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Archive for the ‘Outerwear’ Category
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
 "I feel like something's missing...?" Uh-oh. Looks like someone’s played a horrible joke on this poor model, creeping up behind her and snipping a hole in her $1,275 jacket while she wasn’t looking. Kids can be so cruel, can’t they?
The thing that confuses us most about this jacket is that the front is pretty ordinary, and looks like the kind of thing you’d be required to wear if you worked in a bank, say, or some other office with a formal dress code. We doubt those kind of employers would appreciate the gaping hole in the back, though, and while we’re assuming the contrast is supposed to be part of the charm, we’re still seeing a cruel practical joke here.
If you’re seeing something else – something good enough to pay $1,275 for – this is available at Bergdorf Goodman.
 Look! A spaghetti-strap jacket! For those days when it’s cold enough for a jacket, but warm enough for bare shoulders! And look! It has a scarf attached to it! For those days when… no, we give up: we have absolutely no idea what kind of abnormal weather conditions you’d need to make this jacket/scarf combo (A “jarf”?) appropriate attire. If you were worried about the wearer of the jacket getting chilly, Bless, why not just add SHOULDERS, rather than sticking on a scarf?
Anyone out there been desperately looking for the perfect off-the-shoulder jacket with stuck-on scarf? If so, you just found it: it’s $814 at Colette. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, yes, it DOES look just as silly on:
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
When we first spotted this photo of Sophia Bush wearing a navy, polka dot jacket at New York Fashion Week, we were sure the jacket in question was this one from Dorothy Perkins, which we’ve had our eyes on ever since it appeared on the website.
A closer look at Sophia’s jacket reveals that she hasn’t actually been shopping at Dotty P’s: her jacket is double-breasted, and a little boxier than the budget version, but the look is definitely similar. Like stripes, polka dots tend to start flooding back into the stores at around this time every year, but there’s been a particularly large influx of them this year. If you want to steal Sophia’s style, this jacket is £40, and is also available in black. Get it here.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
 Anyone else seeing a pair of floral print pyjamas here?
They’re not: this is Miss Selfridge’s poppy print jacket (£29) and matching trousers (£29), and we can’t help but wonder whether Miss Selfridge have created these as a cunning way to allow supermarket shoppers to get around the “no pyjamas” rule currently in effect in some stores? “Why, no!” you could say. “These aren’t pyjamas! This is my stylish, poppy-print-pant outfit from Miss Selfridge! Unhand me, officer!”
We’re going to assume these two items probably weren’t intended to be worn together, as a suit (although you never really know these days, do you?), but can you envisage wearing either of them, together or apart?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
AT LAST.
We always knew this day would come. We knew one day, if we waited long enough, someone would create an item of clothing that had a bag attached to it: and now someone has. This jacket/bag combo (A “jag”?) is by H by Harris, and thankfully the bag DOES zip off, should you suddenly want to wear a jacket that DOESN’T have a bag stuck to it, or, indeed, to carry a bag that doesn’t come complete with jacket. Phew!
Could someone please invent a dress with shoes attached to it now? Just to satisfy our curiosity?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
We’re in two minds about the clear trench coat.
On the one hand, we can see the practicality of such an item. How many times have you planned a great outfit, only to have to cover it up with a coat when it suddenly starts raining, after all? At least if the coat is see-through, you still get to show off your outfit, and that could be a good thing indeed.
On the other hand, there’s something just a little bit “emperor’s new clothes” about the whole idea, and that makes us think that if we did suddenly decide we were in urgent need of transparent outerwear, we probably wouldn’t want to spend a whole lot of money on solving that problem.
For that reason, we think one of these coats qualifies as Daylight Robbery. The other… well, we just wish the other didn’t have such highly visible pockets.
What do you think? Would you buy a see-through coat (or should that be a “shoat”?)? If so, which one would you buy: Dolce & Gabbana’s, or Topshop’s?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
 When we first brought Bless’s bright orange fox-trimmed jacket to your attention last August, we thought this was one fashion mystery that would have to remain unsolved, for surely no one would want to wear such an item – especially considering the fact that it comes with a $1,777 price tag?
As our mothers are always telling us, though, there really is something for everyone, and one woman’s crime of fashion is another woman’s Most Wanted. As if to prove that point, here’s Kanye West’s girlfriend, Amber Rose, wearing one of the aforementioned jackets in Paris last week. Looks like Amber missed the ‘Leggings Are Not Pants’ memo too, hmm?
Interestingly, one of our first reactions to this jacket last year was that it somehow looked like it had been Photoshopped – something we put down to way it had been photographed. Now we see it in “real life”, so to speak, though, it STILL looks Photoshopped. Just one of the many mysteries about this item, we suppose. Still, at least we can now close the case on the question “Who would WEAR this?”
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
 This Balmain crocodile tail leather jacket costs $63,000.
For that much, we’d want to be able to LIVE in it. You?
Friday, January 8th, 2010
This item was reported by Eva, who points out that it’s probably illegal in several countries.
We don’t know about that, but we DO know that you couldn’t expect too many hugs while you were wearing it. And that makes us sad.
It’s by Ashish, and it’s £810 at Browns Fashion. We’d want those spikes to be solid platinum for that.
Friday, January 8th, 2010
If the title of this post hadn’t already given the game away, do you think you’d have guessed what this is, readers? Other than a spider’s web, obviously?
We don’t think we’d have guessed it was a waistcoat, so props to Maison Martin Margiela for creating yet another garment that doesn’t actually look like a garment. That must take a lot of skill, you know? Oh, and for those of you still struggling to see the “waistcoat” bit, here it is on a mannequin:
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