Overalls for a Lady

I always imagine these silk floral overalls looking best while riding a Deco Bike on South Beach with nothing but a leopard bandeau underneath, a hat, and sunglasses. This is the NYC interpretation of that vision. 

The Look:

Favorite Jean Jacket, Vintage DVF Leopard Scarf Top, Zimmermann Silk Floral Overalls, Black Tights & Espadrilles.  

  

The Jean Jacket

 My personal jean jacket woes:

1) They're almost always cropped.

2) Bending your arm is painful.

3) The sleeves are always too short, making it look like you stole it off a child's back.

Jean Mantra = One word, Rihanna. 

Here's to the Queen of Jean...

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Let's admit it, we've all dreamed of sporting jean the way Rihanna does, so effortless and sexy, edgy yet feminine.  When it comes to jean always ask yourself, "How would Rihanna rock this?"  No one does jean (or anything relating to style) better than RiRi. (Although, I'm sure it's easier when you have a personal jean team/Mel Ottenburg that searches the world over for the perfect jean items.)

I've been searching for the perfect jean jacket for about 4 years now, searching everywhere really. Starting with the typical J. Crew, Levi, Rag & Bone, Gap...but nothing, years passed and still no luck. I scoured vintage and thrift stores alike, Second Time Around's and Buffalo Exchange's. My last hope to find this jean jacket was at the Williamsburg flea, I mean if my jean jacket wasn't somewhere in Brooklyn, where could it be?? But nothing. 

Peter finally came to the conclusion that maybe I wasn't meant to wear jean, a valid response after coming up short in Brooklyn, but I persevered, and my faith held strong that one day I would accidentally stumble upon the jean of my dream. 

Months later I found myself at Rag & Bone in Georgetown and something from across the room caught my eye, a jean material. They always say when you find the right jean jacket you'll just know, and that was it. All this time I had been looking in the wrong place, the women's section. My perfect jean jacket turned out to be a men's Rag & Bone jacket with soft leather sleeves.

My bad gal RiRi face

The Look:
Jeans/Jacket - Rag & Bone
Black Cashmere Hoodie - Lot 78
Grey Top - Club Monaco
Clutch - Stella McCartney
Shoes - Miu Miu


 I like using jean and leather to achieve an edgy/tom boy look, and then adding some playful touches like the clutch and the earrings to make it feminine and girly. 

Today for the first time, I took the jean jacket for its inaugural trek around the streets of NY, and yes, someone did say 'that's an awesome jean jacket.' Score! Just like everyone has a soul-mate and a soul tree, we also have a soul jean jacket...somewhere out there.

Mail Envy: Cat Clinic/Chanel Cat

     

    

 So, this is what I found in our mailbox today....

I was the lucky recipient of a welcome letter from the NOVA Cat Clinic and Peter received a hand written note from Chanel, let me clarify, not Karl Lagerfeld, although I feel like that's not out of the realm of possibility, I mean a note from a sales associate at Chanel's Newbery St. location in Boston.

Meet Choupette, fashion's favorite feline.

Let me begin by saying, my husband is SO much cooler than me, getting mail from Chanel, while I'm over here getting CC welcome cards, and I don't mean the double C that most woman fantasize about.

And secondly, that's what he's been up to in Boston! I thought he had to be there for business, I guess that includes hunting down the hard to find Timeless Classic in beige and learning all about how the bag is lovingly hand-stitched by little old Italian ladies. 

(is my catnip)

So let me get this straight, I commented on how beautiful a Chanel handbag was one time, and that was Peter's cue that I really wanted one...

Alright then, we are officially dealing with a new level of man, I've heard about this rare strain of men in fables, fairy-tales and horrific romantic comedies that usually star Jennifer Aniston or Kate Hudson, but I always thought it was completely made up! Well, I'm here to tell you, that Notebook sh$@ is REAL yo!! Don't worry ladies, ideas of cloning are already underway.

So I guess the mail discrepancy worked out in my favor....;-P


Thanks Karl, oh, and one more thing, how do you keep your black clothing so perfect and fur free??? What's your secret?? The magic of Chanel I guess...or you probably spend 10 million to breed a special pristine white non-shedding cat with blue eyes.

 I'm sorry to say Karl, your sweet little Choupette can't pose like my Dublin. Show um how it's done, Dubsman!

Now that, is style.

 One would think that because of Choupette's upbringing, you know being born and raised in a glamorous catteux in the country side of France, or maybe it's Monaco, well either way, you would think that being able to strike a pose and smize would come naturally. Although, she is a prolific tweeter @ChoupettesDiary!

 Dublin's records would show that he was born and raised in the rough streets of DC for the first two years of his life, until he eventually found his way to The Washington Humane Society animal shelter, much like Coco Chanel herself. Do you think that would stop him from being able to appreciate the finer things in life, like a handmade leather good? I think not.

Dublin's Pedigree...he's so original that they created a new word to describe him. He's so chilt.

        Chanel Cat Competition: Choupette vs. Dublin

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I didn't attempt to put Dublin in the purse, seeing how he's twice the size of the bag. I'll need a solid 10 years to save up enough money to buy a Chanel tote large enough to fit sweet Nammy...Until then! Please feel free to submit your feline photo to the Chanel Cat Competition here.

Nice purrrrrrrse...sorry, couldn't help myself!

"There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person." - Dan Greenberg