What do I know ?

I used to write another blog. In one post, I once singled out a coat of mine and declared it the toastiest coat ever made. I even went ahead to give advice on how to layer for the winter, to my readers. This March, I wore it to the East Coat and was cold. Looking back, what a joke !! Give me a year in New England, and I will have enough to say about winter coats in general.

Double wool coat, black, Celine.

“I have two advanced degrees, a job that challenges me, a man I love, an elderly dog and a Celine coat. I have everything I desire. I can die now but want to wear my coat for the next decade.”

This is what I said out loud when I got my bid accepted on Vestiaire Collective. ( That place is a treasure trove for the ones who want to dig. ) I used to read a lot of advice from French Women on how to build a closet. One article said “spend as much on your coat as you would on a car. This is what you will wear for the next 10 years.” I think I took it all too seriously. Incidentally, when my car got totalled after an accident last year and I sold it, I think the French Ladies prophecy came true. I made exactly the same amount of money as how much my coat costed. I would trade a car for beautiful clothes any day and walk + take the train everywhere ! There, now you know me. It served me well for the maximum winter, California has thrown at me.

Mauve wool-cashmere blend, Stella McCartney

Sans le bein le beau n’est rein.

The strides Stella McCartney has made in the field of sustainable fashion is impressive. Makes a beautiful thing even more beautiful. She makes clothes for women who don’t have boyish figures. She grows her own sheep for the wool and uses recycled cashmere and puts it together in solar powered factories. She has got my heart.

Mauve is my fav accent color. It pairs well with the blacks, grays and blues in my closet. This color was my ex-navy blue. 8 years ago, I only wore mauve and black. It’s now my ex that I am in good terms with and can handle in small doses.

Cotton Trench, Stella McCartney

This is my everyday cardigan.

Why this catalog ?

  • Sustainability is the art of living a glorious life while staying within your planetary bounds. To know if I am staying under, I need to be comfortable with numbers and the science.
  • I have been browsing winter coats like an animal on prowl. I quite don’t know what I need since I haven’t experienced the harsh winters yet. If I buy my coat in the summer, it’s cheaper. But if I wait till the winter, I will have the time to know more about the location. All in all, I think I should buy one puffer coat on the second hand market.
  • Gratitude. To have these many good things, is a privilege. And hey, I found them all second hand in black-swan-ish bidding accidents !!