Originally published on 1.9.11
Worn on Friday 7 Jan 2011
We’ve been having a lot of snow in the Northeast lately. I’m skipping two sets of photos (pre-snow) to show you some timely outfits (for once).
My coat literally saved my ass on Friday— the temperature dropped drastically in the afternoon and a lot of the melted snow turned into ice. Which I didn’t notice because those ice patches were puddles at 1pm. Yeah, wiped out. Not pretty. Luckily no one was around to hear me laugh hysterically at myself while lying on a sheet of ice in the middle of the road (all the other crazies must have stayed in). This coat is so huge that I didn’t feel a thing when I fell.
The best part about this coat, though, is the lining:
The initials belong to my cousin’s mother, it was her coat and gifted to me by my cousin during the holidays. My cousin is very tall (and I top out at 5 feet 2.25 inches) so the coat doesn’t exactly fit her.
I left my hair kind of wavy and disheveled, I didn’t want to look too done up wearing both the coat and the suiting dress.
I found some very tiny gloves in the pocket. They definitely don’t fit me and I can’t think of anyone I know that could wear them. Anyone wear glove size 6 1/2?
The days are getting longer, but how quickly the light still fades.
Strouss coat (vintage), J.Crew dress, turtle pin, Assets by Sara Blakely tights, Target/Xhilaration boots.
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