I'm just starting to get into Mad Men, but I can tell that this is really quite Joan-esque. Plus! It's wearable. Can't always say that about Anthro.

Grand Central cowlneck, $78; dusk-blue suede belt, $42; ruffled denim skirt, $158

"Sylvie decided that if they wouldn't give her the recipe for their incomparable Madeleines, she'd have to sneak into the kitchen to watch them being made. Little did she know that in precisely one hour, she'd be covered in flour and completely in love…"

Street poet trench, $248

Gah. Foxy.
A haiku for those violet heels:
You are gorgeous; but
You are not affordable
Thus, I sigh deeply.

Printing press sheath, $268

A ruffled cardigan is good in theory but would look absurd on some people, including yours truly.

City dweller cardigan, $118; Studio space skirt, $148

Cocktails at seven, dinner at eight. Don't have plans? Make some.

Sunless skies shift, $178

The restaurant in the background is Schiller's. I just blogged from there like 2 weeks ago. As for the mixy-matchy coat and skirt, though I'm not sure I could pull it off, I look forward to seeing people try. Black seems boring suddenly.

Diamondplate coat, $398

While I appreciate the elegant, luxurious and easy ensemble, I worry about this posture. I prefer strength to weakness as a rule.

Castellum top, $148; chalkstripe trousers, $148

That whimpering sound you hear is me, realizing this probably won't fit me. Sniffle.

High city dress, $258

Post-recession, post-modern, post-apocalyptic, post-post. But why would you trail wide-legged trousers in the detritus of humanity? What are your dry cleaning bills like?

Armarna jasmine cardigan, $128; Via Appaia trousers, $148

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This is an awfully sweet dress that my boobs will never fit into in a million years. Shall we focus on the (adorable, affordable) hat instead?
Quotidian dress, $168; flora fedora, $48.

Yeah, wide pants are back. Do you own a single tuckable top? Me neither.
Addeo cardigan, $118; Cobblestone wide-legs, $118.

If you can wear that sweater dress, you've got less to work with in the hip and thigh area than I do. Kudos. And please note that the sweater from the cover is really borderline crazytown spin-art.
Mazzola sweater dress, $148; Soutine cardigan, $118.

I like the tights, the skirt and the shoes. The jacket thing is not working for me. And I hate to act catty and stabby but I sort of want to punch this woman. Not the model. The "character" she is playing. Who wears stuff like that and stands like that. Fuck off.
Hope & Union jacket, $188; Sufi skirt, $128.

Ooh la la! I love this. I love cardigans! And inverted pleats, and stripes, and cute skirts, and those shoes. I always want to dress like an "insouciant ingenue," but I think if I wore this it might come off as "spinster schoolteacher."
Pisacane sweater, $118; Sweet Life skirt, $148.

There's so much hideosity I don't know where to look. At the bird, I guess. He seems to have crapped all over that dress.
Double-button sweatercoat, $128; Summer tanager dress, $158.

People keep saying that ugly is the new pretty but this shit has got to stop. I just can't get behind this pageboy on LSD thing.
Cropped button trousers, $188; Veery heeled loafers, $118.

Sure, on this model, this coat is floaty and feminine. Anyone else will look like a demented escapee from a summer theater production of Tartuffe.
Dove's flight sweatercoat, $188.

Purple peep-toe pumps? Pretty please!
Parula peep-toes, $398.
My mom would like this dress. She loves butterflies. I am not so inclined. It is not my steez, as the kids say.
Whimwing sweaterdress, $248.

Why yes, that is a mouse nestled in that shoe. This is what passes for "quirky" at Anthropologie.

Violet trenchcoat: Want.
Plum perfect trench, $268.

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