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Un vrai génie ce Karl!

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herr lagerfeld nailed it once again :)

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Haha, that Karl. So practical. ^_~

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I do the jacket thing with cashmere cardigans. I can button the top, and it’s still warm.

Speaking of Chanel, check out my numerology post on Coco a Chanel. Her story is so inspirational! http://www.andreatung.com/2013/09/chanel-legend.html

Genius!

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xx

Oh la la I want this jacket really bad.

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Genius! I never wear the jacket over the shoulders look because I move too much. :)
Anyway! I would love too see a Pardon my French about a day in your life with a jacket over the shoulders! ;)
xx,
E.
http://www.theslowpace.com

‘I got a chip on my shoulder’

It is since quite some time now that I have been watching this ‘I’ll casually hang my jacket over my shoulders’ trend. Considering what it is that I think of it.
Ofcourse, from a pure visual point of view it gives an interesting look/shape. But nevertheless…
And now I have decided that it has surpassed it’s imagined cool.
a. We are no Audrey Hepburns…
In the fifties the Audrey Hepburns and Grace Kellys of the world pulled it off with utter self-evidence. Walking from a Ritz hotel to the waiting limo. Or being on a yaught and casually hanging a cashmere cardigan to protect against the breeze. It was sort of soft-ish. Feminine. Protective. Romantic. But are we all Audrey Hepburns now?
b. The coolness factor
Chanel ones said it’s not about fashion but about style. But sometimes style and fashion cross roads and it becomes…a trend. A difficult time for the originals because trends have a tendency to overkill. In the end, when the trend fades, there’s this period of late majority followers. That’s what they call it apparently but in reality it simply means a huge amount of copy-ing behaviour. A somewhat sad period. Until the trend really fades and only the original ones stick by it. Being seen either as outdated or for their true sense of style.
During the in-between time…at the top of the hype…you can look pretty ridiculous with that jacket hanging over your shoulders at a fashion event amidst of oh let’s say 200 other ‘unique looking’ adult women doing exactly the same.
c. The down to earth approach
I know that fashion and rational arguments like practicality are a dangerous territory to enter. I mean…platform shoes? 12 cm stiletto heals? Silk lingerie dresses in the middle of winter? Belts with no other function then to be there. Practicality can be such a turnoff. But nevertheless my practical Dutch roots urge me do so now because I all of a sudden have this old fairytale story in mind. You know…the one about the emporer and his new ‘unvisible’ clothes?
So:
Why have arms if you don’t use them? Why wear a jacket and still be cold? Why be limited in your moves out of fear for falling jackets? Etc. etc. etc.
All in all? If it’s a cape you’re after, buy a cape! If it’s a jacket you’re after, put your arms in it.

Isabel Marant a sorti pour cet hiver un manteau avec un système d’attaches qui permet d’y glisser ses bras et de porter son manteau sur les épaules sans qu’il ne tombe :-)
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ingénieux indeed!

j’avoue que c’est une super idée!! Chanel, toujours là pour créer de supers trucs
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Tu résumes parfaitement ce que je penses depuis un petit bout de temps Jeanne!!! Merci!