A tale of two (yellow) coats

It's minus 15 degrees C in T.O. and the skies are still super grey.....

Definitely time for some colour to jazz the world up a wee bit.

Alas, it's too cold to wear either of these coats, both thrifted.

But this one I can wear if it warms up a few notches.

It's a 1980s Bill Blass swing coat with big brass-like buttons. If memory serves it was $12.99 at Stretch Thrift, my fave shop in my 'hood!



Alas it looks kinda chunky on my body form (wish I had my own personal photographer who could take pics of me in my thrifty get ups every morning), but suffice it to say it really does look quite swish on.

I can even wear it with jeans.

Since yellow actually looks like crap on me I've spruced it up with a colour that looks fab on me - blue - and added a darling vintage pin I thrifted for $1.99.





Normally I say DO NOT thrift items whose colours look icky on you, but sometimes a gal's gotta trust her gut and break the rules. I get heaps of compliments on this coat.

And the tip of the day is you can mix in a complementary colour to really get a bang out of the colour - so long as one of the colours looks good on you AND the colour that does look good on you is close to your face.

Here's the spring counterpart to the Bill Blass, a yellow trench I found at Sally Ann last year for $6.99.

I added this darling scarf bought new in Ottawa but made of recycled fabric bits.

I just had to throw in that pop of teal again, so I tried the look with this teal bag by Winnipeg label emk.

It looks pretty springtime fabulous doesn't it?

Alas, I won't be wearing this ensemble for a while but let it serve as a happy reminder that spring will be here one day.

And let it serve as a reminder to me as I get dressed this cold, cold morning that colour actually can change your mood! I AM rather sick of the sea of black I see on the subway every morning. Mmm, what shall I wear to zoot things up a bit today????

Do you have any fun fashion tips to get through winter, or if you're in a warmer clime do you have any fashiony tips for cooling down?