Cape Envy

{Net-A-Porter on FB: Streetstyle}

I'm mighty pleased with the ASOS black toggle coat... and can't wait to debut it in November! It fits perfectly, which, given the amount of internet shopping I do really shouldn't surprise me anymore but I continue to feel relieved when I needn't do returns.

But (and it's a small one...) I can't help but feel a tinge of retail regret when I see others with THE cape. Compounding my temporal misery is the fact that ASOS has been cleaned out of the khaki. No turning back now...

Little Black Riding Hood

I'm starting a list of reasons to buy this ASOS wool cape in anticipation of my European sojourn in November... if I get to 10, I'll cave (that is, if UK8 isn't gone by then):

1. Capes are in this season.
2. It's in black. Black is eternal even if the cape trend is not.
   
3. It'll be fall and I need to be Warm
4. And Chic.
5. Capes hide all bulges.
6. Styled with my plethora of breton tops, I'd have successfully mimicked ASOS' Rachel Bilson styling.
7. I have a deep insatiable need to live out fairy tales.
8. *Grunt*
9. Hmm...
10. Darn.

(pc: fashionising)

The Cutest Wool Coat

...which I really don't need, but it's sooo CDG (Zara - S$129).  As tempted as I was (it being a Monday evening at the time), I decided to hold off until at least after I've had a chance to try the +J range at Uniqlo.  And yes, those are my divine Marni bangles which I scored from Club21's End-of-Season Sale at 60% OFF!!