LTK: December 23, 2010

I've coveted a fringed leather jacket for pretty much as long as I can remember.  (Maybe it was my southwestern upbringing, or the fact that my dad rides a motorcycle?  Or maybe it's just because they're fucking badass.  Hard to say.)  So needless to say, when H&M threw this sucker up on their Facebook page at the beginning of the season, I might've lost my shit a little bit.  I went to scope it out with my coworker, who is similarly obsessed with H&M, but couldn't swing the $60 price tag.

So imagine my delight when a couple of days ago that same coworker strolled into the office and flung an H&M bag across my desk, saying, "Merry Christmas, this was on sale.  It was the only one and it was your size."  This makes the second time I've scored a killer leather at H&M in just this only-one-on-sale-and-in-my-size kind of scenario!  Clearly I'm thrilled:

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Très moi, right?  I'm especially stoked on the brass hardware because all the jewelry I want to wear lately is in the same tone. Here's a detail shot (and check out how rad it looks with the Loschy Designs necklace my BFF gave me for Christmas):

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Yeah...basically can't wait to wear it for, like, the rest of my life.

Outfit details:
Fringed leatherette jacket: H&M, a gift.
Black cutout-back sweater: BCBG Max Azria, $40, Loehmann's.
Ankle-zip jeans: Miss Sixty, bought on sale when I was 18.
Taupe ruched scarf: Forever 21, $7.80.
Red knee-high boots: Vintage, $16 or so on Ebay.

This will probably be my last post of 2010!  I have all my Pre-Fall '11 images loaded up and ready to post, but we'll see how festive I get while I'm off work for the next week.  I hope you guys all have an awesome holiday!

LTK: December 20, 2010

Oh my god, you guys, the past few weeks have been so busy for me, sorry for the lack of updates!  Things are going to stay kinda slow around here until 2011 rolls around, at which point I'll be back to my regular posting schedule.  In the meantime, here's what I wore yesterday to brave the torrential rain that's been slamming Southern California for the past few days:

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I saw these riding pant-inspired leggings at H&M over the weekend and while brown is not usually the first color I tend to reach for, something about them called to me.  (It's hard to tell in the photo, but the dark knee patches are made of some kind of suedette material -- that might've had something to do with it.)  At only $15 I figured they were worth the risk, so I snatched them up, and I'm pretty glad I did; I ended up really liking them.  This is how I wore them yesterday, though when I got home I swapped out the Oxford and cardigan for a plain, oversized black sweater, and I think the overall look was a little more effective.  Still, I'm excited to see what else I can do with these -- I think with casual t-shirts they might be fun, too.

My necklace was an early Christmas gift from my best friend and bandmate Jennie.  She knows me so well -- the piece is by Orange County designer Melissa Loschy of Loschy Designs, and I've swooned over her incredible hand-stitched, leather-heavy jewelry more than once at local craft fairs.  The necklace Jennie picked out for me is totally perfect:

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So good, and it totally meshes with my steez for winter; I've been in the mood for brass and sort of old-fashioned, talisman-feeling stuff.

Outfit details:
Camel wool cape: ASOS, $120.
Black slim cardigan: Mossimo for Target, $17, Target.
White button-up Oxford shirt: H&M, $12.
Brown suede knee-patch leggings: H&M Divided, $15, H&M.
Lace-up platform boots: Jeffrey Campbell, $160, Need Supply Co.
Leather scarab necklace: Loschy Designs, a gift from my BFF.