Obsessed Much?

I have a bad habit of buying a lot of one thing. Once I get started, it's very hard to stop until I have a million of them. A million pairs of shoes, a million coats, a million pairs of jeans, a million rings, etc. Hats are no exception. Much like capes, I've always loved hats. Until recently with the whole fedora craze, I felt like hats were a unique accessory that many people didn't really dabble in and thus the reason for me liking them more. Anyway, I've been on a hat buying frenzy lately so one day I decided to take pictures of them.

Here are the most recent purchases:

JCrew black faux-fur hat, Goodwill Chelsea, $15

Canvas stewardess-looking hat, H&M, $9.99

Green knit beanie, Salvation Army on 23rd, $1

The rest of these are ones I've had for awhile:

Vintage military envelope hat (this actually has someone's name written on the inside which is kind of creepy), Agape Thrift Store, Jasper, AL, $2.99

Straw bowler-shape hat, thrift store on Metropolitan, $5

Brown felted wool bowler, Arth NY, $45

Vintage tweed fedora, stole it from a friend, $0

Paul Smith brown felted fedora, Paul Smith sample sale, $15

Vintage brown felted hat, Buffalo Exchange NY, $8

Black vintage-y looking head thing that clips into your hair, Goodwill on 23rd, $2

Wow, I've gotten a lot of good deals.

Wikipedia is great.

welcome to the family

everyone say hello to my new bag.


suede/leather pleate tote, banana republic: $198 (orig. $260 x 30% off-- friends and family discount)

dolce & iwanna

should i? oh oh i really wanna... happy birthday to me, from me?


dolce and gabbana "tweed" bracelet watch: saks, $295

Sample Sales, the real reason why NY is awesome

It's once again time for sample sales galore. Here's where Crystal and I will be for the next two weeks:

Nov. 18-22. Tues.-Fri., 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Té Casan
260 Fifth Ave., at 28th St

Nov. 19-20 Wed.-Thurs., 10am-7pm
Dsquared2, Maison Martin Margiela, & Sophia Kokosalaki
220 W.19th St. (btwn. 7th & 8th Ave.) 10th Floor

Nov. 20-23. Thurs. & Fri., 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat., noon-7 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m.
Steven Alan
87 Franklin St., b/t Church & Broadway (212-219-3305)

Nov. 22 & 23. Sat. & Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Obedient Sons & Daughters
237 Lafayette St., b/t Prince & Spring Sts.

Nov. 29-Dec. 7. Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Rogan and Loomstate
91 Franklin St., b/t Broadway & Church St., behind the Rogan shop (646-827-7554)

Dec. 2-5, Tues.-Fri, 10 a.m.-6p.m.
Helmut Lang, Rag and Bone
261 W. 36th Street 2nd Fl., b/t 7th & 8th Ave.

It's hard to say no to apple...

all i keep thinking is... "this would be a great tax write off..."

wooly mammoth

the best thing about fall/winter in new york is that you can wear a massive amount of oversized wooly items and nobody will think you're homeless. so here are my 2 favorite recent wooly purchases:

olive wool oversized shorts: patrizia pepe, daffys, $30 (orig. $150)

this one i waited a whole week to buy,so i could use my special birthday discount:

navy oversized wool sweater jacket: anne klein designer label, loehmanns, (orig $1100 at stores, $279 at loehmanns), bought for $149