that jacket

Astoundingly, I actually like it better in flesh-tone rather than in black. How did that happen?
I still love it. Ugh, those sleeves.

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the slow introduction of color

from top left: natalia brilli necklace, vpl insertion bra, alexander wang sunglasses, helmut lang cotton moto jacket, lanvin tulle and pearl ring, repetto oil slick flats, proenza schouler metal cuff, delfina delettrez rubilie stone hand ring, marni top, givenchy brooch, nicholas kirkwood x rodarte heels

I tried on that Helmut Lang jacket at Bloomingdales about a week ago, right before I came back from break and I nearly swooned in the dressing room. It is so soft, the collar draped perfectly (not pictured), it was like a hug from Herr Lang himself. But it's also $400, so I parted ways with it with quiet grace and dignity. BUT THEN I found a fairly similar black version, also by Helmut Lang, for about 25% of the price, so I went for it. I am most pleased.

Anyway, everything else pretty much speaks for itself. Yves Klein blue leather-covered necklace? Delicious and would look fetching on top of one of my many all-black ensembles. VPL bra? Sure, why not. P.S. their stuff runs TIGHT in the chest. Delettrez hand ring? You had me at hello. Lanvin tulle/pearl ring? It kind of looks like an opulent bird's nest, and it's made from a somewhat non-traditional (although not for Alber Elbaz) jewelry material, so yes, I'll take it. The Proenza arm cuff looks like slightly modeled asphalt, which I love, I'll wear anything Givenchy and spiky, and I pine for Rodarte and Kirkwood to such a degree that I make myself slightly ill.

I can't promise anything more than a thank you note in return, but if you're feeling generous, my wishlist is above.

So I bought myself an early Xmas gift last week. It has yet to arrive, but I'm pretty stoked. I'll mostly be wearing it with black pencil skirts and opaque black tights and converse (which is what I wear every day, basically). I need to get back into wearing pants so that i can walk around in tight tight black skinny jeans again. I miss my old uniform.

i will never stop loving you

on sale and sold out.
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i have been bad

but it feels so right. hope it fits, bought it on ebay a size too large. maybe i can get it tailored?

this is obviously old news...

but I was perusing the items in my inspiration folder earlier and I came upon the photos of Comme des Garcons FW09 show. CDG (these letters always make me think Charles de Gaulle, but I had a 20 page paper due this morning and I will abbreviate if I want - any Leslie Gore fans in the audience?) has never really been my thing. For whatever reason I don't find their collections speaking to me - or maybe I've just been to lazy to go through the style.com archives. In any event, I wanted to post these two photos not because I've fallen completely under the sway of Erin Wasson's homeless chic and have decided that it's sartorially appropriate to wear blankets, but because I love the tight, cropped jackets and the voluminous folds created by the fabric that protrudes from under them.

I do have a jacket somewhat like the photo on the right - it's a dress uniform jacket from WWII that my dad gave me when I was ten and still fits me, albeit somewhat differently than it did originally. It was obviously made for a soldier of rather petit stature and I love it dearly, but it's somewhat fragile and I've lost a couple of buttons. Obviously I can get them replaced with (identical, even) vintage buttons but I'm too scared to wear it out now. The same thing happened with a red coat I bought at a vintage store in Madrid two years ago - it's missing one button and I can't wear it, and whenever I think about it I feel sick to my stomach that I ruined a jacket that has been in pristine condition for more than 40 years. But then I console myself with the thought that the button is probably somewhere in my house and will turn up one day.

Anyway, probably because the weather here is miserable and gray, I'm feeling the longing for cashmere sweaterdresses and all manner of coats. I have one jacket that might work for this look, but I'm not sure it's fitted enough.

By some freak accident I managed to get this on Bluefly for half off long after it had sold out from the few online boutiques that seem to carry Nicholas K. It's tight in some respects but probably not enough to achieve this look. The other problem is that the rather enormous collar might detract from the overall effect I'm trying to create. If I were less period-y and gross and broken out I'd get up and take pictures of myself with the jacket and my complex geometries split square tee.

The jacket does not look this cool on me. I think it's because I bought it in a medium, and thank god I did because it barely buttons over my chest. My breasts are a constant source of consternation for me because they are always getting in the way of me wearing what I want or forcing me to size up. They're not particularly large, but I still find myself resenting their presence whenever I want to wear something backless or with low-cut armholes, racerbacks, or anything drapey. My body is just not very standard in sizing, and I suppose I should just have everything tailored. Anyway, I have to put this jacket to better use because I love it passionately. It seems to be an unrequited love, but I am undeterred.

P.S. Forgive the somewhat iffy writing here, I am completely spent from writing that paper (and have another due tomorrow - on Neopythagoreanism).

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