A Glamorous Morning (and OOTD)

My day started off very glamorously. After dropping off my daughter at school I stopped at my favorite coffee joint (well, I don't know if I can really call it a joint, it's a very polished Italian "cafe" on Madison) and I hold the door for a group of ladies who were getting out while I was getting in. One of them looked very familiar and after a few seconds I recognized her: it was Tory Burch. My first thought was that she is an incredibly pretty lady with an amazing skin (not a single wrinkle on her face); the second thought was that she is not as "petite" as she looks like in the magazines (maybe she was wearing high heels but she had wide-leg pants and I couldn't see her feet). Third thought: why I am not wearing something by Tory so she can see that I'm a big fan of hers? At least I was wearing my Revas but one out of two women in NYC wears Revas, it's not a big sign of reverence. You have to know that speaking of fashion, there are two things that I am proud of. The first is that I was one of the few to have ever heard of Marc Jacobs when nobody knew him, at least in Europe. I have a pair of sandals from his first collection that I can no longer wear but I keep like a museum piece. The second is that I was one of the first to discover and follow Tory Burch. I went to her first sample sale in NY and it was EMPTY because nobody knew her. Can you imagine that now?
So I was really excited to bump into her. She smiled at me, I don't know if it was because she recognized my Script coat (I know that this sounds crazy but apparently she buys her cashmeres at Jcrew as one of the Rockfeller Center SA told me once) or because my face was screaming "OMG, I know who you are!"

Anyway that put me in a good mood. Just after that, I went to the Jcrew collection store to "kill time" (I had only an hour this morning before going back to my daughter's school for the 2 years old Thanksgiving feast). They had the most adorable holiday skirt, a Collection piece that I had to try on just to show you:



And yes, those are bows:



I think that if I were at F21 and this costed something like $30 I would have bought it just for the pleasure of having it in my closet, but this pretty lady costs ... $298 and I have clearly nowhere to wear it (no holiday parties in sight). If I were Tory (I am assuming that she has a more glamorous life than mine) and I were bored with my own designs, I would totally go for it!

After these two encounters I went back to my daughter's school where I helped her to eat her Thanksgiving meal. Not the most glamorous party you can think of but can you imagine something cuter than 12 two years old seated in their little chairs around a big table eating their Turkey? Unfortunately I didn't take pictures, but at least I have a pic of my quite festive OOTD:




The sweater is a Jcrew cashmere cardigan in bright papaya from last year that I love to wear around the holidays, the tee is a Old Navy from this spring (I love the "coral" print but it's a superbad quality, it piled at first wash) and the silver belt is the Jcrew deco belt that is currently on sale for $9.99 (I think that the silver is a retail-only color, I have never seen it online)! If you see one, grab it while you can, it's a perfect complement to many outfits and holiday tees.

I don't know if I will post again before Thanksgiving. In case that I don't, I hope that you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving!