Layer Up Week! Vest Over Jacket

Today's theme was either jacket over vest, or vest over jacket. Well, jacket over vest is just too easy! I had to go with the difficult option.

I couldn't wait for non-snow weather to wear this new skirt I bought either:

Okay, first the vest over jacket - I would never have even thought of trying this if not for the Challenge! What a fab idea - now, I want to see if I can do this with other vests/jackets I own. This is my "riding" jacket and my leather vest. I added a belt over top of it to ground it, if that makes any sense (or maybe I just wanted to be all matchy with my boots, hee hee).

A shot of the way the jacket goes at the back:

You can also see the wonderful drape of the skirt here. It reminds me of Grecian gowns.

Ah, the skirt. I spotted this at the downtown Club Monaco in the after-Christmas sale, but it was $99.00 on sale. Yikes! That's why I thrift most of my Club Monaco clothing! However, when L suggested we go to another mall to buy him some work clothes last weekend, I remembered that I still had the gift card from Mom that I got for my birthday - and that mall also has a Club Monaco! Yay!

Although the skirt was still $99.00 on sale (regular price $149.00 - gulp), it was an extra 30% off on top of that...and I like spending birthday money on stuff I wouldn't normally buy for myself. The skirt is called the "Ella" skirt and the colour is "mushroom." (I love mushrooms). It's going to get a lot of wear in the warmer months, but it was nice to be able to wear it during a snowy day. It's even polyester, so I'll be able to wash it (a good thing with that light colour!).

As there was still lots of snow on the ground this morning, and it was rather chilly out, I really layered up:

Vizzini checks things out

On the bottom: tights, knee socks, a full-length vintage slip, and then my skirt. In addition to the slip on the top half, I'm also wearing a yellow woven cami top with the jacket and vest.

The skirt is floor length on me, even with the 2" heel on the cowboy boots, so I had to take drastic measures:

Ha! Workout pants! Oh, I am so stylin'! (I know I'm not).

I twisted and rolled up the skirt into a ball to shove in my bag with the boots:

And here I was just mentioning the broomstick skirts of the early 90s just the other day! They must be coming back!

The stuff:

I liked the toughness of the cowboy boots with the delicate texture of the skirt.

I went with pseudo-vintage with this necklace:

The earrings are actually vintage.

I had enough money left on my Club Monaco gift card to get this embossed leather belt as well:

Made in Italy, it was $39 plus 30% off (regular price $49.50). It's a width and style I've been trying to thrift with little success.

Jacket (Armor Jeans, thrifted), vest (Cabi, thrifted), cami (Reitman's, consignment), skirt (Club Monaco), boots (Two Roads, consignment), belt (Club Monaco), necklace (Plum), earrings (vintage).

For those of you wondering about the kitties, here they are!

They are very snuggly with us and are total lap-cats in the cold weather, but they took some time out to play with the empty shredder box last night. Inigo has collapsed it with his hugeness. Just before I took this picture, Vizzini was actually inside the box, with Inigo sitting on it. By the time I'd grabbed the camera, he'd flopped on the carpet.

More snow is supposed to come tonight - the sky has that orange-y cast to it that makes me think it might happen...