Well, I've held true to my promise not to go all crazy and buy a bunch of new clothes after joining this wonderful group. It has been so hard not to though: looking at all the NAS buys and styling ideas, looking at all of the wonderful WIW's - so inspiring and it has me chomping at the bit to wear some new things.
The trouble is (and maybe it's a good thing), I've been out looking around in stores a lot over the past two weeks, and am not finding ANYTHING inspiring. There has been surprisingly little of true fall out there (only in the juniors' stores for back-to-school) and none of the gorgeous greens, blues and dark reds I've been hoping to see. So I'm biding my time until the real stuff appears - and hopefully it will.
I went a little nuts yesterday and did some on-line ordering - a pair of navy patent booties from Zara, a wine coloured sweater, also from Zara, an interesting pair of cropped black pants from Aritizia, and some slingback booties from Bluefly (Dolce Vita). We'll see what happens with it all.
So in the meantime I have been entertaining myself with ideas for a new coat I'll add to my collection this fall. In my climate and in my job, It's not unusual for me to have a coat on all day - so it's often more of my look that the pieces underneath are. All of a sudden I'm craving a crazy bright coat - and it started with the streetsnap in pic 1. Of course I'm not going to wear it with reds and yellows etc - but that colour! So, once you spot one coat in a bright colour, others beg to be noticed too - pics 2 and 3. I want to be wearing all of the pieces on pic 6 right now - and am hoping to replicate the sweater, bag and loafers in my price range. Other pics are added here for a total look inspiration. Wish I could have figured out how to add pics into the body of the post for easier viewing but couldn't! Sorry Footwear, scarves and a navy bag - all on my looking list - those plaid coats are another consideration.
I'm not a fan of real red - but this J Crew coat looks so gorgeous with the fray pieces underneath , I may have to actually buy this one. We'll see!
*disclaimer - the finds are mostly from Net-a-Porter and only for colour and style inspiration. No, I didn't win the lottery.
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