This Mall Brand Looks Designer And They’re Making The Most Interesting Clothes For Extremely Affordable Price Points
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by The Candidly Team
This is not a sponsored article. Oh how we wish it were. That we could be the ones modeling the clothes for you because they were sent in some great big PR package.
But no. We are simply writing about this brand because we walked into one of its stores in the mall, fell deeply in love with too many things, a couple of which we bought ourselves with our own money and that you’ll see one of us wearing below.
And we’re telling you about it because we know a good brand is hard to find. We’re tired of lusting after $500 designer sweaters and $1200 coats and having to settle for something on sale at an Outlet store that just isn’t the same.
We realize that what actually makes something look designer (good designer anyway) isn’t the label but the quiet luxury mix of quality and originality. And this brand has exactly that. At far, far lower prices.
The name you may know: It’s COS. And this is our current shopping haul of things we’ve either already bought or have in our carts. Thoughts?
1. Tailored Peplum Blazer
Are we not always looking for a blazer like this, that nips our waist and makes us appear slimmer as opposed to bulkier? This one is tailored to perfection and becomes the perfect piece of outerwear over dresses and skirts for fancy occasions as well as for everyday over jeans .
Price: $155
2. Merino Wool Barrel-Leg Pants
So many pieces from COS tow that line of feeling both high-fashion and wildly wearable at the same time. Take these wool pants for example. They’re so soft they could be cashmere but also thick enough to keep that perfect, flattering barrel shape that gives them a cool factor far beyond most wool or knit pants.
In sort of high-fashion fashion, the photos are of very tall skinny models but many of the clothes are especially good for curves and actually photograph better on our non-model bodies:
Price: $229
3. Tailored Cotton Shirt
It’s actually not easy at all to find a crisp, cotton button-down shirt that isn’t all baggy at the waist. This one is cut to go in at the waist and create a perfect, flattering, tuckable shape. The buttons are just concealed which creates a clean line and zero fuss about things popping open. Plus, just look at the sleeve. What on this earth is more sophisticated?
Price: $90
4. Folded Oversized Crinkled Clutch Bag
It looks like a crumpled black paper bag, and somehow nothing elevates an outfit more than this oversized clutch. We are, we admit, wildly in love:
Price: $99
5. Relaxed Wool-Blend Wide-Leg Pants
Had we found these pants sooner, we’d have added them to our Christmas list faster than we could have added them to our cart. But they’re honestly worth buying for ourselves, because nothing makes us look as refined as a gorgeous pair of Katharine Hepburn-esque, wide-leg trousers. With any sweater or tee in our closet, we look like we’re in something custom made. And we actually prefer the dark green as a staple to black or beige.
Price: $189
6. Bolo Necklace
Peeking out from #1 on this list or punctuating THIS secretly sexy look, these are the sort of original but understated things that make our wardrobe sing.
Price: $69
7. Rounded Wool Longline Cardigan
Ugh, the way it’s almost a vest but also a dress buts also a cardigan and therefore, can be styled 72 different ways that will always make us look astoundingly chic. But also, it covers our bum. Bless!
Price: $199
8. Off-The-Shoulder Merino Wool Top
This is decidedly our favorite way to show a little skin since we turned 40, and this is absolutely the top we want to do it in. Find strapless bra HERE* and don’t look back.
Price: $89
9. Fur-Effect Scarf
Do we really even have to explain ourselves here. I mean .. the stuff of dreams.
Price: $159
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