First Fall JCrew Purchases (Pics from the Fitting Room)

As I said in a previous post, the other day I went into the Jcrew Madison Collection store to return a perfect-fit tee and I was taken aback by all the new arrivals that had hit the floor. I wasn't expecting a new rollout this week and actually I had already made peace with the fact that I was going to "miss" the September rollout during my upcoming trip to Europe.
That is to say that I hadn't planned to shop at all but I saw three items that were at the top of my wishlist so I couldn't resist and tried them on. I grabbed another few new arrivals on my way to the fitting room just to try on and I would have tried more but I couldn't (more on this later). So I'm going to warn you that you won't see much this time.

Before showing you what I purchased, let's talk about what I DIDN'T like. At all. I have considered "Hot Mess Alert: the Silk Tiered Cami" as a title for this post but I was afraid of Jcrew would sue me for loss of business and I decided against. Just kidding, Jcrew doesn't read this stuff, right?
Seriously, I never found that this top was particularly appealing but I know that it was on the wishlist of many JCAs, so I gave it a try.
This is the pic posted on the website:



And here is on me. I'm trying a 0 in the antique stone color (not the most flattering color, granted, but it was available in my size on the racks and I tend not to bother the SAs with looking for a size if I know that it's just for "trying on". Yes, I'm a nice customer):



You understand now why the model's arm is in that weird position, she's trying nonchalantly to the flatten the tiers down so it won't look like this:



Side view (I apologize for the blur):



I don't refuse the possibility that there is some woman in the creworld (did I just write that? Sorry Gigi but it's contagious!) that can pull this top off, but I'm almost sure that in the other 99% of cases this is going to look bad. And that this is going to add a few pounds to your figure. If I had to give only one advice on the new arrivals I would say "Please, don't buy this top".

Next, I have tried the new Slub cotton embroidered flowers tee. I felt the flowers a little bit overwhelming, more like dark spots/clouds than flowers (I'm trying an XS, as always with slub cotton I recommend to size down). Also it was priced at $42.50, which is a little bit steep for a tee with no embellishment:



You have probably recognized in the pic the Wool herringbone bucket hat in black (they also had the copper and butterscotch). This one is supercute, I will buy at some point but I couldn't make up my mind on the color. I comes in two sizes S/M and M/L and I tried the S/M, but it was a little bit snug.

Now what I bought. If you have read my previous post you know about the "two dogs" tee. I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw that they had this tee because this was the ONLY thing that I was really lusting over after browsing all the Previews and Fallbooks on the JCA blog. And I was sure that it would come out right when I was in Europe and I would miss it. But there it was, the "Ringspun doggies tee" as says the receipt (it's priced at$29.50 and it's retail-only for the time being).



The color is the classic Jcrew champagne and the fabric is ringspun cotton. However, it is thinner than the ringspun of the Candy tees IMO and a little bit sheer. I'm trying an XS in the pics (which I bought) but if you are concerned by sheerness you should probably size one up.

The skirt that I'm wearing in all the pics is the Shirred wool skirt, another item that I couldn't wait to see IRL. This skirt looked so cute in the catalog and it didn't disappoint me. I love that it has pockets and that it looks good with tees, so you can dress it up or down (it comes in 5 colors but I never considered any other color than black). It reminds me a little bit of the Monterey, it has the same swingy feeling (tried a 0 and it was perfect):



Then I threw on the Dream cadet funnelneck sweater in pebble. This one technically isn't a new arrival but it was the first time that I could see it IRL. I almost pulled the trigger on this one on the website but I was worried about the lenght (some bloggers reported that it is a little bit long). Actually is not longer than I expected it to be (it hits at the lower hip but it's normal for this kind of sweaters):




This is typically the kind of sweater that I live in in the winter (I have last year Corrine and I can't tell how many times I have worn it, so this is going to be a welcome alternative).
I felt so good in this outfit that I would have walked out in it (but it was one of the most humid days of summer), and I ended up buying everything (tee + skirt + sweater).

You might have noticed my daughter in the background of all these pics. You're maybe wondering what she was doing: well, she was literally trying to escape from the fitting room. After she opened the door while I was taking a pic (nobody saw me) I had to lock it. Once I had finished with these clothes and I let her outside she went really WILD, she would run from one store end to another, pick as many shoes from the display as she could, "tried on" expensive jewelry and she even slammed the door of another fitting room where a lady with a puzzled look was trying some clothes (she shut the door with the lady INSIDE). The SAs were beyond nice with us but I knew that I couldn't subject her to another round of try-ons.

So I was really bummed but I had to leave all the other new arrivals for another time. I went back today for another return (long story) but I haven't even tried to drag her into the fitting room. I don't think that this weekend I will have any time for that, so this will be probably it.
I saw many of the other new arrivals though (in particular the Blushed tweed collier jacket, which was already selling out and is BEAUTIFUL, the new pencil skirts and the MO tweed one) and I can answer questions if you have any.

Have a nice Jcrew weekend!