me? in a faux leather jacket?

I did not think it possible that I ever should wear a faux leather jacket.

Listen.

Whenever I watched the show "What Not To Wear", I always groaned when Stacy and Clinton would ensemble an outfit with a leather jacket.

The outfit always looked so stern and serious. So formal and grown up.

I could not like it.

I went shopping at Target yesterday looking for a fun jacket or thick sweater to wear with my brown shoes. I only have a black jacket. And black jackets don't go with brown shoes, right?

I had been wearing my trusty cream hoodie sweatshirt with my brown shoes and I just felt like I needed something one step up for church and going out. Like I ever go out, but whatevs.

I searched through the racks of Target for some thick sweaters. And all those cute jackets I saw 2 months ago were gone.

Then I stumbled upon an entire rack of faux leather jackets. I kinda scorned them and moved on. Because remember? I don't do jackets like that.

Still no thick sweaters to be found.

"Fine", I told myself, "I will just grab some faux leather jackets and try them on. At this point, I just need something warm that matches my brown shoes. I don't care what it looks like".

I tried on 3 jackets and kind of fell in love. With all of them. Oh dear. What to do...what to do... They were all different and served a different purpose. And they were very affordable($39.99).

I brought some home and tried them on with different outfits.  I may or may not have gone to Target 3 or 4 times trying to figure things out.

Here are my top 2 picks.

1. This brown one. Because of the ruffle on back, obvi.


And because of the eyelet shoulders and sleeves--makes it more girly and romantic and less stern, in my opinion.


I don't even know who I am in this faux leather jacket! Does this mean I am hip now? Please don't answer that question. Just by asking if I am hip clearly means I am NOT.

And yes the pink target tag is still attached. When Finn took these photos, I was still undecided.

2. Distressed mauve faux leather jacket. Forgive these awkward pics. Clearly I am not a model and Finn is not a photographer.

This mauve jacket is not as interesting as the brown one, but I like it because it looks fine with the zipper open and matches my favorite brown belt...which is super crucial...because I wear this belt allll the time.

In sum. These jackets:
are warm.
go with my brown shoes/boots.
are relatively cheap.
make me feel more pulled together when I wear them.


So. What do you think of faux leather jackets in general?