~ Winterwear ~

Nov 27, 2011 By Shann in All Anthropologie, All J.Crew, Anthropologie reviews, J.Crew reviews, Other brand reviews, Reviews, Shopping finds Tags: free people, winter shopping

It’s been a real task to shop for winter clothes this year. Seems like retailers positively refuse to offer warm clothing. I pretty much gave up on trying to find sweaters and focused on layering.

Target thermals size XS or Small

I pick up a few new target thermals each year. The quality is crap and the colors are questionable lol, but they work for a season or two.

J.Crew vintage thermal henley size XS

I had high hopes for this and was a little disappointed. The fabric is nice, much thicker than you’ll normally get from JC. The purple is beautiful, that impossible to find elsewhere shade. But the sleeves are a bit strange. They feel as if they were sewn incorrectly around the shoulder and the sleeve length is shorter than I would like, with a tight cuff. Not a great layering top, more a wear on it’s own. I think this will be cute in the spring with a pencil skirt. I’m glad I did not size up to try and gain length because the body stretches out with wear.

J.Crew Academy coat in Herringbone review

Oct 27, 2011 By Shann in All J.Crew, J.Crew reviews, Reviews Tags: academy coat, j crew reviews

I ordered J.Crew’s Academy coat in herringbone during the 25% off promo. I’ve been desperately wanting a warm and stylish winter coat. I wanted a stand out design but in a neutral fabric. I’m always drawn to J.Crew’s delicious bright colors, like the Majesty peacoat in dark peony, but I do not feel comfortable wearing a screamingly bright color on a day to day basis. I though the Academy coat in Herringbone would be a nice compromise between stylish and subtle.

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Anthropologie reviews: Side snap, draped lapel, slung sash, sweetheart shrug

Oct 25, 2011 By Shann in All Anthropologie, Anthropologie reviews, Reviews Tags: Anthropologie, draped lapel pullover, femme thermal top, fleeting seas top, Reviews, side snap turtleneck, slung sash tee, sweetheart shrug tee

First a couple things I saw but don’t have photos of.
The Gamay sweaterskirt: Unlined, very long, and made me look like I was made of play dough, ie lump city.
The Hallowell cowlneck: Extremely coarse fabric.
Harrington cowlneck: So short and weird. It’s like a scarf with sleeves, not a proper sweater. I seriously could barely figure out how to put it on.

If you’re having problems with your real name showing as Comment Id

Oct 24, 2011 By Shann in Misc chatter Tags: blog comments

****UPDATE- The comments appear to be working correctly for guest posters now. You should be able to enter your email address and add any Guest id you choose and have your Id display correctly ****

Hi Ladies, just a quick note about posting comments here on my blog. It’s come to my attention that when posting a comment as a Guest the beginning of the commenter’s email address is showing as their commenter ID. For example, you type in your comment, click Post As, the window pops up for you to log-in or enter your Id. You put in your email “realname@ yahoo .com” the comment system auto fills the Your Name box with “Real Name” from your email addy. Even if you change the name in the box it still displays your email address name.

First, the comment system I am using is Disqus. I changed to this because my old comment system would not allow you to subscribe to replies. Nor did it allow replying to individual comments. I emailed Disqus about this Guest commenting problem. I don’t know that this is an issue that can be fixed. If not, I may remove Disqus from my blog. But there is really not a good alternative to it, so I’m not sure. I could go back to the regular wordpress comment system but I’ll have to install a whole new template for you to be able to subscribe to replies.