Tack Shop: Dressing Like the Criminally Chic Woman From My 6:30 a.m. Pilates Class That One Time

The Polo Bear sweater took me out.

Welcome to Tack Shop, a shopping column where I (or friends of Clotheshorse) curate a mélange of interesting, fun, delightful things you can invest in.

When I was a kid, I used to get on my literal hands and knees and beg my parents to let me quit ballet so I could play lacrosse, tennis, and/or badminton. This was not necessarily because I appreciated the sports themselves (I did not), but rather because you got to wear a cute skirt. Eventually, they succumbed to my campaigns and I got to trial lacrosse — a brief, tragic experiment that ended with me breaking my nose and wounding my confidence in stylish athletic apparel.

This was until I started doing Pilates and suddenly, I was so back. I loved the concept of being able to exercise with my hair down and in a cable-knit cardigan, and the girlies at New York Pilates truly pulled out all the stops. When I moved out of Manhattan, I found pretty quickly that the crowd was demonstrably less fashion-y, but I still get a welcome blast of inspiration every now and then.

Enter: a recent 6:30 a.m. Tuesday class.

In walks the coolest cucumber I’ve ever seen in my life: espresso brown bootcut leggings, a boatneck long-sleeve, MK&A-level-worn-in Jamie Haller loafers, a fucking Polo Bear sweater. Thankfully, she didn’t notice that I was essentially foaming at the mouth when she stuffed her coat into the cubby next to mine. So I complimented her outfit and she said, bewildered: “I literally just rolled out of bed!”

Of course, this unbothered icon looked bored out of her mind during the extremely challenging class that followed, but dearest reader, bored I was not! Not only was I sweating through my saffron deodorant (which, I swear by), but I also spent the whole 50 minutes mentally cataloguing everything she was wearing.

Anyway, here it is:

1. Alo Yoga Airbrush High-Waist Bootcut Legging ($108) 2. Jamie Haller The Bit Loafer ($595) 3. Roxanne Assoulin Lucky Charms Necklace ($120) 4. Loeffler Randall Felice Brown Gingham Layered Scrunchie ($50) 5. Laura Lombardi Radda Recycled Gold- and Platinum-Plated Hoop Earrings ($130) 6. Clare V. Pot de Miel W/ Bamboo Handle ($245) 7. WellBeing + BeingWell Striped Half Crew Grip Sock ($24) 8. Polo Ralph Lauren Polo Bear Cotton-Linen Sweater ($398) 9. Bink Day Bottle ($38) 10. Gap Modern Boatneck T-Shirt ($29.95) 11. Alo Yoga Airlift Intrigue Bra ($68)

If said woman is reading this:

I’m so sorry, I love you, please don’t send a cease and desist.

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