VINTAGE CHEETAH COAT

Have you already written 2016 down instead of 2017 yet? This is a little game I play with myself, I like to see how long it will take for me to make the mistake. Usually, it is on the bank deposit slip at work. It is never “if” it will happen, it is “when” will it happen, Lol! Have you already taken down your Christmas decorations? I always wait till at least January 1st but I didn’t feel good on Sunday so mine is still up. I didn’t put up much this year it shouldn’t take me very long to take them down. The only problem I have is that it is wet and cold. I store my Christmas decorations in a little building in the back yard and the ground is soggy and muddy from all the rain. I don’t want to trudge through that and then it is supposed to be freezing the next couple of days. I think Joe refers to this as “Old Excuse O.” Today is the first Tuesday of the month and that means the Ageless Style Linkup. Today’s theme was picked by me so don’t grumble. I went with “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” My thoughts were that we could all style our favorite cold weather garment. Mine just happens to be vintage. I bought this years ago at a vintage fashion show. I had originally wanted a shorter jacket similar to this in at a prior show but there was some confusion and I didn’t go home with the jacket. I had been ticked about missing out on that jacket ever since. This coat was originally purchased at a show I didn’t get to attend for 170.00. I forgot the reason why, but the girl who bought the coat wanted to sell it at the next show. I ended up buying the coat for 120.00. It is my favorite coat of all time!My up close picture is blurry but I wanted to show you the belt buckle. It is black bakelite. One of the straps wraps around the piece and snaps on the inside. My fingernails look like they are nude but they are gold glitter. I wanted some bling for the New Year’s Eve party. Maybe you will be able to see them better on a different outfit.Here is the back of the coat and you can see that the buckle is identical in the back. I had to google this print. I would have called it Leopard print but I did a google search to see the difference in Leopard and Cheetah. According to what I found this looks like Cheetah to me. What do you gurls think?

I have no idea if this is real fur or not. I suspect it is real fur, I just don’t know what kind of fur. Anytime you are dealing with vintage items it is probably the real thing. I wouldn’t buy a new fur coat but I consider this recycling. Lol! I can tell you this, I would be pretty aggravated if someone threw paint on my coat.

Now let’s join the other ladies with the Ageless Style Linkup. What do you think they will be wearing?

Here are you hosts for the Ageless Style Link Up.

Tania@ 50 Is Not Old

Ana@ Mrs. American Made

Nicole@ High Latitude Style

Shelley@ The Queen In Between

Daenel @Living Outside The Stacks

Yvonne@ FunkyForty

Jennie@ A Pocketful of Polka Dots

Debbie@ Fashion Fairy Dust

Alice@ Happiness at Mid-Life

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