Thursday, October 22, 2009

Cavendishs End

Ahh, what a Helen Schlegel morning it’s been, or should I say a Paul Wilcox dawn?

Or perhaps a Victoria Kipps/Jerone Belsey sunrise, if you’re a Zadie Smith reader.

For in the encouraging dark of the other night, I experienced the rush of desire, which almost translated into a certain commitment; not pigs’ teeth in a tree, mind you, but clothes in a paper parcel winging their way from Virginia to me.

How very Forsterian was my experience, but I neither communicated my passion to my (fictional) sister via a telegraph, nor by a Smithian email, but—oh my goodness—by Twitter, and hence revealed my new love to the electronic universe.

During the dark, I became enamored of this silk tiered jacket (above) and this slim take on the Breton sweater (below). It's a long, lean fit in merino and both would be, I thought, great pieces for casual layering.




What I didn’t realize until the cool light of morning is that both items are buttonlicious.
I don’t mind the buttons on the sleeve of the Breton sweater (sometimes novelty annoys me), but the buttons on the back . . .



(visible only online)

could drive me mad if I saw them. Perhaps I could forget that they’re there . . . And maybe that’s what hair’s for.

Or perhaps that’s what the silk tiered jacket’s for. Of course, you can’t see its buttons in this photo, but online, they are larrrge. (Large buttons are usually a deal breaker for me, unless they have absolutely no whiff of “cute” or “fun” about them). Oy—how fussy can a person be?

So how will this narrative end? Not with a toppled bookcase and a new merging of the classes, but with a genial “to be continued . . .”

6 comments:

materfamilias said...

If that's the right weight of merino knit -- and it looks to be -- I could forgive that sweater its buttons quite easily. Perfect stripes!

Angie Muresan said...

I agree that the jacket and the hair would hide the buttons. The sweater is too lovely not to be forgiven.

WendyB said...

"That's what hair is for" -- LOL!

LPC said...

I rather like the buttons. They make reference to the original sweaters, right? The ones with the buttons on the neck? Complete with anchors? Reminds me of a sweater I had in college. That I bought in Paris. I am beginning to feel that my clothes have had a more exciting life than I have, somehow.

Make Do Style said...

Mmm I'm thinking the buttons on the back could be wonderful piece of detail or just look dreadful. It is always hard to know from pictures as the photographs are so well lit.

K.Line said...

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