There’s a line from Sex and the City that my sister and I use constantly when one or the other of us is lusting after something a little outside of our usual fashion comfort zone:
Samantha: Look at that one, isn’t it adorable?
Carrie: Which one?
Samantha: The red one in the middle. I love it!
Carrie: The Birkin bag? Really? That’s not even yo style.
So, I have become irritatingly fixated upon the Acne Studios Velocite coat ($2800), and it DEFINITELY AIN’T MY STYLE. This oversized moto jacket is meant for off-duty models and people who burn sage in their apartments and drink espressos and wear strangely cropped jeans that, miraculously, look fantastic on them. They take trips to remote parts of the world and buy provocative photography in black-and-white and they’ve been known to wear a beret and smoke a cigarette without looking at all ridiculous or passe. They buy vintage white t-shirts from “a guy in Brooklyn” and wear a part straight down the middle of their head, which — my bestie and I agree — is a look only pulled off by the truly beautiful people of the world. (On most of us mere mortals, it looks too assertive and, possibly, dorky.)
Yes, it’s true that Jenna Lyons somehow slipped into the mix above, but she’s the mixmaster, and it somehow works.
But also, I REALLY WANT THAT COAT, and I want it in the cream color, though I’m not opposed to the black with shearling trim. Saks has one on sale in black on black, so that’s worth contemplating…
A few others worth considering if the price tag of the Acne Studios OG is too high:
+This JOA. (Navy is so unexpected!)
+This All Saints. (Though — if I’m going to spend that much, might as well go all the way…but THIS PALE PINK ONE!)
Thoughts? Concerns? Questions? You’ll find me googling ACNE STUDIOS VELOCITE JACKET with a glazed and devilish look on my eye for the next couple hours. K BYE.
P.S. The big slouch.
P.P.S. The most popular item on my blog this month and, a total surprise to me, the most popular item featured on my blog in the past six months (!)