Man on the Shops: What’s in, What’s out, What to Buy

On Saturday, I was walking through Soho and thinking to myself that I really wanted a bright sweater, so I stepped into Creatures of Comfort, now located on Lafayette Street just off Broome. There were ribbed v-neck sweaters, some sleeveless, in navy and red and a combination of both which would look cool with the slip dresses that distracted my initial pursuit in light blue, nude, black, burgundy and navy. There were also great pants — high waist in waxed linen with sailor buttons to conceal your FUPA. Pinstriped cropped flares and wool, single zipper wide legs that touch the floor comfortably enough to wear flat shoes. Jade Lai, the founder, is great with color, silhouette and fabric, which justifies the price point and is considered contemporary (between $179 and $1230 for some suits) but still presents the question of what to do and where to go if that stuff is too expensive.

I’d say visit anyway. It’s worth the inspirational mind jog before you head up a block to Topshop on Broome and Broadway where with $180, you can get this outfit.

It’s a different vibe, no doubt. If Creatures of Comfort is your cool older sister who favors ease over anything else but still looks enviably cool regardless, Topshop is your party bus. Walking through the shop will take a few laps and some time in the dressing room to ultimately decide that the cropped wool trousers don’t flare the way you’d like them to, that the high waist brocade pants aren’t quite high enough and that you can pair a liquid lamé turtleneck with an orange sweater plus a $55 skirt that’s turquoise and purple (it comes in yellow and brown, too), which is sort of reminiscent of what’s now available by Marques’Almeida (and even more so if you’re creative about the way you choose to button it) without looking — or feeling — too tacky.

It’s the right amount of fun, coupled with the kind of color that’s been largely absent from fashion but is making sense and feeling right again. So what are you waiting for?

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Sandals by Laurence Dacade, handbag by Dior; photos by Krista Anna Lewis

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