What a difference a day makes.

 Looks like Fall might be just around the bend Oliver!

I sure hope so Jenni.

photos via The Pursuit Aesthetic

Coats

I love this scene from Love Story where Harvard pre-law hockey player Oliver Barrett IV and Radcliffe music student Jenny Cavalleri are speeding along on a cold winter's day in his classic MG. I also love that they are sporting classic trench and camel hair coats.

Long a staple for men and normally relegated to our Winter wardrobes, this season, trench, proper wool & camel hair coats are in abundance.

This camel coat may be a little on the dark side of the color spectrum, but it's still the perfect sort of coat to take you through Autumn & into Fall.

The camel coat has proved to be the perfect layering piece for the cold days we're still facing. If you haven't laid your hands on one already, do so.  Remember, the classics never go out of style!

On Monday, before my fly fishing lesson, I had to stop by the Jeep dealership.

While I was waiting in the customer service lounge, I thumbed through the latest Town & Country, Architectural Digest & Veranda...Don't you wish every waiting room had this assortment!  Anyway, I was drooling over the T&C Fall Fashion Issue which featured these beautiful coats.  I loved them all and wanted to share!

Town & Country photographs by Taghi Naderzad

Another classic and my all-time favorite, the iconic trench & cupcakes too !

If you love your trench as much as I do mine, you have to check out

 Art Of The Trench.

It's a digital platform for all of you "Trenchies" who are social, savvy, and connected.

Art of the Trench is a very nifty www by Burberry where users can submit their own portraits to feature on the site, Burberry picks their favorites & yours creating a body of images reflecting personal trench coat style across the globe. You can like, comment, and share!

Courtesy of Burberry

Everybody has a different story related to their coat or the first time they came into contact with one –

"I love the idea that people from all over the world can share those stories and images with each other and all the different attitudes and expressions of the Burberry trench coat and the people who wear it." – Christopher Bailey, Burberry Creative Director

Here are just a few of my favorites...from Art Of The Trench.

     

Remember, Art Of The Trench is alive & constantly changing story of the trench coat and the people who wear it. So today when I head out to the market I will be wearing mine. If I happen to see this guy following me, I will not assume he's from the Bourne Identity and run, I will pose and let my trench do all the talking!

Scott Schuman

You see, Art of the Trench also features specially commissioned trench portraits by fashion & street style photographers like the talented Scott Schuman of The Satorialist. I didn't make it into his book, The Sartorialist, but maybe some of you did!

In closing...I'm headed to Fresh Market, The Mousetrap Wine & Cheese Shop, and the Video store.  It's a good night to rent Love Story because it doesn't get much more romantic than doing the rounds at the Wollman Rink.  Remember, its where Oliver and Jenny went skating in Central Park. I'll probably have the soaring music in my head for days.

Bundle Up!

For more Love, click on a daisy.

Love Story

Last weekend my daughter and I watched the classic film,

Love Story.

Being 17, she could not get over how fabulous Ali MacGraw was.

I could not get over what a mouth she had in that movie!

Kinda forgot about that part. oops! Anyway, after the movie,

I was reminded of the great real-life love story between

Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw.

When she first caught his eye, actor Steve McQueen sent the actress a bunch of daisies. The simple gesture apparently failed to interest her and she threw the flowers into the trash can. The persistent McQueen decided to send her an enormous bunch of daisies delicately arranged in a galvanized trash can. She then returned the gesture. According to the Beverly Hills florist, the daisies flew back and forth between them in a variety of trash cans until the two were eventually married. A wonderful love story, indeed!

Ali MacGraw today at 70 and still a classic beauty!