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| Tweed skirt, old JCrew, Hermes scarf. |
We'll be heading to Union Station in Toronto next week to hop on a train to Montreal. It's a girls trip with my best girlfriends The Lauras and all of our daughters. We'll be doing some shopping, hitting restaurants and pubs... and maybe even a night club for the younger set.
It will most certainly be cold. Do you know that song 'Montreal' by Raine Maida? The chorus goes something like "the cold winds of Montreal... the cold winds of Montreal", which bears repeating because this is the thing I remember best about Montreal in the middle of winter: damn but the winds are cold.
I'll be bringing out my best cold weather armour, the things I wear if it's -20 and I need to take Scout for a long walk. Those things are layers, of course, and more specifically layers of tweed and wool and fur.
It's true that I stopped consuming meat entirely almost three years ago, not for any particular health reason but because I love pigs and logically not eating other animals follows that line of thinking. I do however wear recycled fur.
My mother-in-law, who I loved dearly and miss very much, left me her dark brown mink coat. I stared at it for a couple of years trying to figure out what to do with it and finally I decided to have it reworked so I could wear it during our coldest months. I had it made into a reversible coat, with the fur on the inside and a dark brown water and windproof taffeta fabric on the outside. Though it is reversible I never, ever wear it with the fur on the outside, it's not as warm for one, but it's also too much of a fur look. I prefer the taffeta exterior with the fur trim, and of course the warmth.
I'll be bringing my trusty LV dark brown bag and a recycled brown mink fur hat.
Train travel can be a bit challenging for me with the hauling of luggage up and down the stairs. I'll be bringing my Dubarry of Ireland brown duffle bag, which isn't particularly large by any means. My colour story will need to be fairly streamlined.
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| Travel gear. |
I'll bring my two J.Crew tweed skirt suits from 2006. Does this qualify as vintage? I'm not sure but what I do know is that these outfits are my favourite things to wear in the winter. They fit beautifully, are so warm with just a silk camisole, tights and boots, and because of their neat fit they slide under the slightly oversized fur coat without issue. The combination of wool and fur is like trapping myself inside a furnace.
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| These tweed skirt suits are the base of the story, one in green and one in red. |
I always add a scarf to the neck of these suits to warm up and cover the neck.
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| Dark brown boots will be worn with every outfit. |
To get a more casual look out of these suits I'll bring my Bosie of Scotland fair isle sweaters, a pink one for the green skirt of course:
My red suit is a real favourite, in part because I pair it with my Hermes Metamorphosis scarf:
I'll bring a third tweed skirt which doesn't have a jacket pairing, but which does pair well with the yellow Bosie fair isle and my yellow-toned scarf.
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Third tweed skirt.
Old JCrew, 2005. |
I've worn this yellow fair isle so much this winter, it's lovely warm and surprisingly versatile, really bringing out the warm tones in the red tweed.
This was a favourite look around Christmas this year:
Other additions to the duffle will be some warm pyjamas and a bathing suit for the hotel pool. I'll just bring the one pair of boots but lots of tights and some warm socks to layer as well.
I'm so looking forward to spending this time with my girlfriends and all of our girls- who grew up together and are now amazing and fun young adult women.
I'll be sure to take lots of pictures and hopefully return with some good restaurant recommendations.
Have you been to Montreal?
xoxDani
