Gentlewoman

One of the rare times I had not one, but two people taking my picture...

Let me tell you why I love this jacket... 

Shopping list

So, I know I go on about how fashion is not all about consumerism, and that it's preferable to buy vintage/second-hand, and that style is not about how much you spend...

And i stand by all of it --if you look at my outfit on any given day, chances are half the things I'm wearing have been stolen from my mom's closet passed down/thrifted, and although I like experimenting with trends, I usually find creative ways to dip my toe in trends with things I already have. I only buy something 'fashiony' when I've been wanting it for a while so I'm sure I actually like it --not just because it was ubiquitous for a while (which is the reason why I gave into the Stan Smith craze about 3 years after everyone else... :P).

That said... there are also times like this when the sales are on, and you're craving a little bit of fast fashion. Like junk food, I've started to regard it as a guilty pleasure, especially since I'm becoming increasingly aware of the social and environmental impact of fast fashion --never mind the state of hysteria that the process of obsessing, buying and then hating clothes within the span of six months induces. And yet I do crave a quick fashion fix sometimes --the kind of thing I can browse for online and comfortably click home from my couch at 11pm after a long day, no dressing rooms, no digging through piles for hidden treasures. Add free delivery and returns and the deal is sealed.

With that in mind, I thought I would share the things that are on my mental shopping list this season --some are impulse wants, and some are bigger buys I'm mulling over (spoiler alert: it's not exactly these -admittedly gorgeous- Guccis...)

Optimal

Ah, those beautiful (few) days of autumn where it's cool enough for a cotton sweater, yet still warm enough for bare legs... It's one of those rare chances to wear a fashiony, usually-impractical outfit (like wearing a coat with sandals --looks great on the pages of an editorial, not so much so in real life...). Add a completely dreamy setting like this one and you're set. So how to best take advantage of optimal conditions?