I dedicate this coat to the Rose Period, an epoch I initiated mostly in my head in September when Story Story Night moved to the Rose Room, and Anna & I got our office in the gothic Union Block in downtown Boise, and everything stepped up big-time, even me, on good days.

I also dedicate this outfit to Kelly Lynae, Ms. co-Monday, who brought me this coat at ReStyle this weekend. I don’t think I would have picked it out myself. I would have been scared off by the XXL section. Kelly is teaching me to try new “silhouettes” (often read: “too, too big”). And also print block and pattern mix. Kelly absorbs so much world-wide fashion bloggery, and learns (and thriftily acquires) so fast, her looks are always a bit of a risk in some way, a bit of a play on something.  She always pushes me to rethink how I think of fashion. And that is why, for me, the whole fashion concept is rapidly expanding into an ever more nuanced and artistic and borderless but ultimately and delightfully frivolous universe.

And still stupid cheap.

Unlabeled vintage coat: $14 (ReStyle). Epic sigh.

Jones New York silk plaid top: $1.99 (ReStyle). Cenza wool/poly plaid shorts: $2.99 (ReStyle). Egad, that coat’s green satin lining: Faint (in style).

When you smile every time you look at your lap: Fashion (or sexual) success. Jeffrey Campbell heels: $60 (Half off original MSRP at Piece Unique & Shoez.)

Ahhhhhh. I mean, seriously guys. So rad.See you next Thursday.

Thanks Bethany, the non-stop magic Ms. Friday, for the stunning photos, the extensive photoshop work (wink), and the blog to push and inspire us all. All photos were taken in the Rose Room.

Safari time again. Though less Meryl Streep, and more the exotic, the prey, or at least, the photographed. (Thanks Bethany, for the photographs.)

Isadora New York vintage dress: $30. (Antique store next to Salt, Tears & Noshery on State Street.) Indeed, they do not make them like they used to.

The only closure on the entire, über cozy dress it the one button on the neck, creating that beautiful (and cooling) slash/gape. Have you ever noticed that vintage clothing design seems to think so much more thoroughly about how the lady will actually feel and move while wearing the garment? Lately, I’m hooked on old stuff. All the new stuff in my closet just looks so…sad and cheap (though not in actual dollars, which again begs the question, why buy it?).

Black felt hat: Borrowed. (My BF, Dan Costello, happens to have my exact same head size. Can we say intellectually compatible?)

RipCurl watch: $45 (Whiskey Militia). Banana Republic cocktail ring: Borrowed (Swiped from Kelly after she stayed over Saturday and left it in my guest room. Sucka!) Infinity awesome pen bird tattoo: $100.Jeffrey Campbell heels: $60 (Half off original MSRP at Piece Unique & Shoez.)
See you on the flipside.