Old is New

We're all guilty of it. You go to your closet to piece together an outfit that will hopefully make you feel like a new woman but everything seems to have a big red 'X' on it. You've been wearing the same four things in rotation (likely the last four things you bought) but you know you can't reach for those yet again. It's time to dig a little and give your old clothes a chance to reemerge. When you mix the old with the new, the old becomes new again. This bleached cotton jacket is the epitome of that. I have held onto it since I bought it in 2002 after I had come back from studying abroad in Italy and was obsessed with all things Diesel. It might be the oldest non-vintage thing in my closet. I used to wear it everyday to class with boot cut jeans, sneakers, and graphic tees - what a different time that was. Today it's fun to reinvent it by pairing it with a more sophisticated, styled ensemble - a full mix of old and new. These 3.1. Phillip Lim shorts are a few years old and they've been through the ringer, but quality always lasts. I love them with a featherlight silk tee loosely tucked, a glam statement necklace to add texture, structure, and sparkle, and a lemon purse from Coach's Legacy collection - their own nod to favorite old styles.