Outfit | James Perse cashmere tee

James Perse cashmere raglan tee | size 2, on sale at James Perse
Vince tank top
James Perse fleece bomber jacket | size 2
Goldsign virtual jeans | size 29
Vince Blair perforated sneakers | size down 1/2 size
3.1 Phillip Lim large ryder satchel | in burgundy for 40% off at Forzieri with code HOLI40

Here’s my other purchase from the James Perse sale, the cashmere raglan tee. I tried this on in the store, in the Avalon color (which was really really pretty), but now I’m thinking I must have tried on a size 3, because the 2 is shorter than I remember. Or maybe it was those 4 pounds I put on during Thanksgiving week???

(**edited to add later: the sweater is NOT too short on me. it WAS the 4 pounds I put on during Thanksgiving, that quickly come off when I get back home and start my healthy eating/Pure Barre again…. AND I was bloated. AND whenever you layer something under a jacket, etc., it shortens a little. Anyway, I played around a bit this morning with other outfits – it is AMAZING with my hope news trousers – and find the length/fit/everything to be just perfect. Carry on.)

Anyway, I still love the sweater, and am wearing it now, exactly as I’d envisioned it; a slightly-warmer-than-a-t-shirt layer under my bomber jacket, or any other jacket or cardigan so I’m not adding bulk at the sleeves. To wear with jeans, I do wish it was slightly longer, but I think the length will work better with my Eileen Fisher harem pants, or my black Hope trousers, and even with my long fleece JP skirt. Obviously, the sweater is very thin, so it needs an additional layer underneath (I will even wear this over my white Madewell shirt), but it is relatively warm, considering. A good piece for the sale price I think. Although I might have been happier with the size 3.

On to the jeans. I hereby vow to never again purchase another pair of jeans that aren’t Goldsign. I knew this already, but I had to shop around. Since buying my first pair of Goldsign jeans 10 years ago, I KNEW they were the best jeans for my figure, even then. But they’re expensive. Also, given that I still have the three pairs of Goldsign jeans I bought many years ago (they’re shorts now because they got too big for me), I know they’ll hold up over many years, and are absolutely worth the price.

The Goldsign virtual high-rise jeans fit me like a glove. Maybe slightly more than I’d like, but I’ll take it. The high-rise is perfect, and exactly what I wanted. The length could be an inch and a half shorter, but I can hem them of course. The wash is a nice uniform dark wash – a very good basic, but I did like the wash of the glam skinny I returned for these better. The Zagir wash is nice, but sold out in my size, which is fine, because I don’t need them now anyway. There’s also a coated black pair, which is even more tempting, but I’m not convinced yet that I’ll wear them often enough to make them worthwhile. I love love love the idea, but I’m not sure I’m “rocker” enough to pull them off!

Anyway, I’ve found my holy grail skinny jeans, I think, and yes, I still like skinny jeans, even though the fashion gods have declared them over. I do think they work generally for my body type because they allow me to show my figure, thick legs and all. And anyway, since my legs ARE so thick, straight leg jeans look like skinny on me anyway, even boyfriends aren’t as slouchy as I’d like, so almost all jeans lately look “skinny” on me. So I might as well just embrace it…right?

Did anyone else order the James Perse cashmere raglan tee? (it’s sold out in the charcoal color, so someone must have!!) What did you think?