MORE Mice Advice!
In the last couple of weeks we not only helped Ellie find an iPad case but
also came to Renae's rescue to help her find an outfit for the black tie wedding of the year. We have a couple more
in the pipeline but today's message has leap frogged the queue a bit because we
were so sad to hear what prompted the request...
Mice,
I need some 3BM advice... So, after a fantastic Jubilee day, I
ended up with all my best friends having a good old boogie in Embargos, and
what should happen to metaphorically rain on my parade (poor Queen suffering
like that all day) but someone stole my leather jacket. My beautiful Reiss,
quilted, great, leather jacket.
Any ideas for where I can look for a replacement? Maybe in
the sales....? Something short-ish in the body, slim fit, perhaps an asymmetric
cut at the front... My morning searching only shows me 600ish quid at The
Kooples....
If you know about something for about the 3 to 400 mark you're angels.
Xxx
Percy
The Mice Advice
First of all, what sort of horrid person steals a leather jacket
over the Jubilee weekend? Actually, what sort of horrid person steals a
leather jacket ever? We hope karma bites that jacket stealer very hard,
very soon...
Second of all, we totally feel your pain on this one. A
great leather jacket is an absolute essential. Chuck it over jeans and a
t-shirt for a casual weekend look, use it to toughen up a pretty summer dress,
pair it with a cocktail dress and a pair of shooties for an edgier evening
outfit... it's your out and out wardrobe saviour.
Which brings us onto the advice bit... buying a leather jacket
in June. So this may seem like a bit of a tall order given that it's
supposed to be summer and the shops should be full of summery things but on the
contrary, we actually think it's one of the best times to go leather jacket shopping.
Now's the time to snap up a leather jacket in the sales. A leather
jacket is the perfect example of a real sales bargain - because leather's
expensive, designs are generally kept quite classic. Avoid trend lead
pieces and you'll be smugly getting serious bang for your buck for years to
come.
So here are some options...
We know we go on about it ALL the time but, as with black tie
dress shopping, The Outnet is
our first stop here. I snapped up a great Catherine Malandrino biker
jacket from the Outnet this time last year which I wore to death last winter.
Here are a few of our current top picks...
Cut25 contrast textured leather jacket
£178.75 originally £637.54
Image via: www.theoutnet.com
Only leather-trimmed we know, but we LOVE the sharp shoulders and it's an amazing bargain!
£349.09 originally £1,163.62
Image via: www.theoutnet.com
£322.79 originally £806.96
Image via: www.theoutnet.com
Over on My Wardrobe a couple of great asymmetric/drapey options...
£268.33
originally £383.33
Image via: www.my-wardrobe.com
£332.50 originally £475.00
Image via: www.my-wardrobe.com
And we know it's out of the price range, but we had to add this quilted beauty into the mix... if your credit card can stretch an extra couple of hundred it's a sure fire winner...
£667.50 originally £1,112.50
Image via: www.my-wardrobe.com
At the cheaper end of the scale, a couple of ASOS options...
£95 originally £200
Image via: www.asos.com
£140 originally £200
Image via: www.asos.com
Alternatively, on the full price front there are some great options despite the fact that it's 'summer'...
£399.53
Image via: www.shopbop.com
£100
Image via: www.asos.com
£159
Image via: www.zara.com
We fell for Zara's big sister, Uterque back in April and were lusting after their gorgeous leather jackets then, good news - they're still in stock...
£265
Image via: www.uterque.com
£325
Image via: www.uterque.com
Last but not least, All Saints have an amazing range of leather jackets all year round. I bought one about five years ago which I still absolutely love and which looks better and better the more its worn. Mysteriously it now seems to live at Mice Towers in London... I'm plotting how to smuggle it back to HK next time I'm home! Our current top picks:
£350
Image via: www.allsaints.com
£350
Image via: www.allsaints.com
£295
Image via: www.allsaints.com
Really hoping there's something there that you like Percy and maybe one of these can go at least some way towards filling the place of the much loved Reiss.
x
The Mice
I really love the coat! I definitely need to update my outerwear for fall.
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