I'm at that happy state in life where I've found my 2 Target stores. My winter knits for work are all sorted. Well under budget (thanks to their current $10 off sale) and 100% machine washable. Happy Days, indeed! The even better news is, what I bought was pretty close to what I wanted to buy. That sentence would only really make sense to the impulse shoppers amongst you who sometimes try to rationalize purchases by finding a cheaper alternative to that which you were lusting after.
Exhibit 1: the Dita von Teese for Wheels & Dollbaby knit cardigans. They look gorgeous on Dita who is blessed with hourglass curves and impeccably groomed hair and makeup. Not to mention the ability to get through a working day in a pencil skirt, seamed stockings and stilletoes.
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The SSG reality from Target:
Work friendly round collar with buttons to the neck. Not too fitted and it came with a patent bow belt. I'm going to do an edit worthy of Gok Wan and use my own bow belt from the workshops of Mr S Ferragamo instead. Have you any idea how hard it is to find a black patent skinny belt that fits high at the waist? Mr Ferragamo's Sydney employees were the only people willing to cut a belt to size for me. My GST tax back haul is looking frightening and I haven't even shopped in Honolulu yet.
Exhibit 2: a Coco Chanel inspired black and white suit jacket.
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That's Mlle. Chanel herself working a look in the 1960s.
The SSG reality from Target:
It's not really suiting, more a knit jacket but it's perfect for my purposes. The more tailored Target pieces are a but of a dicy fit for me. I'm planning to go to town with my brooches and necklaces when I wear this.
Exhibit 3: colour! If Suri herself deemed it wearable (albeit in her infant months), perhaps there's something in it for adult fashionistas? I've always been fascinated with Lilly Pulitzer and how her name has become synonymous with South Beach preppy chic in the US.
The SSG reality from Target:
A rainbow of soft knit cardigans at $20 each. Faux Fuchsia, I thought of you and suggest you run but not walk to get yourself these in the orange and the fuchsia.
Tomorrow, SSG's Runway to Reality tackles the issue of in flight comfort. It's a week until Mr SSG and I fly to Honolulu and you can never start packing too early. It won't be based on items from Target. I think I've gotten a little too comfortable in Target stores recently. I was holding so many clothes the other day I was mistaken for a member of staff by a kindly Italian nonna.
