JACKET #6 – PLANET UNICORN IN THE MIX

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Liz and I were thrifting this summer when she came across Jacket #6, a cotton bolero/vest one piece combo. Its bedazzling and rainbowness totally reminds me of what a real life Rainbow Brite would wear. And when I saw the prancing ponies on the back, I thought it was so funny, since it was an automatic association with Planet Unicorn, a Youtube cartoon. It is from the brand 1849, and surely from the 1980s.



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Planet Unicorn heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

JACKET #5 – GIMME A SWAN DIVE

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This jacket has the tendency to stir up a lot of trouble. The first time I wore it out, drunken people wouldn’t stop following me around and asking to try it on. One difficult person in particular, at 111 Minna in San Francisco, went so far as to take it out of my bag without asking, so he could dance in it. A couple people have offered to buy it off my back, and for good reason: it’s rad vintage Speedo from the 80’s and ones like these are becoming increasingly rare, so of course I’m not selling. Plus I like to wear this one when I travel, since it is warm and cozy (cotton but lined in mesh).


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JACKET #4 – IS NOT A BORE!

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This sequins/fringe/cheetah number came from one of Liz’s shopping excursions, and when she showed me The Goods, I was absolutely speechless because I had fallen in love. Firstoff, I have NEVER, EVER seen leather fringe on a sequins jacket. And then, cheetah sequins designs too?!!! It was just really overwhelming how absolutely fabulous this jacket is, and it remains one of my favorites. There are no labels inside the jacket, and I am guessing it is from sometime in the 1990s.


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And oddly enough, there is a somewhat similar fringed jacket worn by Megan Fox on the cover of this month’s Nylon magazine.