Hiiiiiii!!!!!! Yesterday I read the most fantasticular article on why Girls Type Like Thissss. Please go read it, then come back and overanalyze everything I've ever written. It'll be FUNNNN! Speaking of fun, how you like my fur collar?? I'm going for "Anna Wintour stars in a remake of Where the Wild Things Are." Ca CHING cha ching.
Let's talk about a topic currently near and dear to my heart: wearing coats as capes, or, as my friend likes to call it, "pretending." This sensation is a clear case of form trumping function. The obsolescence of sleeves is no joke, people. I'm not sure how it started, but I know why it stuck. When it comes to putting together an outfit, a coat can be a great thing. It gives you that extra layer of oversized, drapey cool that can't be achieved by much else in this world....
The only problem? Coats have a habit of covering stuff up. Personally, when my outfit du jour consists of multiple thoughtfully curated under-layers, well, I WANT THEM TO BE VISIBLE, YA KNOW? Hence, a coat is slung over my shoulders carefully and carelessly, giving me that coveted chyea I totally just threw this together kind of look with a side serving of yo, this is really more calculated than calculus. Capeeshy? I realize it's a smidgen ridiculous, but such is LIFE.
ALSO, I get to say things like this: Hey girl. my sleeve is empty...
BUT YO BRAIN ISN'T!
On another note, KEEP PAYING ATTENTION, cuz I'm about to alert you to a whole other radar-worthy phenom: hair-tucking, a.k.a. the proverbial lovechild of recent runways. While the activity of hair tuckage works particularly well with turtlenecks, it is applicable to a whole range of things. Today, a fur collar, tomorrow, a choker necklace. It's your oyster. All I'm saying is, this might be the key to Fall 2013's manifestation of effortless style. I mean, you can't get much more effortless than "I didn't even have time to pull my hair out of [insert neck-concealing garment of choice]."
Finally, can we talk about the dissociative cool of a ladylike (ish) fur and the ripped splendor of baggy boyfriend jeans? I like. Do you?
Sweet dreams.
Nicholas K coat, Uniqlo bomber jacket (similar here), Zara t-shirt (sold out), Line sweater, Zara jeans (similar here), Jeffrey Campbell wedge sneakers, Uniqlo beanie (similar here), fur collar is detachable from a sold out Alice + Olivia sweater, but here is a similar option.