LOL. I wrote this post during my computer time yesterday, but when I went to post it last night- it was gone! After trying everything I could think of, my hero asked me, “is there any way it could just “show up tomorrow?” This morning I had the brainstorm to search the blog using the term “trench” and sure enough I found it. Right there where I left it, in December of 1969!
Sadly, this is the best I could do with the silver-grey trench. After debating whether I could pull off a “cute Columbo” look, I decided it’s just not me. I love the crisp look of a well-fitting trench. This is not it.
One is left to wonder what Gap executives were thinking when they offered a trench which can neither ironed nor dry-cleaned. Thankfully, I only had $1, plus tax, time, and energy into it.
Back to the drawing board. Shown here with my other finds from this week’s Value Village venture: the dark denim unbelted trench with the tags still on it - $1. Which brings to mind a great question to ask yourself when thrifting:
if I had bought it when it first came out, would I still be wearing it?
This is an especially helpful question for people who are losing weight or for any other reason are having to build a wardrobe in a hurry. Which circumstance I feel I am sort of in right now for two reasons:
- I spent almost no money or time on my own wardrobe last fall when I was costuming Little Women
- Spring is without a doubt my most challenging season to for which to dress.
Still standing, just in a little street in Trieste, is this first century Roman arch. Until this trip, I don’t know that I had shown any pictures of my winter coat. I love the color! My question to you is this: are you tired of this coat silhouette? It was so common a few years ago that I feel like I should be tired of it, yet I find that when I see a woman wearing a coat of this cut, I still like it. (Which is a good thing, since my new spring one is very similar.)
(click on the picture to see it a little bigger OR this link to a picture where you can really see the coat.) 
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