive person and I've come to accept that both on the outside and inside.
What do you dislike about fashion: Feeling pressured to keep up with fleeting trends and wasting money in the process. I'm not completely against current trends but it's difficult to define your own style when it's so easy to be exposed to other bloggers' styles and what everyone else is wearing.
People
Style Icons: Jane Birkin, Françoise Hardy, Marianne Faithfull, and Phoebe Philo.
Favorite authors: I studied classical languages and Spanish so I'd go with Ovid, Virgil, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Luisa Valenzuela, and Aristophanes.
Favorite artist, past or present: Yoshitomo Nara.
Favorite musician/band of all time: The Smiths.
Celebrity crush: Adam Scott.
Muse: I'm going to have to say Jane Birkin again. There’s this photo of her that I can never get out of my head. She's leaning against a wall wearing a white tee and jeans, carrying a basket—it’s the ultimate proof that the simplest of outfits go a long way.
Places
Stomping ground: I live in SF’s Lower Haight but I hang out in the Mission.
Favorite store: Creatures of Comfort in LA.
Favorite restaurant: Zuni Cafe or Walzwerk in SF.
Favorite museum: The Getty in LA.
Best place to hear music: In my bed with headphones.
Go-to shopping destination: Hayes Valley in SF!
Favorite domestic travel spot: Palm Springs.
Favorite international travel spot: I've only been out of the country a few times, so I'm limited to Mexico.
Places you love to go in your city: Dolores Park, Ferry Building, Alamo Square, and Baker Beach.
Best thing about your neighborhood: Being able to walk everywhere!
Favorite city: San Francisco! Or maybe Seattle.
Life
Guilty pleasures: Fast food and Justin Bieber.
Constant companion: Water bottle.
Talismans: A five-year old fortune cookie slip that I carry in my wallet.
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Influences: French Nouvelle Vague.
Influences: French Nouvelle Vague.
First thing you do every morning: Stretch and check the news on my phone.
Favorite ritual: Reading the latest New Yorker in bed.
Something no one knows about you: I've never been to the East Coast! I can't be on a plane longer than two hours. I'm planning on working through that phobia within the next year.
Biggest indulgence: Miu Miu clog platforms and banana cream tarts from Tartine.
Pet peeve: Losing my chapstick!
Food & Drink
Lunch today: Ham and Swiss sandwich.
Dinner last night: Pork chops.
Breakfast this morning: Cereal and a banana.
Coffee: Usually black with lots of ice.
Favorite drink: Jasmine milk tea.
Snack: Cheese! My favorites are manchego and Cowgirl Creamery's Mt. Tam.
Entertainment
Book you’re currently reading: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Favorite book: Not a book but The Birds by Aristophanes (in Greek).
Last movie you loved: The final Harry Potter film!
On your iPod: This super amazing mix called Falling by TLR.
On your iPad: Don't have one!
Best show on TV: 30 Rock.
Favorite magazine: Monocle.
Beauty
Must-have: L'Occitane hand cream.
Shampoo & Conditioner: Shiseido Aquair Moist Hair Pack.
Moisturizer: Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel.
Scent: YSL Parisienne or Marc Jacobs.
Lipstick: I rotate between MAC matte lipsticks in Honeylove (nude), Russian Red, or Please Me (pink).
Lip Gloss: Don't wear any.
Mascara: Maybelline Great Lash mascara.
Nail polish: Chanel LE VERNIS lacquer in Dazzling or Essie's Van D'Go.
Hair product: Bumble and Bumble tonic + styling crème.
Photo courtesy of: Annabel Ly
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