What’s On Your Fall Shopping List?

On mine:

1. Burgundy boots to wear with:

2. High waist, non-stretch jeans that aren’t skinny but aren’t flared and end exactly where my ankle begins

3. A black, double-breasted coat that is as long as the anterior jeans. This will be my car and therefore incredibly important to own

4. Wild card shoes — the extra-spicy salsa to dress up my Tostito

5. Four shirts

a) a white t-shirt

b) a blue button down with pockets on both sides of the buttons

c) a white poplin tunic

d) a navy blue, loose-fit chunky knitwit

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I don’t have burgundy boots but I do have a pair that are this lovely cognac color — they should serve the same purpose that the ones that languish in my mind, which are Tabitha Simmons, do. Same heel height (null and void), same length (just a few inches above ankle point.) I’m also pretty sure that I acquired the right high waist non-stretch jeans last winter, which I’ve worn 182 times and have never once questioned. They’re like the sister my parents never gave me. And a little longer than my double breasted black winter coat but that’s nothing a snip, tuck or roll can’t fix. Which reminds me too that item 3 already exists in the depths of my sartillery (sartorial artillery).

1. Burgundy boots to wear with

2. High waist, non-stretch jeans that aren’t skinny but aren’t flared and end exactly where my ankle begins

3. A black, double-breasted coat that is as long as the anterior jeans. This will be my car and therefore incredibly important to own

Wild card shoes  are essentially a pressure point that need to be pushed but don’t exactly achieve anything at all, which is something I know for certain because of the four-tone platforms I bought at the end of last season on the and was sure would change the entire trajectory of my outfitting capabilities. I have since only worn them once which effectively makes them fresh enough to call new now.

4. Wild card shoes — the extra-spicy salsa to dress up my Tostito

And those shirts. The shirts! I bought that sweater in Paris last February. That tunic is actually a dress, it’s from The Gap and I might have it shortened. A version of that blue button down is also in my closet but only contains one side pocket. That’s a small concession, though, and I am willing to make it.

5. Four shirts

a) a white t-shirt

b) a blue button down with pockets on both sides of the buttons

c) a white poplin tunic

d) a navy blue, loose-fit chunky knitwit

So, let me rephrase that — what’s on your fall saving list?

Image on the left shot by Hedi Slimane for the Saint Laurent Pre-fall 2014 campaign, image on the right shot by Annemarieke van Drimmelen for Rika Magazine