For Black Friday, Urban Outfitters is doing half off the already reduced sale items.
I found a few cute things but I was very impressed at all the pleather jackets that will be super cheap once they are an additional 50% off.
If you are looking for one or if you like the style of the leather arm jackets but don't want to commit to the cost of a real one, these are great options.
Remember, if you are buying things for me, I am a size 7.
$10.49 Zlota rain booties (was $29.99)
These are my favorites!
Look how shiny and cute they are. With their two gold buttons. Most of the time I probably don't need the high rain boots I usually wear, and short boots get around the wide calf problem. Or for you maybe a narrow calf problem.
$27.74 Kamoni wedge booties (was $34.99)
These have a nice stacked heel and looked pretty good in person when I saw them before. Get them in the suede and not the black or brown fake leather.
$28.97 Karletta boot (was $34.99)
I have a taller version of these lug boots that I like a lot and get a surprising amount of compliments for $35 target shoes.
These shorter ones would be a good addition to my collection.
$10.49 Kendal platform bootie
Size 7.5 girls are in luck on this one. The scalloped overlays on the top of the foot make this a more interesting version of the basic black boot.
$175 Cufflink box
Guys! How do you keep your many many cuff links organized?
You don't? Seriously? WTF is wrong with you?
Also, guess how many cufflinks come in this $$$ box?
If you guessed 0, you'd be correct.
$1,495 Stourbridge Quilted jacket
I looove this jacket. It's quilted but slim and has motorcycle styling.
I also could probably love that guy who is modeling it. Heeeyyy, how you doin?
$3,550 Loro Piana cashmere robe
Looks like a normal bathrobe, but costs more than 2 or 3 months rent.
But maybe you could live in it instead of your apartment? Then it would be worth it.
$100,000 Luxury hen house
Oh America. I see we have clearly gotten far enough past the housing bust and sympathy for poor people with underwater mortgages to have re-entered the realm of buying pretty things for our animals that cost more than 2 average Americans make in a year.
$99,500 Jet pack
There is no way I would be a multi-millionaire and not own this. I'd probably buy this before getting a car.
$131 Leopard print raincoat
Even though this is from the 1990s and not the 60s, I think this is the raincoat that Joan from Mad Men would have worn.
$180 Clear poppy raincoat
The clear vinyl has a few poppies printed on the front and is really modern looking. I like the idea of a see-through coat. It automatically goes with what you are wearing no matter what it is, because it IS what you are wearing!
$32 Translucent polka dot raincoat
This one isn't as clear as the poppy one, but you can still see through it and that's neat.
It even comes with one of those matching triangle head scarf things instead of a hood!
$59 Reversible printed raincoat
Chevrons are in and neon is in, so what are you waiting for? It's a little crazy, but it will cheer you (and everyone who sees you) up on a gray day.
Kot available colors: dark brown, grey 100% icelandic wool hand knitted
The Icelandic wool As a breed, the Iceland Sheep is unique. The
purity of the strain has been protected by centuries of isolation and a
total absence of contact with other breeds of sheep. By the same
token, the wool it produces has no counterpart anywhere. Evolving over
1100 years of exposure to the sub-Arctic climate, Icelandic wool has a
distinctive combination of inner and outer fibers. The outer fibers are
long, glossy, tough and water repellant, while the inner ones are
fine, soft and insulating, providing a high resistance to cold. Nature
reigns supreme through the whole manufacturing process of the Icelandic
wool. Only natural energy sources such as geothermal and hydroelectric
power are used in its production, while the sheep from which the wool
is harvested still graze freely in summer, as they have always done, on
vast tracts of virgin land. The Icelandic wool and it's natural
benefits (being warm, water repellant, lightweight, breathable, odor
resistant and biodegradable) is therefore exceptionally fitting as a raw
material for designing multifunctional apparel, suitable for outdoor
activity as well as city life.
Well, it wouldn't be an Iceland post without talking about wool, so let's move on to apparel and more specifically, sweaters!
Traditional Icelandic sweaters are called lopapeysa. Don't ask me how to pronounce it. In my 8 days in Iceland, I didn't pick up a single word (not counting geyser, which I already knew). My ears and mouth just can't seem to bend enough to make/understand the words.
Anyway, sweaters. Sheep are pretty much the only land animal you are going to see in Iceland, and their wool is used to create heavy sweaters with concentric geometric designs around the yoke (neck/shoulder part).
I found Icelandic sweaters to be scratchier and more like what I remember wool sweaters being growing up than the current wool sweaters you see for sale in the States. Maybe it's because they use the guard hairs and the softer hairs, as I learned from Wikipedia, or maybe it's because of the non-spinning thing that they do to make the yarn.
So, wool is hard for me on a good day, and I can really only handle merino blends or cashmere (oh, precious me...), so I found the sweaters uncomfortable. I wore a tank top and a long sleeved shirt and it still itched through the layers. The only thing that worked was when I put my windbreaker UNDER the sweater. But that was a little weird.
E has a tougher skin than I do and loves wearing his. I ended up getting one too, because it was so cute (horses! zipper! hood!), and it kept me warm (and crazy itchy).
Check it out: I am wearing my Icelandic horse sweater while riding ON AN ICELANDIC HORSE!!
I told the guide that E's horse looked like Owen Wilson and her mind was blown.
Most of the tourist shops in Reykjavik (and elsewhere) have locally knit sweaters, retailing for about $150-$300. We went to the flea market that is open on Saturdays, and got ours there. You can get them used for almost half price there.
I noticed a lot of full sweaters and a lot of short sleeved tunic sweaters, which just seems not that useful to me. If it's cold enough to want your heavy sweater, don't you also want sleeves? I don't know.
