It's fall, bitches!

According to the thermometer (if not the calendar), yesterday was the first day of fall. It was chilly and cloudy, staying below 60° the entire day. Do I actually have to tell you how much I love it?
Ok, I know I'm probably getting a little bit repetitive with all of the "I love fall! Fall clothes! Pumpkin spice everything!" cheerleading, but I can't really help it. I do genuinely enjoy all of the seasons, at least for a little while, but I love fall all the way through. It's the back-to-school thing, I think; it's that sense that anything could happen, that there's an entire new world of possibilities open to you. It's like New Year's, but more so, at least in my opinion, because there are actual, practical changes. And, of course, growing up it was the only time of the year that I could reliably expect to get new clothes, so there's that.
But whatever, enough introspective bullshit about why I like fall. I promise, that was the last of it. Let's talk about how cute I looked yesterday.

I may have gone slightly overboard with the blacks and browns and bronzes, but whatever. I was excited.

This was my attempt at a sexy face. I'm pretty sure I just look like I want to murder someone. Thoughts?

The view from the back. I love how this cape comes to a point, it's such a nice little detail.

A couple of close-ups to show off this lipstick and this bracelet. The bracelet is from Topshop, and it's one of the few souvenirs I picked up for myself when I was in Dublin last year. I actually find it really annoying to wear, but it's so cute that I'm trying to acclimate myself to it. The lipstick is Sephora's Rouge Cream Lipstick in Truth or Dare.

I don't know where you guys stand on furs, but in the past few years, I've come to accept that I like them and want to wear them. I think there are a lot of issues with how they're produced these days - like all mass production involving animals, a lot of the time they're kept in poor conditions and killed in ways that can be unethical and unnecessarily painful. However, I eat meat and wear leather, and while I try to make sure that that is ethically sourced, it seems hypocritical for me to say that fur is bad because... ?. With vintage furs (which both of mine are), it just seems like a non-issue. The animal has been dead for 50+ years, and what are we supposed to do with them, if not wear them?

I'm probably over-thinking the whole thing. I mean, I can't remember the last time that I actually encountered someone that had something negative to say about the fact that I wear fur. I've heard people online say that they don't wear theirs out and about very often because they think Peta's going to track them down and throw paint on them, but that's such a silly rationale. They're not lurking on street corners with buckets of paint, waiting fur wearing folks to pass them by.

So, what do you guys think? Do you have special things that you're waiting, with bated breath, to bust out on the first cool day? Or are you more of a "throw a sweater over my sundresses" type?

Shoes: Seychelles

Skirt: Asos

Top: f21 (gifted from a friend. It's got foxes on it!)

Fur: Paper Moon Bakery (a coffeeshop/bakery in my neighborhood that usually has a rack of vintage clothes. This was only $10! The tarts we picked up for a dinner party cost more than this thing did.)