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.
(click on the picture to see it a little bigger OR this link to a picture where you can really see the coat.) 🙂
Nope! That silhouette is flattering and classic.
I can’t really figure out from the photo anything much about the silhouette of the coat but, WoW, you look Italian. 🙂
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. 😉
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!
That kind of coat is timeless, and what comes into my mind while looking at is it “classic” and not trendy. And it brings out the colour of your hair in a beautiful way !
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?