subscribe to Style Like USabrina Diaz | student
"I tend to always wear baby doll dresses and dress like a five-year-old. My friends always tell me I look like a doll, like I'm going to kindergarten." Sabrina Diaz
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Sabrina is originally from Upper Saddle River, NJ and now lives in New York city. She is currently a student and works part time at the vintage boutique Patina and for jewelry designers Celeste and Satu Greenberg of Tuleste Market. Sabrina's mother's Jaguar Ring, Turquoise Ring from Jerusalem, Metal Band Ring from India, Gold Heart Bracelet from Paris, String Bracelet from Mexico, Yellow Beaded Bracelet from Bruges, Yellow Band with Butterfly Beads from a dollar store -
"The Dominican Republic is probably my favorite place to travel. Both of my parents grew up in DR and I have family there, so it's become a second home to me. Going back to see my parents' roots and how they grew up is so inspiring to me. It encourages me to work hard and feel guilty for ever wanting to give up on my dreams. Going back there really makes me appreciate what my parents have worked so hard to provide me with." Vintage Lace Dress from eBay, Charlotte Ronson Ankle Boots -
Ring from Jerusalem -
On spending: "I would rather spend money on a great vintage dress that is completely unique and have it forever." Sabrina's mothe'rs Dress, YSL Heels -
"This is my favorite coat. It was my mom's and it's real leopard. I think I have been in love with this coat since I was three-years-old." Sabrina's mother's Leopard Coat -
Patina Baby Doll Dress, Boots from Narnia, Cape from Argentina, H&M Scarf -
Sabrina's favorite person on StyleLikeU is Tziporah Salamon. "I love how passionate she is about clothing, like how she says that 'clothes find her.' I can totally relate to that. She loves to tell a story through her clothes and I really love that about her, because it's something I try to do, and I love seeing when other people do it. She is also proof that personal style still really exists." Sam Edelman Boots, Tuleste Market Ankle Bracelet -
Sabrina's mother's Dress, Sequin Robe from a vintage store on the Lower East Side, YSL Heels -
One of Sabrina's favorite quotes comes from Oscar Wilde. "Be yourself, everyone else is taken." Vintage Dress, Patina Coat -
Patina Dress, Narnia Boots -
Sabrina's favorite film is the original version of Sabrina, with Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden. "I'm a huge fan of '50s fashion, and there is one scene where Audrey Hepburn shows up to this party in this breathtaking white gown and everyones' jaws drop, and they all freeze because of how beautiful she looks in this gown. I love it." Vintage Perfume Bottles -
What Goes Around Comes Around Beaded Skirt, Sam Edelman Boots, Victorian Gown from Ebay, Top ShopTank Top -
"Bracelets kind of just stay on me until they fall off or break. I try and get a bracelet everywhere I go." Sabrina's Coat from when she was six, Mickey Mouse Watch, Sabrina's mother's Jaguar Ring, Turquoise Ring from Jerusalem, Metal Band Ring from India, Heart Bracelet from Paris, String Bracelet from Mexico, Yellow Beaded Bracelet from Bruges, Yellow Band with Butterfly Beads from a dollar store -
Vintage Babydoll Dress, Sam Edelman Boots, Tuleste Market Ankle Bracelet -
"My mom was always into looking amazing at all times. I think she is beautiful. Ever since I was little, I was always in her closet watching her get ready." Photo of Sabrina's mother -
A place Sabrina likes to visit: "There is a small town called Altos de Chavon in La Romana [a province in the Dominican Republic] that is breathtaking. You feel like you are on the set of a movie because it's just that perfect. It makes me very happy. It's developed into a 'living museum' where a lot of artists live, because it provides a beautiful and inspirational setting through its architecture and scenery of the Chavon River." Patina Baby Doll Dress, Boots from Narnia, Sabrina's Coat from when she was six, H&M Scarf -
Narnia Boots -
"If I'm ever having a shitty day and I just put on a cute dress and cute shoes and maybe a bow, my mood is automatically shifted and I feel a lot better. I love how you create a style for yourself by the things you choose to wear and buy and people can see that and recognize you for it." Sabrina's Mothers Dress -
Sabrina's favorite book is All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarden. -
On vintage shopping: "I do a lot of vintage shopping in New York. I love Narnia on the Lower East Side. Obviously, I love my store Patina. I feel like not a lot of people know about it. Lenore's [the owner] taste is older and she has an unbelievable eye for things." Patina Coat, Charlotte Ronson Ankle Boots -
Patina Vintage Dress, Charlotte Ronson Ankle boots -
"I'm a huge fan of Pedro Almodovar's films. His obssession with bright colors really facinates me and how he chooses to show it in different ways throughout all of his films is great. There is one scene in Volver where Penelope Cruz's husband is dead on the floor of this super Spanish style kitchen with seafoam green floors and hes just lying there in a pool of bright red blood and it just looks so pretty." -
Sabrina's mother's Dress, Sequin Robe from a vintage store in the Lower East Side, YSL Heels -
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Sabrina's favorite activity is people watching. "People are so interesting to me. I can easily sit outside and watch for hours." Vintage Lace Dress from eBay, Charlotte Ronson Ankle Boots -
What Goes Around Comes Around Beaded Skirt, Sam Edelman Boots, Ebay Victorian Gown, Top Shop Tank Top -
What Goes Around Comes Around Beaded Skirt, Sam Edelman Boots, Victorian Gown from Ebay, Top Shop Tank Top
Always in a dress, Sabrina may look girly, but she has a very educated and sophisticated taste for clothes, and I love how she is okay with looking like she cares. Her biggest role models are glamourous: her mom, whom she vividly remembers watching getting dressed as a child, Audrey Hepburn, especially in the movie of her own namesake (“I like to pretend it’s about me sometimes”), and the iconic Edith Head,, “not only as a costume designer but for her own strong personal style” (I am super impressed that she knows who Edith Head is). Sabrina’s clothes are literally of her dreams and memories, like the leopard coat that her mother gave her after years of coveting it, the beaded robe she wears out at night and enthusiastically fantasizes was the dressing gown of a turn-of-the-twentieth-century Russian lady, and the coat she still has from when she was six (it is still amazing on her). One of her pastimes is eBay (not tv) and so into the archetypes is she that by searching for all things lace, she ended up with the white Victorian dress that she cut and wears with her signature black thick tights. Sabrina’s attachment to clothes is so soulful that she is habitually two hours late due to getting it just right. And I would imagine she does so all with her favorite movie scene in mind, when “Audrey Hepburn shows up to this party in this breathtaking white gown, and everyones’ jaws drop, and they all freeze because of how beautiful she looks in this gown. I love it.”
If you like Sabrina, you may also enjoy Celia Ingesson and Rachel Ballinger.
