swackets

last week inspired by j crew's cute hacking jacket with the edging in a contrast color..

my daughter and i (in search of the perfect speech competition look) found a great sweater jacket at banana republic that my mother instantly smitten dubbed "the swacket"

i must to say, that i do love a structured chanel-ish jacket. but the rub is that a wool jacket is stiff and not very comfy.

one is constantly tempted to push up the sleeves, but to no avail. the thick fabric is quite unforgiving.

so i say, why not opt for this smart alternative. now to find one in a fabby color!

yesteryear

after my post yesterday about the sleeker herb ritts-y side of the 80's..i thought i would share an earlier (ouch) version of myself in a giant shoulder padded ensemble..oh how i adored that hot pink jacket from ann taylor..i thought it was massively slimming..as well as tall-i-fying..maybe not.

ah well..now you can see why i have a hard time looking back on the styles of that long ago era.

kate hines {design star}

last night our boston design salon (a local group i founded that gathers monthly to hear from luminaries in design) got together in cambridge to listen to jewelry designer kate hines share her story of a career in design. to say the least she was amazing, but she mentioned that on her website there is atimeline section that goes way back to the 80's.

naturally i hit it first thing this am..and lookee lookee, there are amazing images from an earlier time.

they really bring you back..right?

best of all these images made me feel less embarassed than i have in a long time about the 80's..and it's style..i mean these pix are so cool!

usually, i cringe when i think about the "get-ups" i wore in those days..but looking at these images i imagine that perhaps it might have been as fabulous as we thought it was then.

possible.