sir, yes SIR

the  danger of doing this blog is that it heightens my desire to acquire the items i blog about.  perfect examples are the Burberry skirt i cannot erase from my mind and that damned Balmain jacket. 
'member them?  i do.  and i do want them so.

there's this little thing called reality, and luckily it checks me.  not always - but it does at times.  so, in lieu of saying "eh whatever" to savings accounts, and purchasing said lust items, i'm doing the reality dance and looking for alternatives.  for the jacket at least...  as much as i adore the gorgeous original designs (and every now and then, esp with shoes - i crumble - but that's a story for a different day), this search for the "real world" option is one of my favorite things to do. here's one of the few i found on my ShopStyle quest.

i'm on the hunt i'm after youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.....

Jackets by Victoria's Secret

love? or not love?

i think i've stumbled onto a new theme... love or not love... today's topic - leather leggings.

the girls at WhoWhatWear - i am beyond obsessed with them now and check their site daily. it is fun and cute and they really have their ducks in the right row. love it. love them. anyhoo - the girls were singing the praises of leather leggings... and there are definitely celebgirls poppin up all around the town wearing them. and they look really cute - so i started fantasizing (again) about all the ways you could style a leather legging - and as with my beloved leather skirt (see below) - the possibilities are LIMITLESS. (as Barney would say - nothing is possimpable) denim button down shirt? adorable. ever versatile giant chunky cashmere cardi? so cute! any winter-y fabric tunic at all? loves it. and of course - because it's me after all - long tee shirt (or plural, layered)? amazers. ooh oooh - and the long cardis from JCrew? sigh. too much to love!! and yeah, i'm wondering as well what is up with all this leather... but you know they have faux leather too - not that it makes my fixation any less...leather lovin. of course, the ever faithful ShopStyle can help you find a pair that fits your bank. cheap to chic - you can wear these if they fit into your style file...(you should have a mental one - what looks good on you, what you like...)

so darling stylies - love? or not love?

leather, lover!

i cannot stop obsessing about the black leather skirt in my closet. it's still a titch too hot to wear it - but it is gonna be ON very soon. i have had this skirt for years, it's a black leather pencil skirt and it just does all you could want it to do. i plan on wearing it quite a lot this year. with a tank top like in this weird faceless plastic person picture - very "oh, i'm just running out of the house like this"... with a plain white tee (same quote applies), with a black turtleneck sweater "we've docked the yacht for winter", and even with my beloved chunk a chunk huge blankie like cashmere sweater. there is nothing that skirt cannot do - no character i cannot become while wearing it. seek and ye shall find one of your own to love and adore. you can cruise the interwebs - and you could always try ShopStyle - they do some comparing for you - and may lead you to sites you didn't know about... ok, i must go back to making lists in my head of how to wear my skirt...