Fall Fashion -- Don't Let It Pass You By

I hope to get some decent chocolate~ colored separates, I am thinking a corduroy skirt and a nice merino sweater. I need work shirts, possibly striped.

felicity

I really want a pleated A line skirt and tall semi-dressy boots.

We (NA & I) went to the mall last night (a new outdoor one near us) and I touched everything in J Crew and Anne Taylor Loft as NA shook his finger and his head. I'm supposed to be saving for our move. Blah. (But Chicago is cold! I need more warm stuff, right?)

I've taken to dying my hair multi-tonal autumn colors!

xpost: boots are U&K as well but then again I say that every season. I am still wearing my lace up midcalf boots but I'd like to get some more pairs. I wish I could wear such awesome clothes to work, I'm wearing a boring beigh crepe suit with a black silk sweater and black strappy sandals :(

And, of course, whenever I say brown I mean chocolate!

I've tried on two silver skirts so far this year. Both on them looked like mock leather that was spray-painted with silver. Do all silver skirts look this way? The first one was at that second-hand store in W'burg, it was like $10, over-the-kneee. I tried it on to try and cop Ally's style, it fit but the zipper part was extra-long, it was kinda weird. Then there was another one at H&M: this one was short!!! I wasn't in love with it either, so I am still silver-less.

I need more curdurouys too. I bought a brown pair at the pop shop in MCR but they don't fit so well I don't think, baggy. Well, maybe I'll try them out again today. And when I say brown I mean brown. Actually, the cords are more rust/sand/ight brown.

There's a lot of good courderoy at the GAP right now, cos it's kind of thinner weight courderoy--I hate regular stuff, it makes me look kind of "huge assed" so to speak? I dunno everyone else looks fine in it though.

I think I am going to attempt to single-handed revive the seamed-stockings look.

I need more silver, H&M I come!!! It's ok if you cop my style cos I copped your tennis skirt.

Mary

Sometimes when I say brown I mean brown... But I do really have a thing for chocolate brown right now.

You're assuming I HAVE credit :(

xpost, trenchcoats are always the way to go if you are asking me!!!

I can prevent myself from puking on coats though, I'm quite shamed by that and also for the fact that I couldn't be bothered to get it properly cleaned. (TMI?)

Also, why is everyone shoving brightly colored striped WELLINGTON BOOTS in our faces at all times? I half want them but I think they would look fresh for about 2 minutes and then be puke-causing.

I think I'd like a leather trenchcoat this year but they are tres pricey. xpost, I really don't like those overlong, belted sweaters at all. They look good on some people but they are just not my style at all. Clingy things on my backside=BIG HUGE NO NO.

I like tweed and 3/4 sleeve/bracelet sleeve vintage jackets, personally... and really need a cool pair of long gloves (winter gloves, just to be practical about it) - haven't found these yet. I guess I could use another good pencil skirt or two (pinstripes would be TOP), I am tall so they suit me better than the a-line ones.

Most of all I want, besides the gloves, some icy pastel colored sweaters, very very light, to wear with a couple of absurdly bright knitted scarves I've picked up in the past year. I'm lucky there are absolutely SUPER thrift shops around here.

From the other side, I consider them simultaneously evocative and displacing. I know a couple of people they look good on but maybe they just suit "my type," whatever that is (also, I'm a hippie).

my usual autumn dreams have been deep maroons and navies ... discarded prep unis with pearlized cufflinks i am going to bed soon

i may break the plaid barrier this fall. maybe.

Other recent purchases: some salvatore ferragamo mules that I have yet to wear, tons of knee socks, and a pewter flask. I have also decided to save a little and invest in a really nice, stylish winter coat that will not be used for work but only for play.

I think the mod thing is good for people who have always done mod, like our Hiromix-ish Carey, but I wonder about for mysef. As Felicity says, I suppose in mod-eration it is okay.

Sarah, re chocolate brown: I got boots last winter/spring that I thought were brown, but when I brought them home I realized they were chocolate brown. I think this is such a different color than regular brown (which has a billion different shades btw), it is so much closer to black, so dark, oily, and horse-y.

Belted cardigans: are we talking about the same tired things that have making the rounds for the past 5 or so years? I say pass, unless you already have one, and can just wrap it around yourself when the weather gets nippy. Or has there been a new innovation?

How do we feel about shawls? I just passed a girl wearing a brown plaid one. I think the key is to wear them asymetrically, something I am not artsy enough to do.

Curduroy pants: There could be a whole thread on this, really. The gap ones don't fit me that well, they are always too baggy in weird places. I like these stretchy ones from JJ or something. It's a weird brand but they come in every color and fit pretty well, if very snug. I want a pair in blue next. They also make jeans but I've never trained them on.

I believe in the Mary Timony way of the trouser. She always rocks the brightly colors pants as her trademark. So, Mary, I would say get those cordoroys in EVERY color.

I was just thinking about the shawl too and was going to invest soon. The asymetric placement to me screams messenger bag, but perhaps that is comforting.

Carey, did you get your H&M loot here or in London? I didn't go into their London store due to more of the Oxford Circus Overload Syndrome.

Felicity, re galoshes, they are vile but very cheap, and shiny. I don't think you can go too wrong with them, and they may even come in handy on a rainy day.

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(the old ones are the best)

I have been thinking of a more crocheted looking shawl as opposed to the blankety type.

I can't explain itbetter than that, I realize it makes little sense the way I just typed it.

My aunt, who is over 6'0", said she orders her pants online from some store that offers completely unhemmed pants, and then gets them hemmed herself, but I have forgotten the name of this store. Though for some reason I'm thinking it's a division of Nordstrom's website???? Which means they are way too expensive for me (though I expected that to be the case with the sorts of things my aunt is willing to spend $$$$$$$$$ on anyway).

Another "classic" is when your previously perfectly well behaved skirt when you wore it bare-legged takes a disliking to tights and starts bunching up every step you take.

The cure for that is Static Guard.

Otherwise, wear petticoats/slips. I have loads, I should wear them more often, under skirts rather than to bed.

Has anyone ever had shoes re-soled? Resoled?

It's time for some new clothes, I think.

Yup, a few of them. The trick is to take them in to a shoe repair place before they're too worn & unsalvagable. It's usually not too expensive.

Are there specialists for this? I'd hate to have to mail them off somewhere.

I'm sorry I can't be of more help but, despite the fact that I need to get to a shoe person ASAP, I have not done my homework on this in DC and seem to be trying to hold out until next time I am in NYC.

I am also in need of trousers for work. Navy pinstripe, grey pinstripe, or some tweed or subtle plaid maybe. I am being all stubborn because I am between sizes and don't want to spend the $$ buying the larger size and having it tailored, also major vanity issue in play here. arrgh.

I am having another problem, that occurs with the wearing of knee socks + calf-high boots. One sock invariably drifts below the height of the boot, while the other stays up. It wouldn't be so bad if both socks disappeared, but I feel freakish with one high sock, one disappeared sock, and a roving skirt.

y, haha

I went to Lord and Taylors last night to try and find the boy blazer, but they didn't have anything, just some lame stuff from Ralph Lauren that didn't even have gold buttons. I saw on their website they have their own lable boy blazers, but not at the Landmark store at least.

Then I went out through Hecht's and they have the boy blazers by Van Heusen. However, the 16 is to big and the 12 fits but the sleeves are a bit short, and they 14 was only available in husky, lol pwned.

They did have a really nice selection (at l and t) of half-price cashmere sweaters, in all shapes and sizes. I got a blue and green argyle cardigan, as you can just never have enough argyle. I tried on a beige leopard print cashmere cardigan with diamante buttons, but alas, the sizing was a bit off.

I'm pretty sure the phrase was coined by these sartorially perfect people:

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and for a none more perfect example:

http://www.clutchingatspanners.com/toast2.jpg

I've been wearing a lot of black with dark navy blue. currently searching for lots of cobalt/electric blue tops, they are kind of hard to find. also bright spring green. and tiny polka dots. teh J crew has a navy blue swiss dot shirt which I quite like..

for spring I would like a nice white jacket. Fitted, 3/4 sleeve.