First days in San Francisco

My first day of exploration of San Francisco was full of adventures. I picked up UberPool (shared ride service, $7 anywhere in San Francisco) for the first time ever and ended up riding it with a fashion professor from New York, who informed me that the upcoming trends to NOT look forward to are stylized pijama wear (i.e. wear your pijama to work) and gothic style (black from top down, metal, bondage). I shall be preparing my wardrobe for the next season..

We both went to visit an incredible exhibition called High Style at the Legion of Honor Museum by the Golden Gate. It featured costumes that inspired designers in the past 100 years or so. It was truly special and I even managed to save $25 by just showing my Bank of America card (totally unplanned pricing and even more unplanned savings).

Entrance to the Legion of Honor Museum

View from the museum

I lay on the grass for like half an hour, just enjoying the beautiful day

High Style Exhibition of Costumes from the 19th and 20th century

These “most expensive shoes in the world”, sold by french designer Pietro Yantorny designer for US$600 back in 1908, which is equivalent to $10k of today. One of the most loyal customers, had 100 pairs.

Shoes with a special touch

Art inspired hats

The glamorous 20s

Butterfly patterns inspired by the surrealism movement

The original little black dress by Coco Channel

A dramatic look

Post WWII elegance

I really wish I had one of those for my animal print collection

The happy 80’s

Dresses from the post WWII era

Structured dress by Charles James

The not-so-little red dress designed for Charles James’ “bigger-boned” client

After the exhibition I decided to roam around the bay, discovering one amazing view after another. I stopped for lunch at the Cliff House, which was a very nice place with gorgeous views of the ocean and finished my trip at the Golden Gate park, which was much more of a forest than a park. I think I am going to really like this city.

On the way back in my UberPool, I rode with a student from Monterrey, Mexico who told me that lately the government has been cracking down on drug cartels so instead of ganging on each other, they started to kidnap innocent people in order to make up for the lost revenues. #fail. The things you learn using shared cars..

The Golden Gate

Point Lobos

Sutro Baths at Point Lobos

Little lemmings over the Sutro baths

Lunch time at Cliff House!

Inside of the restaurant

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach

Ocean beach

At the Golden Gate Park

At the Golden Gate Park