Fringe Benefits

Jacket: Vintage/ Shirt: Urban Outfitters, similar/ Jeans: Levis/ Boots: MICHAEL Michael Kors, old/ Hat: Lucky Brand, similar/ Bag: Vintage Dooney and Bourke/ Scarf: Forever 21, similar

A couple Christmases ago, my younger sister Jo bought me this jacket. She found it in a thrift store and told me emphatically that I could pull it off. Well, 23 year old Jessica was not convinced. She thanked her sister very much for the jacket but, truthfully, she was a little scared of the very fringe-y, southwestern-y, super 90’s jacket. She figured if all else failed, she could always use to to dress up as Sloan from Ferris Bueller’s Day off next Halloween:

Which she actually never followed through with. Thus, this awesome jacket sat unworn and unloved for 2 years. It almost got taken to Goodwill! Thanks to a more adventurous 25 year old Jessica, the jacket is being worn and loved. And I’m talking about myself in the 3rd person…time to go!

Happy Thursday and thanks for reading! xo

Photo cred: Bianca Bethune

Red lace, red lips

Dress: Free People/ Jacket: Forever 21, similar/ boots: Freebird by Steven/Bag: Dooney and Bourke, vintage/ Watch: Michael Kors

Nobody gets more excited for fall than I do. Chilly air, crunchy leaves, pumpkins, cloudy days, what’s not to love? Here in LA, we don’t get fall till a bit later, and usually only in little fits punctuated by heat waves, so when we do get a truly fall-ish day, I soak it up. Yesterday was like that. I stayed in almost all day, read, drank coffee, and enjoyed the gloom. I also get really excited to break out my boots, tights, and coats, which clearly I did all three here.

This dress and these boots are two recent finds that I’m a bit obsessed over and can’t quite get enough of. You’ve been warned. 😉

Thanks for reading! xoxo