Well Suited in SF

That Rainy Day Mint Chip

Who doesn't like Mint & Chip? Probably sad, lonely people. It's a curious thing that I always want to eat mint & chip ice cream when it's cold and rainy outside. Which is how I came up with the idea of creating an outfit in homage to the flavor. Plus I just ordered those completely adorable utilitarian Tatoosh Clyde rain booties and now I am contemplating outfits for it.

The A.L.C. Zoe blazer is just so beautiful to me. It has no collar, which could be weird, but it makes up for that by having tuxedo elements. Every time I got to Barneys in San Francisco I am completely in love with anything by Fornasetti. Especially this whimsical Fornasetti hot air balloon umbrella. The
T by Alexander Wang shirt dress  with sheer panels is also on my wish list because it will look so good with anything. Just throw some Wolford opaque tights under it and you're halfway out of the house.


This is where it gets completely into my wish list again. Behold the completely adorable  3.1 Phillip Lim Mini Pashli Satchel . The texture is oversized alligator and the size is über mini. Plus it's a cross body bag, which I am in love with due to the fact that when it's raining  you just don't have the arm capacity to place a pretty handbag in one. Smart.

Beautiful additions include simple rain-resistant beauty items like the super clean  By Terry Rose Balm
and Deborah Lippmann nail polish in Pretty Young Thing (P.Y.T.).

It Could Be This Simple

SXSW

This is what I'd be wearing if I was at SXSW this weekend. Alas, I was not there. In my industry (advertising) only the few and the proud (not unlike the Marines) get to go. But a girl can dream, can't she. I read that Fiona Apple was playing there (!!). But you know what? I can at least mentally prepare for what it would be like by lining up a sweet little cowgirl-like outfit like this. The highlight of it is a choker by Lanvin with black ribbon ties. It's naughty and nice. Who knew! The dress is by Paul & Joe Sister, the epitome of cutesy. While this brand tends not to be friendly to shorter females, like myself — I proudly hover just at 5'3", they are worth taking to a tailor because the fabrication and the prints are fabulous. Finally, the boots. They are by Fiorentini + Baker, one of my personal and absolute favorites. They do tend to break the bank, I'm sorry, but they are totally worth it. So, not sorry. I own a pair very similar to these and they are a work horse of a boot that look better the worse you treat them. Beat them like the horse that they are! Don't be shy! I'd accessorize with these sweet lassies. A rather dainty yet punk-inspired Philippe Audibert spike bracelet in a sweet rose gold. A classic pair of Stella McCartney aviators, and a completely appropriate Aurélie Biderman Hook 'Em Horns ring.  

I'd Pay Good Money To Find Out Who Makes Reese Witherspoon's Perfectly Proportioned, Slouched, Awesome Black Boots. People, Help A Sister Out.

just jared