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I don't think I'd quite wear this, unless maybe it were in the "evening," but I do love that stand-up collar and the straight-sleeved elbow length love going on there. It's very fifties glam with a dash of the inherent cuteness of the time, but really: do we expect anything less from Nanette Lepore?

I'm not entirely sure what's up with those wing-things underneath the sleevecap on the sleeves, but to be honest? It sort of doesn't matter. This mess is fan-bleeping-tastic.

I dig on the winter white occasionally, and these fab pockets aren't hurting matters. I like the stand-up collar and maybe even the fancy buttons, though it is just a smidge long.

Nice color, and I dig the big lapels. It's a good length for a short coat, too--which I think I need.

Very vintage--but I can't quite tell if it's 1930 or 1967. Perhaps that's the utility of true inspiration? Or, uh, history repeating itself.

I'm all about some navy this autumn--a move that I wouldn't at all have suspected like a year ago. I have a couple yards of melton in my stash, but this styling is very tempting in a lighter weight wool blend--I am so all about the tailoring and seams and that fancy tulip hem. Very nice.

I am all over the idea of a satin trench--how deliciously gothy and artsy. It must be ridded of that ridiculous tulle ruffle and the hem, though. Yiiick.

Again with the contrast--I'm not huge on the slightly abstract (and therefore off-center) print of the b&w fabric, but I think I like the idea. This would be real nice in a non-traditional color combo, like seafoam green and a grey-based sienna brown.

Love the clean lines and the blunt-ended peter pan collar (that rounded, cutesy stuff is only good for one or two of my wardrobe items--after that I start talking in a wittle baby giwl voice, like Thelma Todd in the canoe scene with Professor Wagstaff in "Horse Feathers"). I like the ochre color better, though; fantastic idea for silk dupioni.

Good: topstitching waist detail; oversized shawl collar; minimal button closure expanse. Bad: dude, is that fleece? B-A-R-F. No way, man. I want worsted wool and velveteen, stat--and if you're sold on a twill, I still think you could rock some charcoal grey cotton velveteen. Just sayin'.