COAT SEASON-YUM!

 

I HAVE NOT BOUGHT A NICE COAT IN A LONG TIME( WELL EXCEPT FOR THE ONE I BOUGHT LAST MONTH). THIS YEAR THE MILITARY COAT IS BACK IN FULL FORCE AND I AM GRABBING AS MUCH OF IT AS I CAN AFFORD!

 

 

 I HAVE WAITED FOR J CREW TO DO A COAT PROMOTION SO I COULD BUY THE
MAJESTY PEACOAT IN NAVY! THEY DO MAKE A GOOD COAT!

 I PLAN ON REPLACING THE BORING NAVY BUTTONS UNDER THE COLLAR FOR BRIGHT GOLD ONES. I JUST LOVE THAT DETAIL.

THEN I HAD TO HAVE A BLACK COAT RIGHT? AND THIS ONE LOOKS SIMILAR TO ONE ,MY GIRL CRUSH, EMMANUELLE ALT WORE YEARS AGO.
I BOUGHT IT BIG FOR A MORE OVERSIZED LOOK.
COAT ZARA

OK, HERE SHE IS AGAIN, EMMANUELLE ALT AND I AM OBSESSED WITH HER
BALMAIN COAT AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A KNOCK OFF FOR A WHILE.
2010 NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD!

IT'S NO BALMAIN BUT I THINK THIS J CREW COAT IS AS CLOSE AS I'M GOING TO GET.
BUT IT DID NOT START OUT THIS WAY! FIRST IT'S FROM 2011 AND I HAD TO FIND ONE ON EBAY AND THEN IT CAME WITH BLACK BUTTONS AND NO BUTTONS ON THE CUFFS.

 SO I MADE MY OWN.

 I PAINTED THE EXISTING BUTTONS WITH METALIC GOLD LEAF PAINT FROM THE CRAFT STORE AND THEN I SOWED ON BUTTONS AT THE CUFFS.

I THINK IT TURNED OUT PRETTY GOOD.
I JUST CAN'T RESIST A GOLD BUTTON!
WELL AT LEAST I'M CONSISTENT.
 

CASUAL

J CREW HAS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF PROMOTIONS AND

I TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE! I'M SAVING SO MUCH MONEY SPENDING MONEY!

 

 



LOVE MY NEW J CREW NECKLACE(ON SALE)
WITH MY OLD J CREW BLAZER
LIKE MY TURKEY LEG BUTTON FROM
JC PENNYS?

TRYING OUT MY NEW J CREW SHOES(ON SALE)
THEY MAKE A LOVELY JINGLE NOISE WHEN I WALK

THIS IS WHAT I WORE TO THANKSGIVING
ONLY DIFFERENT JEANS, BECAUSE THE BUTTON BROKE ON THEM
WHEN I HAD THAT SECOND HELPING OF PIE!
NO JOKE!

J CREW OLD BLAZER
ABERCROMBIE JEANS
J CREW NECKLACE
GUESS SHOES

I LOVE A LEOPARD SHOE!
I OFTEN SHOP THE MENS DEPT,
THIS SHIRT AND BELT ARE J CREW MENS.

ETOILE IVO PANT

One of my favorite new fall purchases' is my Isabel Marant Etoile pants.

They make your legs and butt look really good! I plan on buying these in pink and red!Well maybe just red...

 

This is a  dark teal blue and acts, really, as a jean would. It seemed to match perfectly with last year's J Crew schoolboy velvet blazer.
 I think a bright shoe like these from J Crew would look sooo much better with this than the black ones I'm wearing and hope to own this shoe someday.
A girl can dream..

Or thse...

These are a french 38 and a bit big on me and will probably get bigger as I wear them but the 36 was a bit snug so I went with bigger.

 

I was just messing around with them to see what I could pare them with.

A chunky sweater and beatle boots?

J CREW Stadium-cloth mod coat

 My inspiration French Vouge!

 I bought this J Crew mod coat when they ran a promotion on sale items.

This is a size 2 and I am comfortable wearing a bulky sweater under it. But if you need to take it off in a hurry it ain't going to happen. It's a bit difficult to button and unbutton.

 Such a classic and well made coat. Then most J Crew coats are.

I tried it out with some other fall purchases. My new Isabel Marant Etoile pants and men's Zara chunky fisherman sweater. I also love my kooky snake mod beatle boot by sam edelman.

 Don't like these shoes with this...

MEOW

I'm experimenting with printed jeans and pants right now. I love them but they are really trendy and I don't want to spend too much of my budget on them. I've found some really good ones at Target recently. These are a nice leopard print and looks more expensive when paired with a nice blazer.

This blazer is one of my fall splurges. It will last me alot longer than the pants.

 

 These can work many ways and are quite versatile.

Blazer by Rachel Zoe

tee old scrapy thing by J Crew

pants Target

shoes Guess

necklace old and also from Target

sweater from Nordstroms sale

denim shirt Aritiza

shoes old Stubs and Wootton

COPY CAT

Geraldine Saglio is another one of the Emmanuelle Alt clones that I love. It must be a prerequisite to be 6ft tall and 100 pounds to work with or stand next too Alt. Anyway even though these photos were taken years ago I still swoon over them. My look is a far cry from Geraldine's but good enough for dumb Oregon.

I once again shopped my closet for this inspired look.

oldies but goodies from my closet

bag is very old Dolce and Gabbana

jeans Lucky

jacket Bebe

shoes who cares...they're old

CHILDS PLAY

 I have proclaimed my love for Emmanuelle Alt's style before but now I am in love with her daughters style. Which probably has more to do with the fact that she has her own built in stylist. If it were up to the little girl, given the choice, would she pick Burberry or sweats with princesses on them? We'll never know, nor do I care.So I'll start with baby steps and work my way up to her mothers style.

I'll take inspiration where I can get it.

I shopped my closet for this classic french look. It's nothing new but still one of my favorite looks.
coat J Crew
tee Style Mint
jeans Lucky Brand
shoes Payless( her's are probly Lanvin)