Comments on: The Big Question: Not Without My Pradas Edition

By: Dazie

Dazie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:16:29 +0000

My Sail Racing 2001-2002 Volvo Ocean Race coat. Broken zipper and all. I wear it continually during fall, winter and spring, so it’ll probably be close to the top of the heap anyway, when the locusts come.

I will cry when it finally goes to its reward.

By: TeleriB

TeleriB — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:55:58 +0000

I would have said my Lucchese boots, if I still had my Lucchese boots. *sniff* But I do plan to buy a new pair, just as soon as the airline reimburses me for losing them!

Yesterday, I said my doehide tunic (although the post seems to have been eaten by the aether) but this morning it was chill enough that I grabbed the 3/4 length brown leather trenchcoat.. I forgot how much I love this coat! I would not have expected to be able to carry off a trench (I’m short and wide), but I love how it looks on me. Plus, I got it at a thrift store and have no idea where I’d find another like it!

By: JaneC

JaneC — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:15:43 +0000

I would choose the cloak I made when I was 14, with help from my mother. It’s full length with a hood, made of dark green wool with copper-colored silk/synthetic lining. Not an item I wear often, but it’s unique and has sentimental value. I paid for all the fabric (nearly $300 worth) with money I made playing the harp–which, incidentally, is usually what I wear the cloak for these days.

By: supasam

supasam — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:04:44 +0000

Hum… hard question. It’s between my grosgrain ribbon and leather Cole Haan wedges (so comfortable, so pretty), my Fathers pilot jacket from the Korean war or my mint and black python sandals… though I usually keep my jacket by the door and not technically in my wardrobe… hummmm

By: Elaine

Elaine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:38:18 +0000

One item is so very hard. I think if I was in my wardrobe I’d be able to grab a stack of hangers rather than stand there looking for my one most treasured item, which gives me hope. But to answer the question, I’d have to pick a 1940s 2-piece suit I inherited from my Granny. It looks lovely on me and has high sentimental value.

By: emmme

emmme — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:28:09 +0000

One item, one item…this is hard! leaning toward my perfect black waist cinching belt that would make even a shapeless t-shirt look hot, but this is a real sophie’s choice.

By: La Petite Acadienne

La Petite Acadienne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:10:03 +0000

I’d rescue only my insurance papers, and then use the money for a new wardrobe! (There really isn’t anything in my wardrobe that I’d miss — it’s all pretty much mass-market stuff.)

By: daisyj

daisyj — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:43:56 +0000

My green leather four-pocket Marc Jacobs purse. Obscenely expensive, but so fabulous I can hardly stand it. I once got a compliment on it from the girl searching bags on the way into a concert, and I figure, if anyone knows purses, it’s going to be her.

By: Monica the tiara chick

Monica the tiara chick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:04:57 +0000

My 1960′s vintage peacock blue velvet coat. I got it at a vintage fashion expo a few years ago where the clothes were jammed together like reams of paper, and yet a 1/2″ sliver of the coat managed to poke out and glow at me like a beacon. When I put it on, random strangers were stopping on the convention hall floor to tell me to buy the coat. I took my engagement pictures in it and plan to take it as my coat on my wedding day.

By: Fashionfrenzy

Fashionfrenzy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:54:32 +0000

My french blue Balenciaga handbag!!