Irene Kim
Owner @laclosette, building beautiful wardrobes in Toronto & online worldwide 🇰🇷🇧🇭🇨🇦🌏. Dive into my stylist psyche; subscribe to my Substack irenekim.substack.com.
It’s been a rough month. Going out has been the furthest thing from my mind, but tonight I did and I couldn’t stop laughing all night!
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Colour for the corporate office place? Yes, please!
My latest newsletter is a guide to creatively injecting colour into (realistic!) outfits for the corporate office.
some special try-ons 🥰.
#tgif ❤️
Fam jam weekend outfits ☺️.
No Row, no problem! Outfit details are up in the latest edition of What I’m Wearing
Same base outfit in #1 and #2.
Seven (new) ways I’m styling my sheer skirt so I don’t feel naked: up now in my newsletter!
I had a week of going out outfits planned but then I caught COVID🙁. Anyway, here’s what I wore before I found out.
Are we back to this conversation again?
Just landed back in Toronto after an eventful weekend at NYFW. Time to get some sleep! Four outfits over three days…a What I’m Wearing with full details will be up on my newsletter tmrw!
Quick meeting with @cake.members ahead of the @31philliplim show later today!
What a year. This is 44 🥳.
Oh man, I had so much fun writing my latest newsletter featuring six emerging designers to watch at this season’s New York Fashion Week.
Getting back into the rhythm of using my entire wardrobe, and not just what’s in my suitcase!
The Tale of Two Brothers
A different kind of outfit round-up. I wore the same thing everyday for the TMB. I never want to see that outfit again 🫣.
This was my niece’s idea!
The light here is magic! ✨
Raph and Mama 🥹
It’s been a nice change of pace to have a personal photographer for these past few weeks! I’ll be back to the mirror selfies soon enough 😎.
A few outfits from our last week in the Basque 🇫🇷🇪🇸.
Last day in Basque Country and I cannot say enough good things about the region, on both sides of the border. Every city, town and village, even if only 15 mins apart, has its own vibe and offerings, and there’s something for everyone ❤️.
One week of outfits: from the searing dry heat of Sardinia to the tepid humidity of the Basque.
In a recent newsletter, I test drove a few mens short-sleeve shirts c/o husband’s closet and this is one of the outfits I came up!
Ciao! I’ve had so many link requests over the past few days that I’m going to throw them all into a What I’m Wearing newsletter tonight. As always, WIW is free to all subscribers!
I haven’t been on top of snapping my outfits for the past week but I’ll try to get back on it and recreate the ones I missed for my next newsletter!
One week of outfits heavily favouring the midi skirt and the Bermuda jean! Happy long weekend, Canada!🇨🇦
In my latest newsletter, I tried to incorporate four mens short-sleeve button-ups into my summer outfits! I wrote about everything I learned in the process and highlighted some of the details to look out for you’re thinking of adding one to your summer wa
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Are you really a Torontonian if you haven’t been caught in a down pour at least once this spring? ⛈️🌧️☔️
Last week, a reader asked me: “I would love ideas for dressing up without feeling overdressed in the heat - ideas for date nights, events, weddings?”
Cutoffs, but make them elevated! These and other casual short outfits in Issue 97 of my newsletter.
This week’s outfits! 🫒🧄🧀🦪🍮☕️🫗🥑🌶️🫐🍓🍒🥭🥝
If you struggle dressing for your corporate office during the hot summer months, this newsletter is for you! I explore the two key pieces that will carry you through the season
Outfits on repeat all week ♻️. Happy long weekend, Canada! 😴😴😴
Lucky mama 🥹
Shorts, but elevated. In my latest newsletter, I play with five short styles for summer 2024, from short, voluminous bloomers to slim capris, styling them for casual, work, and steamy nights out! Also: a personal wardrobe revelation! Link in bio.
As a solar powered being, helllllllloooo sunshine! ☀️ The legs are bare 🩰, the hanbok is out 🎎, and it’s time to play 🤹🏻♀️!
All-season staples for spring 🌷
In my latest Substack: all of the details of what I’ve been wearing for the last three weeks, plus seven jacket styles to carry you through shoulder season! Link in bio!
Hey, it’s my @driesvannoten skirt again! But the focus of this post is on my trusty @riand28.london utility jacket!
Short week!
Ahhhhhhh, thank you @substack for selecting In Moda Veritas as a 2024 Featured Publication!!!!
Just two outfits this week and a couple of fun try-ons! 🤩
One week of holiday outfits ☀️🇲🇶
Sunset: me, the fam, and time-lapsed.
I mashed together non-colour colours and tapped into the latent potential of my wardrobe.
When you get off the plane and have a dinner soon after! I use my “lever system” to change the venue of my outfits with a few small changes.
“I’m so grateful you do this series. It really illustrates the change you get with each styling element. This is a big learning for me as I only wore my clothes and then wondered why I didn’t feel great in them.”
En route to celebrate @stela.akman’s vivacious spirit at her leopard-themed birthday bash! 📸: @glorialiangphotography
So I just published Part 3 of my step-by-step guide on How To Build A Foundational Wardobe series on my Substack (link in bio)!
Oh dear, this rarely happens to me, but did I buy the wrong colour?!
Mish mash week of polar opposite temps, try-ons, and cosplaying @altuzarra
When you find your dream dress but you have nowhere to wear it 🥴.
We did something cheesy…🧀. We were having dinner next door at @naro.nyc, and thought, “why not”!
I put together six quick outfits with NYFW inspo from @tibi, @altuzarra, @proenzaschouler, @fforme & @khaite_ny + some recent finds - in my latest Substack!
One week of outfits, one sick child, and one missing tooth 😮💨. What a week.
Much appreciated low-key getaway with handsome hubs ❤️.
Three easy “third pieces” to add lift your outfits + “am I a fashion victim?”
This week’s looks
My first (very limited production value) GRWM 🤓
Winter has finally arrived 🥶.
Scrolling through my phone and found this outfit that I put together for my holiday edit but didn’t make it out of the house. One day! 🤩
Oops, forgot to post this in last week’s round up. In sum, back to classics this week.
Some of my favourite outfits of 2023 ☺️. Can’t wait to see what new combinations 2024 brings!
For the lazy* week ahead, I scrolled through my camera roll for the 52 coziest outfits from the past year
One week of holiday-ish outfits 🌟🌟🌟
Festive baubles 🪩🎉🎈🎄
Would it be a holiday 2023 edit without a sheer skirt and red tights? More in my Substack (link in bio)!
Fresh haircut from @hnco83 💁🏻♀️. Also, IG friends, can someone help me figure out why, when I upload a picture to my grid, the colours are stripped away and look faded (slide 3).
In my latest newsletter: figuring out how to wear red, and toning down your sequins - sometimes in the same outfit!
Part 2 of holiday outfit inspo is up on my Substack (link in bio),
When you’re about to reach for that tight black top then decide to go for the rugby shirt🧐 and fair isle sweater🧐 instead. How can something so wrong feel so right? More holiday outfits for the capricious spirit on my Substack
My holiday outfit inspo is now up on my Substack (link in bio)!
One week of outfits 💁🏻♀️
Pick a shoe, any shoe…which is your favourite?
Hi! Even with a zit, I feel pretty today, which doesn’t happen everyday. This is an occasion for a food court #selfie.
Just 2️⃣ outfits last week 🫶🏻.
My workwear edit is up in the newsletter!
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