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So I think my brain hit an all new *thud* when I saw this Stella McCartney for Le Sport Sac rabbit rucksack which is part of a limited 17-piece collection due to launch in Feb [2] on Le Sportsac.com [3].  The soft dusty mauve/pale pink palette of course is appealing but add a rabbit into the mix and that awfully persistent cutesy-loving side of me comes out.  The head should really be reasoning 'No no no you overgrown child!  Even your 12 yr old sister would say no to this bag!'.  But then something inside me is nudging the brain into thinking that there is a teensy weensy chance that this bag could on some sort of level work on an adult.  I'm reminded of a Japanese fashion journalist who I saw at London Fashion Week clutching a grown-up teddybear everywhere she went as an attention-grabbing talking point.  I'm also hauntingly reminded of those Teletubby rucksacks [4] that some indie kids used to carry for a "funny/ironic" effect.  I'm not sure whether I'm wanting to wear the rucksack for either of those reasons.

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However,  I actually saw this rucksack a while ago in Pop magazine and it didn't quite register with me until together with the magical Tim Walker editorial in Vogue Italia Jan 2008 [6], I somehow thought that the slightly surreal looking rucksack and its dusty colours could possibly be paired with a layer cake of Tim Walker's shades of pale pink, powder blue, mauve, and white with silver accents in fabrics that suggest grandeur (tulle, organza, silks) but in shapes that are casual and loungey, with pretty flats of course (I can't quite get round doing the heels and rucksack thang....).  I'm not even sure if the rucksack will be bought to trial this strange thought of mine so I may just discard this as a passing moment and like I said, I may register later on that the brain went *thud* and I should really stop fantasising about wearing a rabbit. 

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Speaking of pastels though, I was overjoyed to discover today that I no longer have to cover my outfit up with a ma-hussive coat.  I have some sort of odd skin which doesn't really feel the coat so whilst everyone was still wrapped up pretty thickly, I just went with a satin jacket and a cotton long sleeved t-shirt underneath.  I fear that will all revert though when I get to New York next week.  Ah well - a short lived spring is still a some sort of a spring and I did get a chance to wear all the pastel haziness that has been fogging up my brain...

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