I thought this would be a short-shorts kind of jacket

The type of thing you wear when the rest of your outfit is less than conservative.

But it’s not. At all. It works beautifully with pants (hello autumn, wish I could say I was happy to see you again).

I found this bedazzled beauty at an antique fair awhile ago.

And even though my husband told me it was too over-the-top, too sequin-y, to razzle-dazzle-y, I followed my heart and ignored him (ahhh…marriage).