a very useful winter obsession

although now that i think of it, so are bags and shoes... because it's not like i can walk around the city barefoot or carry ALL the stuff i need in my pockets...

before i delve further into that tangent, i'll get back on track here. several years ago, in London, i happened upon a little cashmere shoppe called Brora. inside said happy place, i discovered these little beauties they called "wrist warmers". along with being sinfully soft and lovely looking - the name was too alluring to pass up. i have wrists that are, for lack of a better word, tiny. and for my entire life they would poke out of sleeves and the bit between glove and sleeve would be miserably cold. so a "wrist warmer" was just about the best thing anyone could sell me. fast forward a year or two - and hop the channel to Paris... in the store Bon Marche, i found a couple more pairs of the delightful little fellows. a collection seemed to be forming... back to NY, and 3 more pair joined the fray. i've since lost some of them, which is very sad, as they were souvenirs AND they were part of my daily cold weather-fighting routine every winter... but these happy few remain, and i am still obsessed. fingerless gloves, wrist warmers, whatevs you would like to call them - i call them super fantastic.

not all of these links are to the exact items - as they have been collected over the years... but they are indeed wintery delights to add to your world - so have at them!
left to right: black cashmere -- Nordstrom; pink cashmere -- Brora; white cashmere "fishnet" - Marc by Marc Jacobs; black cashmere/Merino wool and leather -- Intermix.