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Kate Spade faux mink cape review

Kate Spade’s faux mink cape (njmu6934, $598) runx S/M and L/XL. Color choices are black and grey. 85% acrylic, 15% polyester. Dry clean only. It’s been on sale for a couple weeks at $418. Save an additional 30% off with SPRINKLES thru Wed, January 4.

This cape cape was produced a few years ago and I have pics in my $300 meltdown post. I love it when retailers re-issue an item and improve on it. The opening price for this was much more palatable…considering. $845 for the previous one, $598 for this one. The sable brown was gorgeous on the previous, but the black is easier to work with. I’m wearing J. Crew’s embroidered lips stripe tee ($45) under the faux fur. It’s also available at Nordstrom. The t-shirt fabric is a nice, heavier weight. The cut is a bit dolman, though. The extra fabric is behind the arms, at the upper back. It’s not too much, but you might think you need to size down. I didn’t and stuck with the small. The sleeves are long and just a tad wide — for me — at the wrist. I usually don’t have that problem. Tall girls would love this top, I believe. I’ve worn it a couple times already and will probably wear it for Valentine’s Day, if I remember.

Back to the cape. Perfection. I feel chic and stylish, but not overdressed. Being or feeling overdressed isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I always get over the feeling. However, I don’t like feeling fussy. I don’t feel fussy in this. One issue I’m having is that the cape closes with one hidden button on either side. One of the buttons keeps slipping out. The cape doesn’t flap around on that side when that happens, though, because the fabric is heavy. I will be getting the buttons reinforced and the buttonholes made smaller. I won’t mind if I lose the button functionality because I don’t need to undo them to get the cape on.

A photo posted by Marika Casteel (@gigisgoneshopping) on Dec 26, 2016 at 5:12pm PST

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I would give all of these good homes. I actually have the faux fox long gloves from last year. The fur on mine is brown, instead of grey. All of these are on sale and get an additional 30% off w/SPRINKLES thru Wed, Jan 4.

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J Crew ruffle silk button-up & tipped sweater blazer in merino wool review

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J. Crew’s ruffle silk button-up in vintage champagne (FA16, $110) runs regular 000-16, petite P00 – P12 (F9910) and tall T1-T16 (F9916). The code for the vintage champagne color is (VCH). 100% silk, contains non-textile parts of animal origin.

Size 6 – This didn’t look particularly big on the hanger, so I expected the 6 to fit and it did. Consider it to fit tts. The color is a beautiful creme and the silk weight is light/medium. Some are going to feel it’s too thin, but I’m basing the weight off of silks from J. Crew that were very thin to the Collection ones from a few years ago that were heavier and sueded in feel. This is a no-collar look, which never my first choice in collar. However, the ruffle row that embellishes the top makes it sit slightly up on the neck.

Excellent details. The ruffles are subtle enough for daytime wear. You won’t look like you’re trying to bring back the 70s tux ruffle. I get nervous about pleats, but this is dry clean anyway, so I’ll let them handle it. The ruffle at the sleeve is also very pretty. The sleeve was a little long, so the an 8P (size 6 equivalent) would fit the best for me.

This top also comes in black and fuchsia bloom (F9539/regular 000-16, F9919/petite P00 – P12 and F9920/tall T2 – T16, $110). There’s a pale blue color that’s currently sold out. I tried on the fuchsia bloom. The pink is gorgeous. I didn’t care for the sheen on the silk in that color. The vintage champagne is more matte.

And finally, there’s the tuxedo ruffle top in polka-dot silk (F5333, $128, 000-16).

The Feeling
Beautiful silk. Beautiful color. Beautiful blouse.

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Tipped sweater blazer in merino wool (F4998, $198) – It’s sold out, but here’s the review in the event there are popbacks or you see it in-store. The color code is NMU. 100% merino wool.

Size M – I tried this on a few weeks ago and there were only a few on the rack to choose from. I would be a S in this. The ideal size would be PM, but it only comes in regular sizes. The

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How about HOLIDAY for 40% off sitewide? There are some exclusions and they pulled a couple things from the website, like the cape scarf. The link will currently go to the home page, but once they put the cape back up, it should work.

Club-collar boy shirt in gingham – I feel like replacing every single one of my button-downs with all of the club-collar options. Same design. Same great colors, but the rounded collar adds some femininity to the style. I really like it.
Edie top in Stewart plaid – This runs in regular nad petite sizes. The chest circumference of the regular size 4 is 37″ and regular size 6 is 38″. I didn’t think the ruffle would flatter my chest, which is what I experienced with the summer, striped version of the Edie. I saw this irl plaid nd the colors are dull. You see those stripes of cobalt and yellow in there, but the yellow isn’t vibrant like on the plaid Campbell blazer (re-released for 2016 and sold out). If you prefer more muted colors, you might like this. I didn’t like the fabric. It was more of a scratchy polyester, almost like a thin burlap. It didn’t feel like the retail crepe polyester and didn’t feel like the Factory polyester tops that I’m generally not a fan of. I’ll have to try it on if it’s still available when I’m in the store again.
Excursion quilted vest – When I bought my first 2 or 3, I thought that was enough. I’m sure I own a good 8 and they’ve been far more functional than I could’ve ever guessed. The Factory puffer vest is similar in fit, in my experience, but does not have the flap pockets with gold buttons.
Eye mask ($15) – Three options, sitting in the men’s section. Such a great stocking stuffer for 40% off, esp for someone who travels or just needs that extra darkness.
Eye mask in festive plaid ($14.50) – What? I love these things. They help me when I’m determined to take a necessarily nap in the daytime.
Pajama shirt with tipping ($78) – When I was in the store, 3 or 4 of us loved it, but agreed that it’s very pajama-y.

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J Crew jewelry & 40% off sitewide

Who shopped it out yesterday when J. Crew released HOLIDAY for 40% off sitewide?

I did a lot of looking at tops (hello, ruffle silk button-up) and not too much at jewelry. Let’s do that today. I didn’t think many pieces caught my eye, but it’s possible they weren’t all loaded in when I was perusing the site the other nite.

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We can count on the tangelo color of the column bracelet ($58) to go with other J. Crew colors that you own. A redwood schoolboy blazer that I own comes to mind. There was a crystal necklace in the soft peach color on the other half of the bracelet. See the barrel-link bracelet ($58), too.

I missed the other 2 color options of the enamel edge necklace ($88). The dark emerald brightened with the pink outline. I saw the tortoise oval-link necklace with crystals ($39.50) in-store and got it. The crystal clusters are very pretty.

The petal drop cluster earrings ($48) are grey. Grey, ladies. We never see grey earrings. You can bank on that coral color on the inner petals to go with something J. Crew that you already own. The petal drop cluster earrings ($48) are pretty, too. The olive color is also unique.

I thought someone mentioned that the large leather Stewart plaid pouch ($59.50) wasn’t available, but I see it on the site. Nets $35.70 with HOLIDAY.

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J Crew A-line dress in silk-twill windowpane print review

J Crew’s A-line dress in silk-twill windowpane (FA16, F5452, $168) print runs 00-12. It might have come in 14 and possibly 16, but I only see 12 online at the moment. The dress is now $109.99. 100% silk, lining 100% polyester. The color is called black (BLA).

Size 6 – I took these pictures awhile ago. On this day, I was unable to zip the dress all the way up the back. I believe the waist sits higher in this cut than, say, the sheaths. I would need a petite cut anyway, given how long it is. I’m 5’1″. The dress zips up the back and it’s a regular zipper, not an exposed zipper.

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There are bra keeps, the snaps + thread you can fasten your bra straps into. J. Crew includes this detail in many dresses and tops and I appreciate it. I like the print. The online description mentions that the windowpane is a menswear pattern popularized in the 1920s by the Duke of Windsor. I did not know the. The description also mentions there are 2 windowpane prints on top of one another. It does make it visually interesting. The four colors you see are black, creme, brown and blue. I bought this dress, I’d wear shoes to match the blue or brown.

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The Feeling
The dress felt great on. It’s not my personal style as far as cut or print, but I felt pretty in it. Thumbsup.

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Items released in-store this week:

Edie top in Stewart plaid ($98) – I really want to see this one. Polyester. Unsure about that wide ruffle across my chest. It might create too much volume. I like the colors, though.
Excursion vest in tartan plaid ($138) – I love this print. I was happy to see that I have the previous one in my closet. The one I have is red/blue squares only. The print on this one has the red/blue squares, plus a yellow grid pattern.
Leather-backed sequin drop earrings ($65) – I saw these as I was leaving the store the other day. The scale looks too big for me, but one of my favorite SAs is smaller than me and got them. I’m going to look at this when I visit the store today.
Medium pouch in Stewart plaid Italian leather ($39.50) – I think need this! I wish it were monogrammable, like the vibrant, solid colors. There’s no size listed on the plaid, but it has to be 5″ x 8′ like the solid colors.

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