This time last year I was frantically chasing down ready-to-wear on sale. This year, I am more or less sidelined because even the items on my Chanel wish list turned out to be not so exciting (or cute) once I saw them in person. Interestingly enough, some of the things I’ve liked most are not the tweed jackets but basics that I can wear on the road, such as this slouchy beanie and scarf set
and a cool black turtleneck with leather strips on the sleeves:
One of my favorite things to wear is a simple pencil skirt. This fall JCrew did a whole slew of knee-length pencil skirts in beautiful tweeds, and I lucked into finding them all on sale last week at 60% off! More on the topic of skirts in the next entry…
On one of my insomniac nights last month I customized these Converse sneakers at their website, and 4 weeks later they showed up. The monograms turned out to be bigger than I anticipated, but I love the patent leather:
The grey pair matches my tote:
Did you notice the Missoni for Target pouf in the photo above š ? Speaking of which, I’ll close out today’s entry with a pic of my velour hoodie/shorts set:
I promise I’m finally done with the Missoni hunt!
HI, Larkie,
Thanks so much for your quick reply.
Too bad the patent leather is not available any more. I really want something that’s metallic color too. Hope they will offer this option again in the future.
Enjoy your converse. Isn’t it nice and fashionable especially you travel so much.
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Elle
hi Elle! sadly that patent leather option is no longer available. i just tried to customize a pair for a friend and saw that they only have the regular leather colors now š
but yes, i started with the chuck taylor leather ones. although plain leather isn’t as snazzy, i think the color saturation actually looks a lot better in real life than with the patent version, so it’s not a bad option either if you want to give it a go! it’s so much fun to design š
HI, Larkie,
Thanks for sharing your customized converse. It’s such a good inspiration. I wanted a pair in patent leather with metallic tonge too. But I couldn’t find both the options from their web site. If u have time, may i know where can I find the fabric option? I assume we should start with the chuck taylors leather one, right? I don’t see a choice of patent and metallic color. Please help. I appreciate it.
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Elle
Merry Christmas, April!! Will you be having a white Christmas where you are?
I got the hoody but not the shorts. Too cold to wear them here anyway. Congrats on all your other items. Nice haul. Merry Christmas!