smythe

I recently tried on and fell in love with this tailored wool riding jacket from Smythe.   This happens to me often with outerwear from this amazing Canadian label.  (I swear, it's just a coincidence, it's not like I'm Canada-crazy or anything.)  They do other things too, but in my mind it's the jackets and the coats that are really stellar, and I am smitten pretty much every season.  This season's no different.

Just look at that oversized jacket with tails.  Insane, right?  How can something be so cozy and tough and elegant and tailored and effortless all at the same time?  Check out more perfect outerwear from their fall 2012 collection...

ssense ssale

Yes, I'm still shopping online.  Hey, it's cyber monday, isn't that what we're supposed to be doing?  (By the way, when did they invent that one?  This is the first year I hear of it; am I just totally behind the times?)  Today we hit the sale rack at ssense, one of my all time favorite online stores.

Is this thing perfect or what?  And that zipper detail in the back, just killing me.  Those Smythe ladies sure know what they're doing.

Or how about this reversible leather & fur jacket from Preen?  You can be a hot tough biker chick one day and a rock n' roll yeti the next, whatever your heart desires.  I don't think I'd ever wear it the apeman way, but the other way?  That is a gorgeous item.

See more ssense finds after the jump...

october outnet picks

Been a while since I wasted time on did some research on the outnet.

There's some truly amazing bargains to be found there, including this jersey blazer from T by Alexander Wang, that I am renaming the mullet blazer.  You know, business in the front, party in the back.  Bad jokes aside, this jacket is seriously discounted, down from $180 to only $81. 

T by Alexander Wang cutout cotton jersey blazer

And check out this gorgeous Smythe military jacket, down from almost $600 to a mere $208.25.

Smythe wool jacket

More outnet steals after the jump...