virtual mood board: fall 2011

We've been reading our September issues (and October, and November by now; but no matter) diligently, I'm sure, and can probably all recite the big trends for fall and winter of this year: jewel tones, stacked-heel boots, edited 70s-boho, Yves Klein blue (!), etc. etc.

That's all well and good, and a springboard to be sure, but I thought I'd put together my own list of inspirations for the fall, some of the pieces and people and ideas that make me excited to get dressed this season.    

• Tailored shorts with tights.  Also warm, buttery tans and browns paired with gray.

Wedges by L.A.M.B.
Hosiery by Falke

• Prince's snow-white coat in his video for "The Morning Papers," massive shoulderpads and all.

• Bone- and skeleton-inspired jewelry.

JewelMint

Rings by Low Luv x Erin Wasson
Necklaces at Endless.com

• Lake Bell's character Rachel in How to Make It In America, for her hip-nerd, thrown-on chic.

  

Birdcage bangle and Hayden necklace by JewelMint

TopShop shorts from Privé sample sale

Dinosaur Bones cuff by nOir

on menswear (but for ladies)

All Saints Lawrence raw scoop tee

Yes, I'm at work, and yes, I should be watching my spending by this time, at mid-month, but I couldn't resist buying this gorgeous tshirt.

I spied it in person while browsing the All Saints men's section at the mall this past weekend.  The original sticker price was ludicrous ($55 for a dude's tshirt?  Really?), but I fell hard for the part-goth, part-Victorian, marine- and newsprint-themed design, and that deep raw scoop-neck, and that faded boy's-closet feel.

So when I found out (this morning at work -- ahem) All Saints was having a 50% off sale, I had to snap it up.

I plan on wearing it with dark skinny jeans, a cardigan or linen blazer, and either teetering and totally impractical heels, or flats, depending on mood and need for mobility.

I think scouting pieces in men's sections is going to become a new hobby.