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Dries Van Noten Fall 2013, I Love You, Please Understand Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Let's get one thing straight: Dries Van Noten Fall 2013 was perfection. See for yourself here. The way he masterfully layers sheath skirts over tailored pants is genius. It seems almost crazy, inspired by the way a child would dress when a mother gives her the chance to "wear whatever I want," but it works. It just works. Here's the other thing to get straight: I am a working woman, with a mortgage, and bills. So please, Mr. Van Noten, do not take offense when I take a very Céline-esque Zara shirt, a J. Crew necklace a couple seasons old, and pair it with my favorite Theory trousers in order to achieve a work-appropriate skirt-over-pants scenario that has your trademark all over it.

ZARA shirt / THEORY pants (similar here) / J. CREW necklace / ZARA shoes / THIERRY LASRY sunglasses

Next Week: Love Letter to Dries Van Noten

I fell in love with Dries Van Noten years ago, but this fall 2013 collection has to be one of my all-time favorites. Next week, consider this upcoming outfit as a love letter to Dries.

We Get It: Pants Go Under Dresses For Fall

This runway trend is so consistent, so blatant, that I'm feeling a little paranoid, and certainly out of this exclusive loop. Someone powerful must have played some fashion telephone starting in New York, who then called London, who then told Milan — that bitch— who snitched to Paris that this was the trend to put into their shows.

The verdict? I love it. For two reasons:
1. Personal reasons: this may be just me, but I'm not one to jaunt around in short shorts and mini dresses no matter what my age or physical fitness. That's not that I don't want to, or certainly post about them once or twice or thrice, but it's just that I'm too chicken to do it. Too much skin — too much going on in my head when I do. Things like, "ah, my thighs" and other girl-type insecurities. I subscribe to the notion of "less is more" while I am well aware the fact that this saying is probably the motto for short-shorts wearing gals everywhere too. I am a huge fan of being all wrapped up and comfortable, and realistic, and still feminine, sexy even.

2. Nothing groundbreaking here in this reason: I'm almost always cold. I live in the Bay Area and this strikes my sensible bones as a smart fashion move. Trendy and practical. Layers, people. I live in them. Offices, they have AC and I work in them.