OOTD (Let's Go Party!) And Boden Cashmere Cropped Cardigan Review

So yesterday night we had this big party to attend and I wasn't in the mood at all. I decided what I was going to wear at the last minute (which never happens, normally if I have a party to go to I start to think about the outfit very early, even if as a last-minute person I typically change something before leaving).
Anyway, because the venue is one of the most beautiful party venue in the city and the dress code said "dress to your best", which was a big vague, I decided that you can never go wrong with black in NYC and pulled out a JCrew party dress that I had bought a long time ago at a sample sale and was waiting for an occasion to be worn. I kept the accessories to a minimum, I was feeling "less is more":

I bought that little minaudiere in Italy last summer (with the matching flat sandals), it is by Max Mara and it is a re-edition of an original design from the 60s. The best part is that it has a chain (that can be hidden inside) so when you want to have your hands free you can wear it across the body.

Because I had been sick all the week I didn't want to risk to catch a cold again, so I topped the dress with the Boden cashmere cropped cardigan. I had been eyeing this cardigan since it came out and finally pulled the trigger when I saw that the quantities were getting low and a 20% off came around. It was waitlisted until December but I received it last week. I have to say that when I opened the package I was a little bit underwhelmed: with all the favorable reviews of Boden cashmere (compared to JCrew) I was expecting something more. I might be partial to the JCrew cashmere but I found it a little bit scratchy and I didn't like the buttons at all, so I put it in the "return pile" without really trying it on with a dress.
Yesterday night I ended up wearing it a little bit out of desperation, since I don't have any other "little black cardi" (I have a love/hate relationship with black sweaters) and in the end I really liked it. It hits at the perfect spot and I noticed for the first time the velvet trim on the button placket. I still dislike the buttons, so I think that I am going to invest and exchange them with some more "dressy".
This is the US size 2 (the smallest), which fits me perfectly:

I might buy more colors if this ever hits the sale section. By the way, today's "Catch of the Day" is sweaters but unfortunately this one is an exclusion (however, the more pricey Embellished cashmere cardigan, which is not cropped, is part of the promo)

Now, let me tell you something: you can never be overdressed at a party in NYC. I saw some spectacular dresses yesterday nigh, even if the predominant color was black with some all-gold sequin numbers and two or three red dresses (really over the top).

OK, have a nice weekend. After being waken up at 5 by my daughter I came back to bed around 7 and slept until 10.30 this morning. Yay!

Orange Tuesday (and Today's Outfit)

Sorry for the quite long iatus. I had planned to post some pictures of our Halloween party (we had a blast) on Monday but I have deleted ALL. The. Pictures. by mistake (before saving them on the computer, of course). I am still in shock, especially because there were a few good ones of my husband as Napoleon. I guess that the official party photographer has a client...

Anyway, you would think that this was one of my Halloween weekend outfit, but I actually wore it yesterday to a playdate:





Last year cinnamon spice color is the most perfect shade of warm orange (this is the boatneck cashmere sweater). The toothpick cords (last year as well) are navy even if they probably read as black in the pics. The flats are the tortoise patent flats, a recent sample sale find. I have stalked these flats for so long on the website and on ebay before finding them at the sample sale and you know what? They are the most uncomfortable shoes that I have ever owned (and I include my highest heels). They are almost impossible to walk in so until I find a solution or sell them on ebay I am using them only for very short walks. They are terribly cute though and when I look at them I tell myself that I can suffer a little bit:



It is very cold here (in the low forties yesterday), so I put my winter gear in full rotation. Yesterday I wore my cloud puffer in glazed pecan:



I am glad that I bought this last year (even if I didn't "need" it), the color is to die for and I always get a lots of compliments when I wear it.

Today's outfit was more casual (not that yesterday's one was particularly dressy but you know what I mean) and you have seen a variant of it before but I want to show it anyway because 1) I bought the tissue turtleneck in dark rosewood when it went on sale to wear with the Dream draped v-neck sweater (aka "yoga" sweater), which, by the way, is incredibly cheap right now, and it's a perfect pairing for the cobblestone color, even if a little bit more dark or "plum" that I expected and 2) I want you to see how cute is the factory enamel critter charm necklace IRL (I bought the elephant one).
So here you go, the dream draped v-neck sweater in heather cobblestone with the dark rosewood tissue turtleneck and the elephant charm necklace:




A caveat about the elephant necklace is that it hits me right in the middle of the cleavage, so if you don't want to draw attention there you need to wear it over a turtleneck or a not too low cut top. It is even cuter than I thought though and the only problem that I have with it is that I can't wear it when my daughter is around, as she wants it for herself (in fact when I received it and tried it on she said "You can't wear it, it's mine!").
I also want to apologize if my mirror is dirty but "someone" loves to come and put her little fingers (which are always dirty) on it when I take pics, no matter how many times I clean it:



Have a great week!

OOTD with Cecelia Cami and Happy Halloween!

Today I am wearing my cashmere zip cardigan with the Cecelia cami in seawood. I have been eyeing this cami in this particular color since it came out but knowing that it is the destiny of almost all the JCrew camis these days to hit the bottom in matter of weeks, I waited and finally bought it the other day for $19.99.
I love this seaweed color and it goes very well with the color of the season (call it camel, caramel or heather acorn):





We had a few days of indian summer here (with temps in the 70s), but today we are back to a more seasonal weather. I like a Halloween weather for Halloween.
Speaking of Halloween, it turns out that I am going to put my bumble bee costume to good use as a good friend of mine has decided to throw a big party on Halloween (for kids and adults). My husband is going to be Napoleon (Bonaparte, not Dynamite) but shhh! It's a secret.

If you remember last Sunday we went to a Halloween parade and pumpkin sail in the park. The pumkin sail was really cute. Our friends had brought their carved pumpkin that we dropped off at a "pumpkin station" where they prepared it and put it on a floating device. Then we waited until dusk to see the pumpkins floating on the water. What we didn't know was that the pumkin trail was pulled along by a witch on a canoe boat:





And "our" pumpkin (or at least we think):



Happy Halloween to you all!!!

OOTD (Casual Cobblestone)

This post is for mrs.anketell who requested some outfit ideas for the Dream draped v-neck sweater (aka "Yoga" sweater) in heather cobblestone. I posted a couple of outfits here (it looks really nice with the carmichael popover) but I wore it today for the first time in the real world (the world outside my bedroom where I actually need to wear clothes). I have to say that if I still LOVE the cobblestone color, I realized that there aren't so many colors that I can pair with it (at least in my closet) as it's not quite grey and it's not quite brown. In the end I chose the semplicity of a white painter tee.

In my opinion, if you are going to wear this sweater with a simple tee you need a necklace to prevent it from going totally casual (not that there is anything wrong with casual. As you know I am casual most of the days). I decided to try the Northern Lights necklace in gunmental, that I bought a few weeks back when the stores were running a 25% off promo on jewelry (after seeing it on Andrea from The closet chronicles. Glear blog BTW, check it out if you haven't yet). I had a hard time in choosing betwen the golden one and the gunmetal and I went with the gunmetal because I have a lot of grey sweaters/tees for the winter.
Anyway, I think it looks great with this sweater:




For a look a little bit more sophisticated, you can wear a Victoria cami or other ruffled-neckline cami. I love the Victorias because they add some pizazz (is it really a word?) without adding bulk (but I don't wear them alone, only under cardigans). They still popback on the website and if you happen on one in your size I wouldn't hesitate to grab it, especially in a light color (they are even worth paying the shipping IMO if you don't have anything else to add to your cart):



While I am at it, I wanted to show you the Cashmere zip cardigan that I got yesterday with that crazy sweater promo that the stores are running (must resist buying 42 cashmere sweaters). I got it in the heather saddle color (which is as camel as you can get at JCrew this season) and I love it. I am happy to announce that this one doesn't suffer from tight sleeves syndrome and it hits me below my hips. This is my usual XS and I can even conceive wearing a long-sleeved shirt under it, yay:





Are you taking advantage of the sweater promo? Are you buying JCrew cashmere this season?

A Few More New Arrivals

A quick post on a (very) few new arrivals that I hadn't tried on last Saturday. I found my "MUST HAVE" item from this rollout and it's a store-only for the time being.
It's a dream sweater (dream like the blend) that is a pullover but it has an opening in the front like a double-breasted cardigan. It comes in the beautiful heather cobblestone, which is maybe the best color this season so far (I know, for us who love muggy and hearty tones). I saw it for a brief moment yesterday while I was at the Collection store to make some returns and I couldn't stop thinking about it. That's my definition of MUST.HAVE. NOW.
Here it is, in XS:





It also come in burnished olive and a pink that I haven't seen IRL. The name on the recipt is "Dream Yoga sweater" and the style number is GY6877. It retails for $88.
I would have preferred if the arms were a little less tight so that you could wear a long-sleeve blouse under it, but the XS fitted so well that sizing up wouldn't have been a good idea and anyway it is going to look great with a tank under it. A few days ago I pre-ordered the Khloe Jacquard Cami in (guess?) cobblestone because I needed a ride-along for free shippinga and this cami was the new arrival that really caught my eye during the first (gasp, we are at the second one already and it's barely August!) fall rollout and the stores haven't received yet (I will report back when I receive it, after the 8/17 shipping date). The two should look smashing together.

I know that there are people who have sworn off the dream blend, but I am a fan. It is very soft (more pleasant on the skin than merino) and piling is not an issue for me. It's a little bit like wearing cashmere but without the price tag. If you have a different experience don't hesitate to share.
Just to be sure, I also tried the new cashmere crewneck in the same color, that was my original choice/option when I started to want something in heather cobblestone, but I actually preferred the dream one over the cashmere (because of the style I must admit). Anyway here is a (partial) pic (this is the XS, I found it a little bit tight in the arms):



In reality I was trying to take a pic of the Herringbone bell skirt that someone was asking about on the JCA and I had regretted not trying on the last time that I was in the store. I really liked the fabric an the color but the length and the elastic at the waist don't work for me (it's too young-looking, even if I know that some of you will say that I can pull off the mini length). Here I was already sizing up to a 2, so don't be afraid to size up, there is room for it.

Last new arrival that it tried is the Lace panel tee. This tee is very pretty IRL and almost worth its $42.50 price tag. However I am incapacitated to buy a tee FP at the moment, I have tee nausea after seeing all those graphic tees languishing for months in the sale section of the B&Ms. Maybe in a few weeks I will be ready again ;-).
Still, this one was tempting, very flattering and new:




What do you think of these new arrivals? Do you share the enthousiasm for the heather cobblestone color? Dream hate or love?

If Diane Kruger can wear Bright Plum, so Do I!

Do you remember this post on the JCA featuring Diane Kruger in a Jcrew outfit?
My first reaction to this outfit was that I would never have thought of pairing those two colors together and I didn't know if I liked the result. But my second reaction was that for a blonde, Diane Kruger looked very nice in that bright plum color. I have always thought that bright plum (or that shade of fuchsia) was a color reserved to brunettes (not that I am as blond as Diane Kruger but I am definitively not a brunette).

So yesterday, when I was in a store and I found the same cashmere cardigan in that same color for the incredible price of $34.99, I picked it up over the same one in black (now of course I regret not picking up BOTH for that price). If Diane Kruger can do bright plum, so do I, I thought.

I thought that it would be fun to try to recreate a similar look with this cardigan and something that I own. I don't have the Surf tweed charter skirt so I have paired it with the Drapey Drexel plisse skirt. And let's be honest, what really takes that outfit from preppy to a whole new level are the Lanvin heels (I immediately recognized the shoes when I saw the pic because my favorite shoe store had them in the window for a long time and I was swooning over them each time that I went grocery shopping, as the shoe store is on my way to the grocery store).
I happen to have a pair of similar heels from Zara that I bought in Italy just before getting pregnant. When I found out that I was pregnant I freaked out and decided not to wear the shoes until the baby was born, out of fear of falling over my heels and hurt the baby or worst (my husband agreed). In the end I never got around to wear them, because after having a baby you don't really feel like going around in a 4' heel.
But maybe, thanks to Jcrew and miss Kruger, they will have a second chance to be worn:







I have to say that this color doesn't photograph very well. If you have seen it in person you know that it's much more vibrant (and I hope that washing the cardigan won't change this) and I really like it with black, it's a nice alternative for the evening.
Here is a pic of the Lanvin-esque Zara shoes:



What do you think? Which look do you like better (you are allowed to say that you like Diane's look better, no problem)? Do you think that bright plum is for brunettes?

Crazy for Cashmere

During the last year I have developed a weakness for JCrew cashmere and each time that a cashmere sweater goes on sale and the price drops below $100 (my personal threshold) I can't resist and I jump on it. I know that Jcrew cashmere is often criticized and I don't want to lunch myself in a pro-JCrew-cashmere harangue here but in my opinion their colors and styles can't be beat and if one is willing to wait, even their prices.

This summer I have been eyeing the Cashmere zip pocket cardigan. I immediately fell in love with this sweater when I saw it in store, especially in the now sold-out blush stone color. As I said before I never pay full price for cashmere but because my birthday is coming up soon and there is nothing else around that I wanted more than this sweater I was ready to make an exception and make it my birthday present to myself, sale price or not.

When two colors (the lavender and sepia) went on sale last week and I saw that the blush stone was sold-out both online and at the Collection store, I emailed my PS and asked her if she had one in my size to put on hold for me.
This sweater was still full price in store in all the colors but because this particular color was sold-out online she gave me the online sale price (even if I am not sure if it ever went on sale before selling out on the website).

I think it's one of the chicest sweaters EVER. I love the gold zippers on the pockets and placket and even if it's 100 degrees outside I can't wait to wear it (it's a substantial 12-gauge knit and I would be sweating in it even in the evening). At least I got to wear it this morning for the blog and I took my pearls out for the occasion:





My long-time followers will remember that in the fall a SA at the Rockefeller Center store had (very proudly) told me that Tory Burch had visited the store the day before and that she had bought "lots of cashmere". Well, I can totally see Tory Burch buying (and wearing) this cardigan.

In case you want to take advantage of the current 30% off promo and order one of the two colors that are currently on sale on the website, the fit is TTS to small. If you plan on wearing it with something more than a cami or a tank underneath I would size up. Although, the deep V-neck and the three quarter sleeves make it a summer sweater and I don't know if this style can really be worn when it gets cold.
Now, if only the lagoon green and the black could go on sale, I would definitively buy another one.

Do you own this cardigan? How do you wear it? Would you consider it for the current price?

Back from Seattle and a OOTD

Hello everyone, we are back from Seattle but because our flight to NY had a seven hours delay due to mechanical problems (you know, you get into the plane and make yourself comfortable, then they tell you to get out of the plane and wait, which when you travel a toddler is particularly challenging because toddlers can't "wait") I have been a little bit more tired and jet-lagged than I should have the last two days.

Anyway, we had a great time in Seattle. The weather was as one can expect and actually colder than I thought (I traveled with my Script coat and I was happy that I had decided to take it at the last minute) but at least it didn't rain.
It was my first time in Seattle and my knowledge of the city could be reduced to two movies, "Sleepless in Seattle" (of course) and "Little Buddha" (the first part). So we did all the touristy things and we went up the space needle (my husband really wanted to do that because he had been to Seattle a couple of times before for work and he never had the time). This is one of the few pictures that I have from the trip (we had our camera with us all the time but for some reasons we didn't take a lot of pictures):



My wedding outfits worked very well (in the end I wore the Banana Republic dress at the reception and the beaded ribbon top with jeans at the rehearsal dinner). It was actually a much colorful wedding than the last one that I had attended in NY and I would say that less than half of the guests were wearing black.
My outfit to the church with the Ames dress and the Celosia cardigan (topped by the black script coat) was just perfect and I even got a compliment from someone (a man, I should add) in the bride's side whom I had never met before and who almost cried out, after eyeing me from top to toe, "That's a nice outfit!". It really was.
But I have to say that because it was the wedding of a close friend, the outfits in this case were less important than being witness of our friend's happiness that day and listening to the heartfelt speeches of the two family members (the mother of the groom came from Cameroon and the bride is from a Greek family settled in Seattle so they had jokingly called it their "big fat global wedding").

Back to NY, we slowly went back to our daily routine. Yesterday we celebrated "Mother's day" at school and I wore a casual but cute outfit with the hand-cut flower art tee:




I liked that the color of the cardigan is almost the same color of the applique flowers on the tee. The cardigan is the Featherwight rolled-up sleeves cashmere cardigan in the copper dust color (which is less reddish and more salmony IRL, almost a neutral) and I got it for a real bargain in store a couple of weeks ago (it was $54 but I had 10% off on top of it). It is currently $69 on the website and there are few colors/sizes left but I am sure that they will restock it at some point. Because it is short-sleeved it is perfect to throw on to go out in the morning when the air is still fresh.

While I was at school a friend who regularly reads this blog (and I actually met through this blog) called me from the Jcrew sample sale and asked me if I was still interested in the downtown field jacked (that I was hoping to find at the last sample sale) because they were selling it for $45. At that price I was still interested, of course, and she was so kind to pick up one in black for me. I have to say, I could have used a downtown field jacket in Seattle, my Zara windbreaker (that you can see in the first pic) wasn't heavy enough. So hint to the New Yorkers, there could still be a downtown field jacket waiting for you at the sample sale if you are looking for one. These are from the stock and aren't defective (they only have a black mark on the inner tag to prevent in-store returns).

Coming up a review of the Cozumel tunic and a very unexpected purchase...

Saturday Shopping Outfit (Papaya, Ruffles and Giraffe)

Saturday morning I had plans to go to Bloomingdales to take advantage of their Family&Friends event (20% off fashion) a it was the right occasion to finally spend a gift card that I have received for my 40th birthday last summer.

It was a cold but very sunny day so I was in the mood for some color. I also wanted my outfit to be easy to take on and off in case of try-ons (so no shirts/skirts/boots). I picked my cashmere cardigan in bright papaya from last year and I paired it with the Victoria tissue cami. I have to say, I am quite satisfied of how this outfit turned out. In fact I felt great and "ready to shop":



You have probably noticed the change of locale: I took these pics in the living room, unseen by my husband who was in the bedroom. In the background you can see the typical mess that our living room is on Saturday mornings, after my daughter has spread the pages of the New York Times, especially the ads, all over (we subscribe to the weekend edition).
I was wearing a Crewcuts "giraffe" pendant necklace that I stole from my daughter. I bought this necklace around Thanksgiving: we were in the store and my daughter made me a scene about the necklace so I indulged her and bought it. Of course five minutes later the necklace had already lost all of its interest but I couldn't return it because the SA had cut the tag off. Then it disappeared for months, as things can disappear in a household with children and it resurfaced in a drawer a few days ago. I have to say, I quite like it for myself, especially with this cardigan (I had to hide it from her because of course had she seen it, she would have wanted to wear it):



The color of the cardigan reminded me of something. Papaya, papaya, what else do I have in papaya? The potpourri scarf, of course:



Actually I wore it over my script coat, because as I said it was cold:



I had a lot of fun at Bloomingdales, I hadn't been in a department store in a very long time and it was refreshing to see other brands than Jcrew.
BTW, I found a solution to my bag dilemma, so stay tuned!

Have a great start of the week!

JCrew Sample Sale: The Good

The JCrew sample sale in NYC has become a regular appointment for New Yorkers. I think they have been helding one every two-three months since the first one in January 2009. I went to that one and to another one this early fall, then I decided to stay away as much as possible because I tend to overbuy while I'm there and regret after. Also, as many have pointed out on the JCA blog, the prices are sometimes higher than final sale prices on the website (especially the shoes and the cashmere sweaters) and the general quality of the merchandise much lower (I'm talking about big holes, "sample" marked on the sweaters with a black marker etc).

However I was tempted to go to this one because they announced that they would have a lot of jewelry, some stock and also shoes (and I'm looking for some hard to find oldies). A friend of mine went on Tuesday at the opening and she said that it was worth it, so I went this morning while my daughter was at school.

When I walked in I was disappointed because they had only samples and there wasn't any current stock merchandise on the floor. Moreover, the dresses and the few jackets that they had looked like they had been around for at least a decade (they were all wrinkled) and were really unappealing. Honestly, thrift stores have stuff in better conditions. Second, it's true that they had much more jewelry that at the last sample sale and nicely displayed this time around, but a lot of them were charms bracelets and necklaces (including some very hard to find) and I'm not much of a charm person (but I know that some of you would have liked those and my friend bought many of them). I was hoping for some sparkle but they had nothing in the current styles.

So you would think that I left empty-handed. Well, after two hours of digging, I had a bag full of stuff. I found some pretty darn good deals, some that won't maybe look like a good deal to some of you but still are for me and a very bad deal (of course I didn't know that it was a bad deal until I got home).

Let's start with the good. Accessories were a good deal. Belts and scarves were $20 each and $30 for two. I got two belts (one is the skinny pyramid-studded in black that retails on the website for $36 and one is a plain black) and two scarves. The scarves are from the current collection and one of them is the very popular floral (aka potpourri) scarf in papaya. As you know I own it in the other color but I couldn't resist the fantastic deal (the only fault is that there isn't any Jcrew tag on it but, honestly, who cares). The other one is a fringed linen one in neon orange (I'm really liking this new shade). Being linen and fringed it can also be worn on the beach as a bottom cover-up (and the shade is very beach-y).

I also couldn't resist buying another two short-sleeved cashmere cardigans. I bought one in apricot last week during the 30% off promo and when I received it I kicked myself for not buying more and earlier when there were more color choices available. It was my first short-sleeved cashmere tee (I have an old Ralph Lauren short-sleeved cardigan but it's a little bit too small now) and it is just what I need to go through spring. Luckily I found a navy one (one of my favorite colors) at the sample sale and while I was at it I grabbed another one in natural (there were $45, pretty much what I paid last week on the website).
These are last year's (with the ribbed hems) and the fit is slightly bigger than this year's in my opinion. Anyway, now I can finally wear an outfit that has been on my mind for a while (I must have seen it somewhere because I'm pretty obsessed with it. If you have worn it and posted about it, let me know):



This is the natural one, with the floral scarf (I actually wore this to the playground this afternoon. The short-sleeve cashmere tees are great when it gets chilly at the end of a warm spring day like today):



I did buy two necklaces. One that I was pretty sure about because I regretted not buying it last year (I don't remember the name but you will recognize it as I think it still pops back every once in a while). Remember that I said that I needed a necklace to wear with my yellow merino boyfriend sweatshirt? Voila:



By the way, I had never noticed before that the beads are asymmetrical. If you own this necklace, can you let me know if yours is the same or if this is an irregular (not that I really care but I'm curious)?
The other necklace was an impulse purchase, but it's really growing on me and could be my best necklace purchase, after the crystal symphony. It's from a couple years ago, maybe summer 08; I remember the matching cuff but I don't remember the necklace (I wasn't much into custom jewelry back then). I tried it over the cashmere tee just to take the pic and it definitively has an outfit-transforming factor. I think that I'm going to wear it a LOT. The pendant is very substantial and in my opinion looks like real vintage jewelry:



The last thing that I bought and I'm happy with is an embellished tee (all the embellished tees were $25 and all the plain ones, including the few graphic ones, were $15 or 2 for $20). This one is one-of-a-kind, I think. The tag pinned on the inside says FA 08 but I don't remember it, at least not in this color. I like that it's in the same hazelnut color then the reindeer tee from this holiday season, but with another (non-holiday) embellishment (I'm not sure of what it is actually, a caravan maybe?):



I took a risk with this one because there was no mention of the size on the tag. I must thank my friend who pushed me to buy it. It is a little bit long and the neckline is a little bit low but otherwise it fits like an XS.

It is later than I though, so I will leave the bad for tomorrow.

What do you think of this purchases? Is there anything that you would have bought for yourself? Do you own one of the two necklaces that I bought? Please share!

Weekend Recap (and OOTD with the Victoria Tissue Cami)

I know that I'm a little bit late in posting my weekend recap but am I the only one who's running late this week? I'm still trying to make up for the hour that was stolen from us this past Sunday (where idi that hour go?) I never like day savings time at the beginning: it feels weird to have dinner when there is still light outside, after all those months (but are they really many?) of darkness.

Anyway, there weren't joking when they said that it would rain all the weekend. Saturday morning we had a birthday party of one of my daughter's girlfriends, so out in the rain we went. It wasn't that bad yet and my husband was pushing the stroller while I was holding the umbrella (two things that I can't do at the same time while I'm alone and that make any rainy school day a nightmare). I wore the pink striped bateau tee to cheer me up and also because pink is a good color to wear at a kid's party (I didn't take pics because the outfit was exactly the same that you have seen in another post).
In the afternoon I went for a quick tour in the neighborhood (I had some errands to do, including a Jcrew return, that could have really waited a week) and that's when things got really bad weather-wise because the wind was just too strong to keep an umbrella open (and boy, it was raining). At same point I saw a lady who was almost BLOWN away with her umbrella, Mary-Poppins style, while she was crossing 3d Avenue). Anyway I made it home, even if the outfit below got its share of rain, especially the Minnie pants:





I was proud of the black henley cashmere and Victoria tissue cami pairing until I realized that this is exctly how the the henley is styled on the website. Oh well, I can live with that. I had been eyeing the cashmere henley forever, waiting for it to drop below my self-imposed threshold of $100 for a cashmere sweater. With the 30% off promo the price was even lower ($83 something), so I grabbed two (I was very grabby last week).
The Victoria cami is in a (I think) store-only heather grey (very sheer). I bought three colors of the cami when it went on sale and I finally decided to keep only this one to wear under cardigans. I realized that I don't like it worn alone, it has a weird semi-halter style that makes my shoulders look very wide. BTW, in case you have the Scalloped zipper cardigan you might need this cami. It was the only thing that I could possibly think of to wear with this (otherwise beautiful) cardigan, besides a plain tank or tee:


I ended up returning the cardigan (I had paid FP) which is now back-ordered until July! I regret it a little bit but if I came across it on sale, I will buy it for sure (it was so "me").

That's it for now. I will be back soon with a post n some of the new Jcrew jackets and the long over-due post on the Tory Burch shoes!