Ebay scored Biker jacket – similar
Jewelmint bracelet 
Stance socks Durango – c/o
We all have something we’re obsessed with. For me, it’s jackets. They are the thing I am consistently drawn to and that I frequently have to stop myself from buying. For other people it’s shoes. Weirdly I often have to remind myself to buy shoes. It’s like shoes are too utilitarian for me to become obsessed with. Plus all the best ones are so expensive. It’s a hard purchase to justify. For instance I was in Barney’s COOP yesterday and saw these and loved them but it’s going to take a minute for me to pull the trigger on a $700.00 pair of shoes even though I’m sure once I had them I would love them. 
But jackets are somehow different.
Having a bit of foresight with any trend can definitely save you time and money. For example a few years ago I saw someone (probably Alexa Chung or Emmanuelle Alt) wearing a great biker jacket. The trend hadn’t hit yet so I knew if I got on Ebay I could track one down. 
Sure enough I found a woman in the Midwest who had just survived a brief romance with one of the Hells Angels. When the relationship was over so was her need for a biker jacket. In I came like the little consignment angel I am and took it off her hands. She charged me next.to.nothing and even threw in her leather biker vest to boot! 
The jacket sat in my closet for several years worn infrequently and a few times I considered selling it. Then a few weeks ago we were headed to a dinner downtown and I had on a long skirt and a cashmere turtleneck and I heard the biker jacket calling to me from the hall closet.
I slipped it on and boy did it feel oh-so-right. 
I asked my husband and he concurred. 
Since then it’s been a non-stop love affair. And what was the genius Bill Cunningham’s column about in the Times last Sunday? Why all the lovely ladies in Paris doning biker jackets at the Paris shows of course. 
Sometimes the slow burn is the best, right?
Happy weekend lovers. 
What are you up to? I’m headed up Highway 1 for my first time driving up the California coast and I couldn’t be more excited. See you all Monday. With any luck I’ll have loads of pictures and a photo diary from Big Sur, CA.
xx,
AA