Orange is one of my favorite colors but I don't have a lot of it in my wardrobe so this Marni coat caught my eye. Luckily I found it in a resale shop so it was a fraction of it's original cost. Marni doesn't have the resale value of say Chanel thank god so it was quite reasonable. Besides I have designer consignment in my blood after starting up the RealReal in 2011.
Marni will make me smile (sometimes you forget but color really does) as I get through the long winter we have in Chicago. It hasn't been too bad so far but we have a waze to go. In March I will take Marni down to Palm Beach and she will fit in perfectly.
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Wanted to make the fanny pack work and it kind of does here. I'm thinking the Flintstones but it is not really Stone Age, it's Space Age. |
This whole color thing reminds me of my formative fashion years in New York, when the only color I remember having in a sea of black was a red mohair swing coat that made me so happy. I would wear it with my Hermes scarves on my head like Grace Kelly did in To Catch a Thief.
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Photos taken at the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hollywood Squares is on the TV at the entrance to an exhibit. |
This Marni isn't super practical but as I'm sure you know practicality and fashion often don't go hand in hand. That's the fun of it.