I was shopping with a friend yesterday, trying to scare up something festive to wear to our D Moms launch party this week (there is, in my opinion, no more frustrating enterprise than shopping for a specific event, but I digress). During the expedition, my friend and I were discussing the transition from her summer wardrobe “persona” to her fall one. For her, summer is all Mary Ann à la Gilligan’s Island. She’s a sea (no pun intended) of gingham and circle skirts and sandals. But come cooler temps, she retires her nautical togs for a slightly more edgy wardrobe of sleek black pants and trim blazers.
I, on the other hand, adhere to a staunch uniform year round. Some people (i.e. my kids) may view my devotion to jeans, a blazer, and a rotating cast of slouchy tees/tanks/simple dresses, all in varying shades of black, grey, and white (see: ensemble above via Poppy NYC) as boring, but I prefer to view it as sartorial consistency. When I don’t have to think too much about my clothes, it frees me up to think about other (more important) things…at least that’s what I’m going with.
To that end, my fall shopping plan pretty much consists of supplementing my existing cache of tees and blazers with a few new ones to freshen things up.
I snapped up a perfect fitting (inexplicably, at once, slouchy and fitted) dark grey ATM tee at Barneys yesterday, and I’m seriously contemplating two blazers spotted at Neiman Marcus — a fetching Theyskens’ Theory black number and an asymmetrical drape-front beauty by Helmut Lang.
The blazers are pricey, but when I shrugged them on in the fitting room, they both made me feel instantly pulled together but not like I was trying too hard (a feeling so elusive that I’m willing to pay a little extra for it, for the record). To round things out, I’m considering a cozy, nubby Isabel Marant zip front knit jacket from V.O.D. (in fact I love it so much that it ended up featured on page 26 of the magazine).
So, what’s on your wish list for fall?
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