Wear This Trend: The Varsity Jacket.

I've been thinking a lot about varsity jackets and the unlikely trend that's been forming around them.  There's nothing I like more than conquring a a tricky trend and this one tricky to say the least.  My advice to those brave enough to dig out their Dad's old letterman, is to think of the jacket more like a cardigan sweater.  I love it with a pencil skirt and loose sweater, or go for broke and drape it over your shoulders while wearing a frilly dress.  And if you never made the Varsity team, or you played one of those non-sport sports like golf, don't fret.  Rag and Bone and Stella McCartney have made jackets that are cooler than anything we would have had to run wind sprints for.  Score!

1. Sweater, Kain. 2. Varsity jacket, Stella McCartney. 3. Skirt, Carven. 4. Shoes, Christian Louboutin. 5. Bracelet, Isabel Marant.

1. Varsity Jacket, Rag and Bone.  2. Dress,  Rebecca Taylor.  3. Oxfords, Church's.

How I got There: My Go-to Summer Get Up.

I love to come up with an outfit that I can wear over and over throughout the season.  I'm soooo french that way.  But seriously, the outfit that I got loads of milage out of this summer was my Stella McCartney fruit skirt and a chambray shirt.  I wore it to a friends rehearsal dinner, countless dinners out and even to work.  It was the two images below( from Jak &Jill and Vogue.com) that inspired me rock this look and all though the picture of me below is not the best, you get the idea.  The shirt is from JCrew and the shoes I'm wearing are Loeffler Randall that I got at a sample sale, bringing the final cost of my go-to look down considerably.  Which is important since I'm not a Rockefeller.

SS11: The Photo Made Me Do It!

Every season without fail I see a beautiful image that makes my pulse race. I then become desperate to accuire the items I've seen in these beautiful photos and cannot stop until I make them mine. My panties are still in a twist over the Celine bag Harley carried below at Coachella.

Photo from Harpers Bazaar.


I did however, purchase the Stella citrus skirt and tried to convince my friend to get the Prada bananas so we could recreate the image below. That's how nuts I went over this photo from Jak & Jill.

I can't wait to see what images while force me to empty my wallet for FW11.

Style.com Launches Editor Picks with Shop Now

I love getting inside editors brains.  To know what's on their wish list and what boots they can't live without this fall.  It's especially satisfying when they're the same boots I've been coveting for myself.  A nice little pat on my stylish back.

Style.com must understand this because they recently launched a new feature called "Shop Now" to their Trends and Shopping section.  Each month a Style.com editor will act as your personal shopper by selecting the choicest pieces from Style's retail partners, i.e. advertisers.  Yes, this is just a gratuitous thank you to those who spend big bucks on banners and pop ups for the site, but hey,  this is how the publishing world works my friends and I may not have found this fabulous Stella McCartney dress from Net-a-Porter.com otherwise.  Plus their clients are probably who you're shopping anyway.  I know I certainly wouldn't mind them hanging up ads on The Tonnish!