Another Stab at a Spring Coat

imgp5319.JPGSadly, 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.imgp5320.JPG

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:pict0039.JPG

  1. I spent almost no money or time on my own wardrobe last fall when I was costuming Little Women
  2. 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.

(click on the picture to see it a little bigger OR this link to a picture where you can really see the coat.)  🙂

6 thoughts on “Another Stab at a Spring Coat”

  1. I can’t really figure out from the photo anything much about the silhouette of the coat but, WoW, you look Italian. 🙂

  2. Emily – YAY! I thought so too. Not that it would have changed what I was doing otherwise. 🙂

    Vildy – Yeah, sorry about the picture being so small. Or, I guess, me being so small in the picture (the main point when we took the picture was the arch). And thanks for noticing, I did feel at home style-wise there in Trieste. 😉

  3. the coat is about the size of an ant on my screen, so i can’t tell you what i think of it. but that arch is incredible!

  4. I like the coat. It is hard to see the detail and your bag kind of confuses the lines a little, but I like it and I like the color. It is kind of burgundy, right?

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