EVERYTHING I WANT TO BUY THIS WINTER

Top image: Wearing Toteme’s cord jacket (on sale), The Row Landais black jeans (on sale), cashmere by Aiayu, Le Sundial necklace (similar here or here) and The Row Almond pump (similar here), at the Reyèm store opening in Amsterdam. Image: Katerina Bezede.

Lara: Winter weather in the Netherlands doesn’t arrive so much as ambush. One week it’s autumn; the next, it simply isn’t. I always know the season has turned when my jeans-and-T-shirt uniform suddenly requires a knit on top. So when my trusty Khaite Scarlet cashmere cardigan comes out of the closet, it’s official. Which brings me to everything I want to buy this winter.

THE ROW Nian cashmere sweater (slightly more budget-friendly: this and this), EMILY DAWN LONG Utopia South blue deadstock tee, PHOEBE PHILO tobacco wide-leg jean, CHRISTEN Edge stretch ankle boots

Butter-colored cashmere, denim, and an unreasonable amount of velvet

If price were no object, my next knit would be this one from The Row. That light yellow is the perfect non-color for days when I want something beyond the usual grays, blacks, and blues. Then there’s this tan-colored Lindy jacket from Almada Label, which I wanted the second it came out at their first-ever show in Copenhagen. This crewneck knit from 440ME has just the right amount of funk and still feels easy. And ever since Charon’s obsession with navy, this long-sleeve knit from Dutch brand Rhea has been sitting in my shopping cart.

In Paris last show season, I kept noticing one very specific shade of denim (tobacco) and it turned out to be these new wide-leg jeans from Phoebe Philo. For the days I’m not unearthing the perfect vintage Levi’s (I’m still thinking about the pair I left behind at Desert Vintage), these Toteme washed jeans are next in line.

Jennifer Lawrence, wearing my wishlist as usual; the Colleen Allen celery house coat

Holiday season is coming, which in my book means velvet in everything. Pants first: Soeur’s and Róhe’s, both equally convincing. Then coats. If I’m allowing myself to daydream, there’s this floor-length celery velvet coat from Colleen Allen (similar in black and purple). If it were in my closet, I’d wear nothing else all winter. Not velvet, but still high on my list, is this reversible Maria McManus coat, which turns a basic knit and jeans into a real outfit. It’s sold out in my size, so my alerts are on.

Cord heaven

Jennifer Lawrence’s style always gets to me (as do a few more NYC it-girls), and I often find myself hunting down a piece only to discover she’s already wearing it. One of them is this blue jacket from Auralee (sold out, but I found it on the mens department), which would work just as well with sharper suit pants as with casual jeans. The one I did already buy is this Toteme corduroy jacket (also in brown and beige, all on sale), which we’ve featured before and I can highly recommend. With a thick cashmere sweater underneath, it’s still warm enough for now. More cord: I recently got these blue Jeanerica cords (or try these from COS), which I love with anything white on top or a chunky sweater. The same goes for these brown cords from Aiayu and their matching jacket, which I like to wear with my Khaite cowboy boots. We featured those in our last wishlist, and they’re still available.

MARIA MCMANUS reversible coat, SOPHIE BUHAI Nadia silver earrings, TOTEME High slim denim in true vintage and THE ROW Sally bag (preloved here or here)

A lucky Yoox find
I still don’t know how it happened, but I recently scored these furry-lined suede Phoebe Philo boots off Yoox (still there in sizes 36 and 40, for the lucky few). For the chicest feet in the room, I need these boots from The Row, currently on sale. For everything in between, I’m suddenly drawn to soft loafers, like the Lucca loafers from The Row (how good is that color?), though I’m also tempted by these shearling-lined suede flats by Le Monde Béryl, the ideal cozy work shoe. But highest on my list are these Christen Edge boots, the perfect finishing touch to my cashmere-jeans-velvet winter uniform.

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