It features a new purchase that I had seen it on Summerilla first and I knew was something that I would probably like for myself. It's the Ribbed ruffle vest, the coolest thing that was brought to us by Jenna Lyons, ever. Jenna, you totally deserve you million dollar bonus, you are a genius. When I saw it in my store last Friday (where I stopped after going to the sample sale for the second time, like I hadn't spent enough) and tried it on, I couldn't leave it in the store, even if at $78 it's a little bit pricey for a knit vest (I had a 10% discount, so I paid a little bit less). Once home, I tried it again and cut the tag off on the spot, which you will agree, is a sign of unconditional love. I tried it on very quickly with the new "Lester's hats" tee that I also bought (more on the new arrivals in one of the next posts):
The weather cooperated Saturday and I could already wear it without a jacket (it was in the 70s, almost a summer day). I picked my last years' favorite tee, the Imperial one, to wear with it and it was a perfect pairing:
The scarf that I'm wearing with it is the fringed linen scarf that I bought at the sample sale. My throat is fragile and I get a sore throat very easily, so because I wasn't going to wear a jacket it was important that I put something around my neck. To be honest I wasn't 100% sure that I would wear this scarf a lot because of the neon color but as a matter of fact I have already worn it twice and I'm kicking myself for not getting it in other colors while I could (they had a light grey and the hot pink one on Thursday, but they were all gone when I went again on Friday). As you can see, I took these picks just before heading out and that's my daughter's sippy cup that I'm holding (in the morning we went shopping for running shoes for my husband and I stopped at the Baby Gap to stock up on spring clothes for my daughter).
Moreover this vest got both my husband's and daughter's approval. My husband rolled his eyes when he saw me but then he gave me a smile and my daughter said "Mommy is a bird" (clearly a compliment and I can't deny that it felt a little bit like a bird plumage, in a positive way).
If I have to find a fault in this vest is that you can only close it by the means of a belt as it doesn't have a hidden push-button or ties on the inside. Even with a belt it tends to open up while wearing it and I was constantly pulling the two panels towards the middle because I wanted my jeans' button to be covered by the vest. But this is easy to fix if I really want to. The important thing is that I felt like a model wearing this!
I'm not sure that this vest is for everyone, so I don't want to enable you to run and buy it. You need to have a pretty casual lifestyle to appreciate it I think, but if you are a "tee and jeans" kind of girl, you should try.
What do you think of this vest? Is it something that you would wear/buy? Please share!
