Elevated Athleisure for Coffee Runs + Carpool.

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This school year will present a different morning routine — an earlier start, and I won’t need to leave my car at all when I drop the children at school! (Upper schoolers and volunteers help children from the car drop-off line.) I am imagining a lot of mornings where I’ll slip into sweats/leggings and my new shearling Birks and be on my way. I would really like to pick up a few things from Jenni Kayne for this purpose — their Marina culottes and Saturday sweatpants — and one of these Frank & Eileen heritage pullovers.

Below, some mood boards for this look —

01. ULLA JOHNSON VEST // 02. ACNE STUDIOS BEANIE // 03. SHERPA BELT BAG // 04. BIRKENSTOCKS // 05. FALKE WOOL SOCKS // 06. JENNI KAYNE MARINA CULOTTES // 07. JENNI KAYNE PULLOVER // 08. LULULEMON ALIGNS // 09. NEW BALANCE 9060S // 10. LOEWE SNEAKERS // 11. THE UPSIDE SWEATSHIRT // 12. KULE SWEATPANTS // 13. POLENE BAG // 14. AMI PARIS CAP // 15. YETI MUG // 16. GUCCI CARD CASE // 17. SPORTMAX WOOL COAT

And a second mood board with darker/moodier fall colors, if that’s more your cup of tea.

01. DUDLEY STEPHENS FLEECE // 02. STATE BAGS BELT BAG // 03. LOEWE SNEAKERS // 04. PARIS SWEATSHIRT // 05. BEYOND YOGA LEGGINGS // 06. VERONICA BEARD JACKET // 07. NEW BALANCE 9060S // 08. VEJAS // 09. BOMBAS SOCKS // 10. ENTIRE STUDIOS SWEATSHIRT // 11. RALPH LAUREN HAT // 12. LULULMON ALIGN LEGGINGS // 13. EVERLANE LINER JACKET // 14. GOYARD BAG // 15. OLD NAVY SWEATS // 16. YETI TUMBLER // 17. NEW YORK NEW YORK HAT // 18. ADIDAS SAMBAS // 19. WYETH DUSTER

P.S. The importance of the realistic preview.

P.P.S. I’m an archerfish by design.

P.P.P.S. Have you ever heard the quote: “You’re the average of the people you spend most of your time with?”