You Need One: Wool Coats

Wool Coats by elbonner featuring a double breasted coat

Everyone on the face of the earth (unless you live in the tropics) needs a wool coat. It doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg and they always make you look really smart and put together. Even the white biker jacket-styled coat would look great in an office setting. The color and length quell any suspicions of office biker gang activity, but still make you look really cool. I also like the big menswear style coats that are big and comfortable, but no so big that it looks like a kid in their older brothers hand-me-down. Wool coats come in every color of the rainbow and can make a statement when your outfit underneath is lacking a bit (it happens to everyone!). Military style coats are great if you can handle all of the buttons, and with toggle coats you can screw buttons all together! This amalgamation of coats above represent all that is good in the world of wool coats and there are so many yet to be discovered. H&M, Zara, J. Crew, and Modcloth are all great places to find beautiful wool coats that will make everyone hate you for looking so good. Don't wait for all of the good ones to get snatched up. Coats on, people!!

Have a Badass Fall

Have a Badass Fall by elbonner featuring round toe boots

It's the autumnal equinox which means it's friggin' fall! For me, my favorite part of fall is going to Howl-o-Scream at Busch Gardens, a theme park close by. The park opens all of these crazy haunted houses and stays open late so you can ride the rides at nighttime. It's way better than summer because you're not sweating your balls off in line for an hour and since it's off season a lot of the tourists are gone! Since theme parks have a tendency to attract the dregs of society, I like to look as well put-together as possible to make other people feel bad about their outfit choices. This year I'm going for the   "Don't talk to me in line. Ever" look while still maintaining the amount of comfort you'd need to walk around a theme park all day. I like these coated jeans because they have the bad ass look of leather, but with the benefit of maintaining a level of posterior breathability (it can still be warm here in October :( ). I've included some comfortable motorcycle boots for kicking haunted house monsters, a messenger bag to hide all the food I want to sneak in, and a jacket for when it gets a bit chilly outside. Plus, it looks like something you'd hunt vampires in so it's holiday appropriate! I love going with my friends because we can walk around, have a beer, and get scared shitless. I love Howl-o-Scream!