Land's End Has More Than Fleece?: An Investigation

SO – already missed a day of this "30 consecutive days of blogging" thing. SUE ME (don't - all you would get out of that is my extensive collection of candles and hair ties).

Today I'm here to make a proclamation and announcement, that after thorough research I have concluded that Land's End has officially had a makeover/rebrand done right!

After seeing a post by Refinery29, that was obviously sponsored by Land's End, speaking to a "new look", I was skeptical – that was until I saw their new site!  Yes, very aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate, but when you actually get into some of their posts, it is very nice. They even have pretty exciting look books (!!!)

Said exciting lookbooks

Land's End

Aside from nerding out over site design, the clothes were even more pleasing! Rather than the typical notion I have when I think of Land's End, fleece half-zips and long johns for skiing (fear not-they still have those), I liked the clothes objectively, not just as an improvement from their stock of years past!

Seeing the clothes has given me a very LOFT/ J.Crew-vibe, and I definitely do not hate it. Will I buy my whole wardrobe here? No. But it's a nice new(ish) place to get basic fall necessities and some pieces that no one will think were purchased at Land's End.

Here are some of my faves:

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Fall Wish List

Pretty much summed up from the title, these are the pieces that hopefully stumble home one night and find themselves in my closet....hopefully within the next few weeks. 

Topshop

DKNYC

Urban Outfitters

DailyLook

Sole Society

LOFT

Benetton

One Teaspoon

J.Crew

ASOS

What's on your wish list?! What is missing from mine?! Leave a comment and tell me!

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Kendall-together Distracting?

Now that NYFW has wrapped, the time of reflection has begun. As I was looking back over all of the coverage of shows, I found myself reacting each time I scrolled through the models and saw Kendall Jenner. This reaction was not wholly positive or negative, I realized that when this sighting occurred, I was distracted by the fact that Kendall was hired for the show.

Now, I understand the move to have Kendall in a show, she is stunningly beautiful, however the potential publicity for the brand is probably a more driving force behind the decision. I'm just curious if it is her or the brand who is getting the attention. (ps. it's her).

DKNY

This has all just made me wonder if this has been true for all major supermodels in history. I suppose no one has had the crossover like Kendall has, and with the influx of social media (and her well-documented presence on said social media), she had more influence before she became a model, rather than because she became a model had some influence on her blossoming publicity following her catwalk adventures. 

In any event, she had the chance to rock some amazing frocks down the runway this last week, which is reason enough for some photo-based envy. Enjoy!

Diane von Furstenburg

Tommy Hilfiger

Marc Jacobs

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Sporty Spice

The sporty-chic trend has been around for a couple of seasons now, especially since the inception of the now ubiquitous sneaker-wedge silhouette coined by Isabel Marant. Since these sneaks were seemingly worn by every celebrity and blogger in the entire world, the concept of taking the gym to the street became much less taboo and much more chic. 

Most notably, the "jogger pants" trend that has gone from the walls of Planet Fitness to the runway. This exciting development means for those uninterested in indulging the confines of skinny jeans, but want to distance themselves from harem pants, now have a happy medium. 

From the throwback excitement of the varsity jacket (made more exciting with panels of leather) to jerseys made into variably office appropriate shift dresses, this trend is everywhere and for everyone. 

So, although we can't all look like Taylor Swift leaving the gym (is she a witch?!) many brands have taken the sports route in their new collections, there really is no excuse to just wear yoga pants everyday to pass off as "sporty"....(only those ones when you really need to...we've all been there)

Chanel via T Magazine

Even Chanel has gotten on the bandwagon and made tweed-rubber hybrid sneakers.

(Please take a moment and picture Karl Lagerfeld in sneakers)

BCBG

3.1 Phillip Lim

Alexander Wang

ASOS

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Worth the InVESTment?

By glancing at photos of my middle school years, it is clear that this gal has never said no to a good vest. Aside from the fact that a very fetching maroon knit vest that accompanied my school uniform, every fall meant purchasing a brand new puffer vest for the cooler months. 

Although this puffer vest fascination waned throughout my formative years (although never fully disappeared), the next vest purchases were during my college years and were an army cargo vest, a leather moto vest (something I may not have worn as much as anticipated), and what girl didn't dabble in the faux-fur vest trend?

However, an emerging trend this fall has been of the more formal and longer length vest varieties. As I laid eyes upon these amazing structures of wool and leather, my vest obsession (obvestssion?) came hurdling back into view. 

...and also Olivia Palermo (aka my queen) rocked the heck out of an orange version which is reason enough to try it out.

DailyMail

Although initially, with my views of the traditional puffer vest fresh in my mind, these new silhouettes seemed more like sleeveless coats as opposed to vests, a distinction I realized that was only important in my own personal repertoire, really. 

With much help from an article on my favorite website (dare I say, of all time?), Refinery29, I have compiled a list of some of my favorites – from the affordable to the take-out-a-loan-dare-to-dream variety. 

Madewell

Ann Taylor

Topshop

Club Monaco

Mango

Urban Outfitters

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BFW (Bedside Fashion Week)

Like any gal with a low checking account, extensive shoe collection and a Vogue subscription can tell you, heading to a show during New York Fashion Week is the dream. While I was very fortunate enough to attend a show during London Fashion Week in 2012, my dream of NYFW still remains. However, some brands are opting to live-stream their shows. 

This, my friends, makes me very happy. 

Not only am I able to view the upcoming collections of some of my favorite, most sought-after designers in real-time, but I get to do so from the comfort of my bed while sipping coffee rather than rushing in the stuffy NYC after an early morning of primping. While this doesn't replace the actual experience, I am trying to tell myself it's comparable. (It's not). 

My front-row seat included a down comforter

This morning I watched the Tory Burch presentation and it was just all sorts of lovely. Here are some of my favorites:

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And then my two favorite embellished pieces of recent memory:

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DAT COAT DOE. 

Basically in love with the prevalence of white button-downs (a personal staple of mine) and the seemingly comfortable woven shoe theme. 

Another show of note today (among the many, I know) is most definitely J.Crew's presentation. A can of worms I would love to delve into, but what would I write about tomorrow?!

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Daily Blogging = Dogging?

For someone who started this blog close to four years ago, I have done a solid medium job at keeping up with it. Although my days of receiving grades on my work are over, I am confident in this blog receiving a C-, passing by the skin of my teeth. 

From what started as just being too darn busy to upload has morphed into feeling wholly uninspired and crippled with the fear of something not substantial or interesting enough to post. 

BUT NO MORE. 

Maybe to the chagrin of the people who actually read this (hi mom!), I am making it a new mission to post something (read: anything) everyday on this blog for one whole month. September being the best month to do this for someone interested in fashion, prepare for a lot of couch-side Fashion Week coverage as well as general excitement posts about my favorite incoming autumnal air. 

That being said, SEE YOU TOMORROW Y'ALL!

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