“You were wearing a jean jacket when I met you. It was your signature look. Your hair was much longer.” said my husband as we bump into each other in our kitchen.
“That’s right I had them in a few colors. Was I wearing denim or colored denim?” I replied.
“The first date was denim and then you continued to wear different colors.” I do remember him commenting that I had a lot of little jackets and a lot of shoes. I think his MBA brain was calculating what I must have spent on clothes (more than I do now actually) and wondering if this would be a good investment.
Here we are almost twelve years later, and I have been wrestling with how to end my shopping detox. This denim jacket was technically a gift from by husband for Valentine’s Day. He returned one of the jeans I picked up for him (that I mentioned here) which were subject to a store credit and insisted I get the jacket. I have been searching for the perfect jean jacket for a while. I have had a couple from J. Crew that I love like this and this, but I am 5’9 and they are just a tad short with certain looks. I also like this one from Madewell.
So now I have to ponder, if I have broken the detox with his gift? I feel a certain pressure to make this first purchase count. As I have mentioned, I am coveting this bag and a few others have joined the short list like this one and this one. In the meantime I am pulling out a few bags from my closet again. From a financial perspective not buying a bunch of little stuff to then make an investment in a bag may or may not pencil out, but in terms of being more conscious of my purchases it does.
I have created a new uniform with my new jean jacket. Add stripes, shoes and a scarf and voila. The uniform has taken me to all kinds of events this past week.
Hermes Scarf (similar here, here and here)
Camo Clutch (also in this fun stripe)
AG Navy Jeans (also here)
Sunglasses (similar here and here)
A couple of other options that I wore last week.
Pink Sunglasses (similar here, here and here)
Pink Striped Shirt (similar here )
Hermes Twilly (similar here)
Pink Loafers (similar here and here)
Leopard Flats (similar here and here)
Orange Hermes Twilly (similar here and here)
Happy Styling!
XO,
JAE
the navy leopard 