Christopher Raeburn, You Are My Idol

Dear Christopher Raeburn,

You have blown my mind and I am truly, madly, deeply in love...with your jackets. As a conceptual thinker I feel that your creations blow everything else, army oriented and not, out of the water. I have never been as inspired by a piece of clothing, as I have been when I see your work. I am thankful that the Barney's New York in my city carries your jackets, even though I can't buy one due to the fact I don't have the money. I want the Battledress Bomber, or the Inuit Battledress Parka, I'm kvelling.


When I share my interest with friends, they tell me I am crazy for wanting something so expensive and I tell them, "No I am not crazy, this is art and you don't just pay $30 for art." I would eat ramen every day of the year and save my money just to buy one of your jackets. I would go to a Corner Bakery and live off of Saltine crackers and mustard packets. Alas I will just lust from afar. Brilliance at its' best.


Your Fashion Fan,


Samantha V.♥✌♡✌♥

Jacket Obsession

If someone asked me what I purchasing or thinking about purchasing best, I honestly could not choose. I am in love with handbags ( so much so that I purchased some things I really shouldn't have), I adore shoes (again spent a lot of money on sneakers that I probably shouldn't have), but one thing I love as much are jackets. I have spent a lot of money on a jacket before and not had any regrets at all. If I was given $2000 to spend in a store I would blow all of the money on a great jacket. I own a lot of great ones, but there are still some that I will continue to lust for. The jackets I lust after I try on in dressing rooms and take photos of myself, so even if I never own it, I will at least "have worn the jacket" in a picture and in some respect that makes me feel like I have ownership. Here some of my favorites.


A Jacket I own:

(All of my own clothes, Rick Owens leather jacket,

LD Tuttle boots, Habitual mini skirt, Fendi Spy bag,

Alexander McQueen skull scarf, Ray Ban sunglasses)

(Opening Ceremony Meets Pendleton Men's Jacket, Lykke Li concert t-shirt,

Earnest Sewn jeans)

Jackets I wish I owned, but at least I do for five minutes in a Barney's New York dressing room:

(From top: Balenciaga, Christopher Raeburn, Christopher Raeburn,

Givenchy)

Some more jackets I would like to buy:

(From top: R13 fur line motorcycle jacket, Dress & Co M65 jacket,

Balenciaga motorcylcle jacket, 3.1 Phillip Lim Jacket (awesome)

And then a jacket I regret not buying:

(awesome Marc Jacobs leather jacket, I didn't buy :-(

Perfect and made me feel hot as hell in the Nordstrom dressing room)

The only saving grace for me to be living in a horrible climate where winter sucks ass, is knowing that I will get to wear all of my amazing jackets. After all if I lived in Hawaii, I might be way happier, but when I get SAD (Seasonal Affected Disorder) I comfort myself in a supple Italian leather designer jacket.

Samantha V. ♥✌♡✌♥