Banana Republic does Carla's purple coat...

[ballet_russe]

Doesn't this:

Clearly look like this?

on Vanity Fair's best-dressed woman.

 

[bruinsfan]

It's close - but the first one has a tab on the shoulder and again on the wrist. Also, the second one has a bad around the waist and the first one doesn't.

 

[ballet_russe]

It's close - but the first one has a tab on the shoulder and again on the wrist. Also, the second one has a bad around the waist and the first one doesn't.

uh, thanks, but i didn't mean i was looking for exactly that coat. (Bruni's is Dior.)

my point was that I wonder if her unusual-color coat inspired mainstream fashion.

 

[NoraV]

I think purple is pretty popular this coming season. Lots of purple bags, etc.

 

[yslalice]

purple has been big this year. pretty coat.

 

[ShiShi]

I love the BR one. So cute! Would it work on a lil shorty like me? I'm 5'3" (barely).

 

[Juicy]

Gorgeous coat but purple has kind of been and gone.. aubergine is the colour of fall!

 

[ballet_russe]

I love the BR one. So cute! Would it work on a lil shorty like me? I'm 5'3" (barely).

yes! Banana Republic does petites online (and in some stores).

 

[ballet_russe]

Gorgeous coat but purple has kind of been and gone.. aubergine is the colour of fall!

Americans are always a couple steps behind Europe in fashion...

 

[memory]

Americans are always a couple steps behind Europe in fashion...

Is that true? I thought we all went by the same runway shows?