double duty coats

When your coat doubles as a dress, I say it's a win, win!  

I picked up this jacket at a local consignment store because I loved the boxy, sightly over-sized fit.  I had the sleeves shortened to just above the wrist to help with the proportion of the jacket on my frame.  I wanted the size to look intentional, not like I borrowed my husband's coat! I had the piece of beaver fur lying around and had my seamstress cut it to shape and attach a hook and eye closure to the front.  I'm now able to add it to any jacket or top in my closet.  

Leather coat (vintage, Common Sort, Toronto, ON). Fur collar (custom, Shoppe & Tailor, Toronto, ON). Clutch (Zara). Booties (Zara). Sunglasses (Ray-Ban).

Photos by Renza

climbing to new heights

Silk dress - tailored from mid-calf to mini length (vintage, Regeneration, Royal Oak, MI). Fur jacket (Vintage, Mother Fletcher's Vintage, Ferndale, MI). Venanzi Bogey IV hat (Vintage, Common Sort, Toronto, ON). Boots (Zara). Signet ring (gift).

Photos R Mathew Fields

the garbage bag trench

Nylon raincoat (vintage, Maycourt, Windsor, ON). Crackle faux leather top (Leith). High-waisted Levi's (vintage, Lost & Found, Royal Oak, MI). Shoes (Nine West). Clutch (vintage, Stuff, San Francisco, CA). Sunglasses (Tod's). Socks (Gap).

Photos A Mingay

a summer dress in winter

Mink jacket (vintage, Value Village Thrift, Windsor, ON last seen here). Denim jacket (Levi's). Sheer beaded dress (vintage, Value Village Thrift, Windsor, ON). Leather pants (H&M). Shoes (Joe Fresh). Belt (vintage, Value Village Thrift, Windsor, ON last seen here). First Aid clutch (Blue Q).

Photos A Mingay

a fond farewell to 2013

 Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.
Coco Chanel

Happy New Year to you!

Dress, shown belted (thrifted, Thrift on the Ave, Detroit, MI; $15). Mink coat (vintage, Value Village Thrift, Windsor, ON; $60). Jeans (Gap). Boots (Zara). Fur hat (vintage, Value Village Thrift, Windsor, ON; $8).

 

Photos A Mingay