November in Madrid.

The leaves on the trees through all the streets are yellowing, or have been driven off by the fall rains.

If you’re in Madrid now, you probably aren’t going to be home for Thanksgiving.
Why not dress in a way that fills your heart with the spirit of the day, Madrid version?

Madrileños, as we’ve discussed on here before, are a very cool-looking people. These outfits are inspired by looks you might see outside of the museo arqueologico nacional. Perhaps that’s somewhere you should frequent as the cool rolls into the Spanish capital. (I’ll have to do a museum guide soon!!)

The outfits are keeping in three types of Thanksgivings I’ve seen.

The yellow-y look is a mid-way-to-casual look. For meals that you want to look nice for, but still get noisy- yuh feel? This is how I dress for my family Thanksgivings. Someone coming out of the Loewe store catty-cornered from the museum might rock this look. I included a champagne coupe, because you really need to celebrate your Very Own Thanksgiving abroad!!

The hoodie look is like slacker luxe (which is like a dressed up version of Thanksgivings past for me, my aunt once showed up in PJs…). This is perhaps a more Malasaña look, and I really, really like this style. You could wear something like this for a special meal with amigos at one of the nicer pubs near the Tribunal metro stop.
I threw in a pack of smokes, because if you’re hanging out in Malasaña you’ll probably be smoking, and you may need to if anyone makes you replay memories of family holidays past.

The baby blue sweater and skirt look is very pijo, and I think it would fit in perfectly at a formal family meal, something I have only dreamt of attending.
This would blend in seamlessly with a cool, young crowd at a posh eatery in the Salamanca district after a visit to the museum. The cute bucket purse has enough space to bring along a note book to sketch aspects of your favorite exhibits.

Happy Thanksgiving & fall Madrid-lovers!!