Last Saturday was so nice and sunny. I got to don my leather jacket (without another one on top!) for the first time this year. I was supposed to go to a Japan benefit sale one of my friends had organized at the Bowery Hotel, but when I got there the line was around the block, so I left. I don’t queue for fashion. I will donate my money to Japan in a different way. Instead, I walked down to Whole Foods, spent way too much money on good food and went home to cook for some friends. I will choose good organic food over new clothes any day. Easy.

/// vintage leather jacket, Screaming Mimi’s / vintage fur vest, eBay / white Tee & knit cap, Marc‘s / jeans, H&M / boots, vintage / faux fringe bag, Lindex / sunnies, Florida drugstore / arm warmers, 15 years old / necklace, Brooklyn Charm ///

This Saturday offered some really nice early-spring weather, hopefully an indicator of what is soon (!) to come. I had a particular spring in my step because of these Lacoste leather sneakers that I scored at a clothing swap this week. Fits me like a glove.

A few blocks down from my house, there is a really nice riverside park that very few people seem to know about.

We stayed until the sun started coming down above downtown Manhattan and the chill set in once again.

/// leather jacket, family heirloom / zip-up sweater, Free People / jeans, Levi’s / tote bag, Fjällräven / leather sneakers, Lacoste, from a clothing swap ///

This is what I want to look like this spring. The lookbook is from LF Stores, but I’m thinking these looks can probably be recreated pretty easily with what’s in our wardrobes already. Don’t ya think?