When the Season Change pt 2

Several weeks ago I went to visit some friends who are now studying at Harvard. It was an absolutely beautiful weekend- blue skies, crisp air, and fall leaves. When I wasn't obsessing about fall in new england, I was able to notice that the harvard student body is quite well dressed. I thought dressing like Oliver Barrett IV went out out of stylewith the advent of affirmative action, but my weekend in cambridge proved me wrong.

Ever since my visit, I've been dreaming of over the top preppy classics. Schoolboy blazers, corduroy, tartan, Barbour jackets and sweaters with elbow patches dance through my mind.

Land Before Time

There's a lot of my favorite elements in this look- Blazers, button downs, and a striped skirt. but none of that compares to the amazing DINOSAUR PINS. What an incredible way to add some whimsy to an outfit, while playing on the academic, prep-school heritage of the blazer.

this is an image from a video on the lucky website

stripes

from hanneli

BLAZERS ARE BIG

blazers are big. blazers are everywhere

there was balenciaga, etro, stella mccarthy... pretty much every designer has done their take on blazers

So far i have only done the slouchy boyfriend blazer look (trying my best alexander wang impression), but that's because that's what i could come up with after scrounging around the house. I took a blazer from my mom's closet (totally amazing- she doesn't buy much, but she also she doesn't throw much out, so her closet is like my own vintage store) and rolled up the sleeves, trying my best to look like an olsen or erin wasson.

unfortunately i don't have a younger brother, so i'm going to have to do some shopping in order to try the more shrunken, fitted blazer style. So far the good old goodwill has yet to yield any great finds, so i'm thinking about branching out to ebay...

michelle williams and alexa chung looking cute in their little blazers...