Editor’s note: Today marks the six-month anniversary of my blog, and this is my 88th post. My writing has come a long way since I first started back on June 4th. Hope you enjoy, and thank you for reading!

I like the smooth, burnished, lightly ridged surface of this leaf against the gray pavement flecked with white:

It reminded me of this look—textured gray twill pea coat and brandy-colored leather folded trousers—from the 3.1 Phillip Lim Fall 2011 RTW Collection.

Runway photo from style.com

Next up: the final post in this series…