JACKET #9 - It's Olympics Time!

Since the Olympics are coming to a close, I thought I would do a post on my Nicole Miller Olympics jacket from 1992, even though the graphics on this jacket depict summer Olympic sports. The jacket is 100% silk, and a Nicole Miller limited edition as per the label, which states, "Limited quantities of this pattern have been made for the Untied States. This pattern will never be repeated."

I also happened to see the passing of the Olympic torch while I was wearing this jacket back in 2008. A total fluke, the torch's route was changed (due to protesters) from the Embarcadero to Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, where my office used to be. There was this excited commotion emanating from the streets below that included sirens, helicopters, and hundreds of people lining the streets in confused anticipation. I was deep in conversation while standing on the corner of Van Ness and Clay Street when my friend Jesse shouted, "Turn around! There it is!"

And to think, I almost missed it cause I was running my mouth!



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VIEW OF VAN NESS AVENUE - PASSING OF OLYMPIC TORCH SF - APRIL 2008

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.

JACKET #2 – DO YOU WANNA SCREW?

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JACKET #2 – DO YOU WANNA SCREW?
This jacket came from a thrift store about a month ago, and I had to have it because of its squirrely story telling capabilities. Printed on it are people having drinks, then dancing, then what looks like them rolling around on the floor together, but what is really just some dirty dancing. I found it paired with a skirt, and is probably a shirt, but in my reality, I’m going to wear it as a jacket. My friend, Liz, actually went back to the store for the matching skirt, but it was gone, and with a distinctive print like this, it surely wasn’t an oversight. It’s 100% Rayon, from the brand We Be Bop, and totally from the early 1990s.



FRONT DETAIL - "Sometimes you want to go...where everybody knows your name..."


FRONT POCKET DETAIL - "Do you love me, now that I can daaaaaaance..."