Mandakini: style me

i haven't done a "style me" post in a long while, so i thought i would attempt one today. if you don't know what a "style me" post is, it is where megan and i take a ugly item of clothing and try to style an outfit around it to make it cute. here is a recent one that megan did. cute, right? i will admit, the item i chose for today used to be a lot uglier (if you can even imagine it). it was once a full blown, long sleeved blazer. but i cut the sleeves off in an attempt to make it more wearable (apparently we do that a lot around here). not sure if i succeeded in that since this is the first time i am wearing it. it is just really pretty ugly. here, have a look for yourself...

please note the unappealing, boxy shape, the gold and black braided trim, and, of course, the shininess. so shiny! and, as you see, it is made from the fur of the extremely rare, hot pink zebra*. okay, let's see how i did. let me know what you think!