What I'd Wear Wednesday

What I'd wear today if I could: a black vest, like maybe this one from Urban Outfitters.

Seems like every fall, I get the urge to wear a black menswear-type vest. And yet I don't ever do it. Oh, I have a navy vest, somewhere, made out of that gross old kind of heavy polyester. And I have a black suede vest that was given to me as a gift years ago -- but it's not fitted and makes me look like a lump. Maybe this will be the fall I actually get hold of a fitted black vest.

It's really versatile. On warm days, you can wear it like the model. I had dreams, though, of wearing it with a crisp white shirt. The black vest just says fall to me.

What item of clothing (or accessory) says fall to you?

(Update: Check it out! Someone came to this page from the Wall Street Journal Web site, of all places, because of a little feature toward the bottom that says, "Blog posts on this topic." And there I am! All because I mentioned "menswear" and "vest," I'm sure....)