Crisca Italian Wool Cardigan Jacket Size 6 Embroidered W/folk Buttons

One should either be a work of art or wear one—and this jacket, darling, does both. Imported from Italy (naturally), and worn only by women who drink espresso with intensity and deliver insults as if they were gifts. It was once owned—if “owned” is a word we can still use in the age of aesthetics—by a retired opera director who claimed to have seduced a baritone in Salzburg and outdressed a soprano in Venice. This was, allegedly, her “daywear.” Crisca made it of pure virgin wool, with sleeves embroidered in a manner that can only be described as joyously excessive: baroque scrolls in peacock green and ultramarine, wrapped around the arms like whispers of scandal. The front is trimmed in navy velvet ribbon and fastened with heraldic silver buttons—because zippers are for people in a hurry. Size 38, which is to say: it flatters the wearer and frightens the ill-prepared. Cropped just enough to hint that you have a waist worth talking about. Never worn in any setting less dignified than a standing ovation. Hashtags: #crisca #oscarapproved #italianopera #woolwithattitude #baroqueandroll #couturewit #artwear #dressedtodeclaim #virginwoolvixen #criscastatement