We Can be Glamorous Too

All day I look at photos of glamorous people from my little computer and put them on the Internet for more people to see. Just realized I never put my photos from New Year's Eve on the blog. Here's one of Mary, me and Sunny. We can be a little glamorous at times too...

Do you remember when I got that leopard coat? Do you remember when I got that leather dress?

A Ray of Sunshine on a Cold Day

Okay that title might be a bit dramatic, but this little purchase certainly made my otherwise depressing winter day, and despite the frigid cold there was actually sunshine out there. Anyway, as some of you may already know I have been on the hunt for a leopard print coat for quite some time now. But with my sudden decrease in income as well as the winter winding down (I wish), I had all but given up...until this afternoon that is. 

On my way to meet a friend for coffee (my new primary activity) I was riding my bike — quite fast I might add because it is too cold to be riding — past a little second-hand shop and there on the mannequin was a leopard print coat! I quickly pulled over, almost hit someone, and took a look. It wasn't the exact vintage one I was thinking about, but it was this season's Zara one below, and it was only 25 euro, and it fit, and now it's mine. A-MAZ-ING. 

Here Kitty Kitty....

via Marie Claire 

via Late Afternoon

via Fashion Toast

via Google Images and Bazaar

Every It Girl (yup MK and Alexa), fashion blogger (hello Liz and Rumi) and editor (the new Mademoiselle of French Vogue Emmanuel Alt and of course Joanna) has one, and despite that (ha!), I am still dying to get my little hands on my own. I mean, I am certainly not the first to do a leopard print coat post (obviously) and will definitely not be the last — they are so 1960s but so of-the-moment. They have been popular (not just for Italian grandmas) again for quite some time now (was Mary-Kate the first?), so long in fact, it seems they might become a true wardrobe staple rather than a passing trend. 

It is no secret that I love me some leopard and pretty much own every other clothing item in the print, but I have been on the hunt (hehe, get it) for quite some time now and have not succeeded in finding a coat. I want one in a small print similar to Alexa's, which may in fact be cheetah. I have found a few that fit the bill, but they have been out of my price range, and the cheap ones seem to be the big fuzzy kind, and I am not into that. I have seen a few that work on etsy and ebay, but I am scared to buy a coat without trying it on. So, what is a girl to do?

Fee Fi Faux Fur

All thrift.

I have owned two fur jackets for quite some time now — they both are real, but vintage, so I think it is acceptable. Well kind of, so I used to only find myself wearing them to costume events dressed up as a flapper or a girl from the 70s or New Years Eve type things. But now, all of a sudden I have embarked on my first winter peppered with Siberian winds, in a place where it is really okay to wear fur — because you know, it makes life a lot warmer. So the other night I wore my fur out and I got no weird stares or red paint thrown on me, in fact I almost crashed into a girl in the subway wearing pretty much the exact outfit as me. I wonder if she was wearing a velvet dress with sheer sleeves and a bustier top underneath too? Anyway, I think I am going to wear this guy more often, am I terrible?

Another thing I always wanted, but definitely didn't have the guts to wear, was one of those Russian-esque fur hats. NYC was cold, but I still always stuck with a black or tan knit beanie, even when some brave hipster girls started wearing them. I secretly wished I could do it, but my big head would never fit into one of those vintage numbers. But the other day I purchased this furry guy, who is definitely faux, but not in that really fake looking way. It's big enough for me and keeps me oh so warm, and I like that it doesn't actually look like a fur pill box hat.
                    
Oh what is that crazy over-sized leopard print sweater thing I am wearing, you ask? Well, it is a little cardi I just got at H&M. It looks like leopard is really in my closet to stay. Let me give you a closer look....

H&M sweater, Aldo boots, the rest thrift.

Oh and while we are on the topic of funny headwear, this is my new turban from ASOS that I have been alternating with the fur. 

Snow Leopard

All thrift, over-knee boots ALDO

After the most freezing night I have ever felt, I woke up and Berlin was completely covered in snow. I decided to wear a sheer over-sized leopard print blouse that I was planning to sell but somehow ended up in my closet — I tucked it into some jeans with some over-the-knee boots and voilà, snow leopard. I will admit that over-the-knee boots and leopard sounds provocative, but this was certainly far from that. Oh and of course I wore a cardigan, gloves, a coat, a hat and a really big scarf over it as well.