Vests all around

I've been seeing a lot of vests around town lately. Over the years they have been on the edgier side of fashion, like biker cheek leather vests, or punk rock denim vests. In the past few seasons it has been a men's wear inspired suit vest redesigned to be worn by women over dresses, sweaters, T-shirts, peasant blouses and what ever else worked with it or under it. But lately I seem to be noticing a few new types of vests or garments with vest potential. The first is a knit sweater vest that I saw in the window display of Ralph Lauren's new Rugby store on University place. It was paired it with very tight jeans, booties, a white shirt underneath and a thin belt right around the waist. Hello preppy cheek! The other kind is actually like a sleeveless T-shirt tunic, worn either layered over other T's, or as I saw it today around Bryant Park, on its own over leggings, with a men's wear inspired vest over it. That was a great look and pairing two such different yet potentially similar garments together...serious fashion know how and vested genius. Maybe it's not a traditional vest, but definitely another great way to layer and add some extra glamour to your outfit.

Unfortunately I couldn't find any pictures of the Ralph Lauren Rugby vests so here's one from their Polo Collection (from ralphlauren.com) and an imitation Rugby vest and a very cute tunic that can be worn as a vest from Forever21.com.