WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21

I went out with my teenage son, who was on the hunt for a gift for his girlfriend. He’s been driving me nuts with his college applications. I left the house wearing a purple vintage Chloé mohair sweater from the Stella McCartney days, slate gray stretchy jeans from Uniqlo, YSL leopard frame sunglasses and matte silver Marc Jacobs lace-up biker boots with fuzzy shearling lining. My coat was an oversize silver and dark gray Jean Paul Gaultier parka with a monkey-fur trim hood. The back and sleeves look like a zebra, complete with a horsehair mane and tail ...