I worked for BCBG for many years and as some of you may know, it ended somewhat dismally. For a company with such beautiful clothes you think they be able to find decent management.

I recently flew back to California and being of the “one carry-on bag” mentality I’ve had to learn to pack with the utmost flexibility. The number one item I brought was my black BCBG cardi-wrap (I’ve had it for 4 years now and consistently find it useful). Quite possibly the best item of clothing I own. You can wear it about twenty different ways, but my favorite is to put the sleeves on curl up and wrap the sides around much like a blanket one side over my right shoulder the other over my face. This comes in handy on long plane flights when your flanked by to obscenely-large people who feel the need to hack up a good portion of their lung for the duration of the flight. But in my black cardi-wrap cocoon I’m free and cozy.

They are hard to find in stores now but I did find some at great prices on eBay.

Labels: BCBG, essentials, sweaters