Outwear 20% off at SmartBargains
SmartBargains is knocking 20% off a selection of more than 100 jackets and sweaters, like this fitted women's motorcycle jacket with a bronze glint for $40 (orig $100). This Harve Benard wool coat, $80 (orig $250) takes me back to my days in New York, where fall truly exists. The landscape pares down and the air turns crisp and everybody waits as long as possible to put on their gloves and scarves. Each fall I vowed to wait until after Halloween to wear my winter jacket because I never needed it growing up in No Cal. It didn't seem right to need a two-layer 10-pound jacket before trick-or-treating time, but 40 degrees will change your mind awfully quick. The jacket *always* came out mid-October. But never in September. 
Seasons changing and air that crackles is hard to imagine after breathing LA's soggy smog day in day out. Here in the desert it drops to 50 at night and people think the season has changed. But it's still summer.
Those who just need a show coat should consider this red cropped jacket that has big buttons and ribbed trim for $64 (orig $120). Wow, that's cute.
