Look Sharp, Sconnie - Midwestern Fashion Nerd, Chronic Over-thinker

Dear Impractical Self: You're awesome.

Almost a year ago, I dragged an unsuspecting friend of mine along with me on a trip to Goodwill. 
Now, you should know that as a rule, I try to avoid mixing my shopping life with my social one - a precaution I take due to my absolute inability to behave even remotely human while simultaneously focusing on the clothing at hand. 
Blame it on my multitasking incompetence - but I'm doomed to a life of solo shop-scursions.

On this particular day, however, said friend fell prey to my shopping scatterbrained-ness and nodded politely as I testified that the jacket you see above was a "great find". A "must-have", if you will - primed for purchase even in the current conditions. 

"The current conditions", you ask?

Yes, 90 degree weather.

Ok. Whatever. I have a problem. 
The first step is admitting it, right?
(Though I'm starting to think that it might be possible to plateau on that first step.)

Anyhow, not one to be deterred - I donned this little diddy ASAP. 
Because obviously it required a test-drive, and no 90 degree risk of fatal sun stroke was going to stop me. 

Coat snugly wrapped around my wool-swathed frame, I turned, beaming, to my friend. 

The look on her face was ....
not the look on mine. 

"You're not going to wash that?", she said, very slowly, in that tiny-bit-too-high-pitched slightly shaky manner that only aspiringly-non-judgmental girls can.

"Oh." I paused. "I guess I didn't really think about it."

And I hadn't. Because what self-respecting thrifter would take the time to dry clean a fantastic find before wearing it!? ...
jacket: Goodwill, shorts: Paris thrited, tee: Everlane, tights, Pure & Good, boots: Jessica Simpson
....
A clean one, probably. 

But not this girl! Not me!
I'm hard core. 

And a fantastic find, it was. 
Why? 
Because only months later, Margiela teamed up with H&M to release what I like to think of as their Gabby-dirty-wool-coat-inspired pieces, fully reminiscent of my great Goodwill find. 
Thank god for my impracticality. 



Cheers.


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2 comments:

  1. the style crusaderJanuary 9, 2013 at 5:29 AM

    I love your outfit. The oversized cream coat is gorgeous! xx

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  2. CollectionsJanuary 9, 2013 at 5:55 AM

    I want those boots and that coat, what a great find!! Are the boots heeled? I can't tell (aka I can't walk in anything above a 1 inch heel)

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