Bragging

Check out these boots. I have them. I love them. I love it when I love something and then the next year it starts to creep up into more mainstream fashion. I don't invent things, I just find classy things I love and when other people start to love them I rejoice as we all revel in the classiness.

When I was 14 I fell in love with red ballet flats. Flats were NOT popular. In fact they were impossible to find outside of wedding wear websites where they dyed your shoes to match your dress. After rummaging through thrift stores and old lady stores for months, I found a pair. The next season they were everywhere.

Last fall I decided I loved This Hat and These Boots. Well, This Hat was featured in the JCrew 2010 Fall collection, and These Boots are now featured on The Sartorialist. Awesome. Way to go me. Keep up the classiness.

A sickness

I adore JCrew. Anyone who knows me well, knows this about me. Nicole and I pore over each months catalog and coo and sigh and revel in its classiness.

Sometimes JCrew fails to impress:

Sequined Harem Pants (apparently so popular that they've completely sold out. REALLY?!)

I don't even want to talk about this one...

Gross.

But JCrew also NEVER fails to blow me away with at least one item. This month it was the Noelle Gown:

Long-sleeved, high neck, high back, almost temple ready wedding gown. I challenge you to find a classy looking long-sleeved wedding gown that would actually look good on someone. I was convinced that this could never be done. But JCrew has done it again. Oh JCrew, what can't you do? Did I mention it has POCKETS?!