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Converse One Star: A Better Buy Than Chai

On the hanger and online, this Converse One Star Double Layer Sweater Vest doesn’t look like much. Fully buttoned, it’s still kinda stiff. But a little unbuttoning, unzipping and creativity make it a fab, transitional piece.

One of the things I actually like about Lucky mag is their “Wear It Now, Wear It Later” feature (in a nutshell, how to wear summery items into fall). And this vest is sooo money for that: Paired with a polka dot sundress (Beacon’s, circa last summer) and Steve Madden boots (I spent $190 on these, but that was two years ago and they STILL look decent. This helps me to not think of them as $200 shoes), it makes a warm-weather item totally fall-appropriate.

The vest retails for $29.99 - around the same price as Richard Chai’s BS - and MUST be worn half-buttoned so as to not mar the uber cute navy satin layer. Belt it for shape, obvs.