This has been my go-to outfit recently for those in-between casual/nice events (dinner at the in-laws', a baby shower, an afternoon birthday party) where some people will be in dresses and some in jeans, and I want to feel chic, comfortable and WARM.
Pants: H&M, green tank: Banana Republic, blue cardigan: Gap, patterned cardigan: from Paracelso in NYC, wedge booties: Blowfish, gloves: Kohl's, earrings: gifted
I think of this flowy cardigan/jacket as my "peacock sweater," and tend to wear it with jewel-toned blues and greens, and sometimes even feather earrings... It's one of my most loved pieces, both for how great it feels to wear and for the story behind it. Last year for Mother's Day, my mom and I spent a day together hopping around Soho, lunching and shopping, and we wandered into Luxor Tavella's shop on West Broadway, Paracelso. I can't remotely do justice to describing Luxor, she is amazingly original and spellbinding, and has dressed and influenced generations of artists and models in the city. (She's hard to find info on, but there's a post about her here on Style Bubble with good pictures, and a Style Like U video of her describing her life here. You'll see what I mean about original!) I give my mom all the credit for that find, as I would have walked right by Paracelso, and even after we went in it took me a while to figure out what was going on. It is nothing like a regular boutique, that's for sure. We spent a long time talking to Luxor and trying on pieces she picked out for us, plucking them off the walls or out from under piles of cloth. The whole experience felt outside of normal time. Later, we walked across to Anthropologie, usually one of my favorite stores, but after Paracelso it seemed soulless and kind of... obvious. I love wearing this cardigan and remembering being with my fabulous mom in the city on that perfect, sunlit, unexpected day.
