As well as a new fake-out skirt, I got new shoes. They remind me of Chloe's bow pumps. I love the thick heel and the stitched detail on the back that you can't see. They were a bit narrow for me when I got it so I wore them around our apartment with some thick slipper socks until I couldn't feel my toes any more. If you try it, you may lose all feeling in your legs for a couple of days afterward, but it's okay. I think it's normal.
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Nothing is more classy than stripes and camel. Add red lipstick and you're timeless...just like me. I followed the ol' rule of wearing something fitted on top if it's loose on the bottom. I don't know if I can break that rule with these fake-out pants... What else could you wear with these?
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I'm wearing an Old Navy shirt ($12), vintage Anne Klein cropped pants ($6), and JCPenney beige pumps (free) with a vintage bag ($15).
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I love that length! Please don't hem them! They go great with any shoes that add height and they're simply wonderful!
-Steph from http://chocolatelaced.blogspot.com/
Those pants are great! They will go with just about anything.You can wear them any season too.Left them as is. That is a fabulous length.
Love those pants...or are those Culottes? :)
Have you ever used ice to stretch your shoes out? Works great. Here's a (cheesy) video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf5mJ7aR2t8
Love those pants...we grew up calling those Culottes!
Have you ever used ice to stretch shoes? Works great. Here's a (slightly cheesy) video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf5mJ7aR2t8
Culottes! Don't hem them. They are classic.
Haha, that's awesome. I definitely would've thought that was a skirt. It looks great!
Those pants are pretty awesome. What are your top 3 thrifting haunts in LA? I'm on the westside and the thrift stores here cost about the same as "new" stores ... wha the wha.
Is this what they're calling the "new length"? I've been noticing dresses and skirts coming to this point in the calves, and it looks lovely on certain body types. I think you should leave it. It seems so distinctive as-is.
What's a culotte!!!! Someone tell me the difference between culotte and gaucho?!?
those are such awesome pants, i like the length
I think you should leave the length. It's more vintage inspired and I like it in this case. So cute! I want those shoes... LOVE!
My first thought was, "Gauchos? Nooooo!" But you styled them so cutely. I don't think you should hem them. Those shoes are TDF.
So cute ! I actually really love the lenght !
LOVE the pumps! The thick heel is gorgeous.
I could see these pants with a long vest maybe... I ALWAYS have a hard time breaking the loose on bottom, tight on top rule, so I can't be very helpful. :)
Impostor pants, pretending to be a skirt! Love them :)
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Love the length, color and the pumps!
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o0h I can't believe those are pants! Must be comfy :) I don't think you should cut them =]
Aww, you look so pretty! Love this outfit... has me really.ready.for.Fall.
Meggy from Chasing Davies
The length is great as is but honestly you'd look cute in them a bit shorter too . Nice neutral color. Love the shoes; just a bit different so eye catching!
You know how to rock stripes! Ever since I started reading your blog I bought 3-4 striped shirts and have been wearing them happily.
I also love the shoes. They look quite comfortable despite their sky-high heels.
I think the length is great!
Those definitely look like a skirt. I don't think you need to hem them.
They look great! Leave as is - you're smashing!
P.S. This reminds me of a time I tried on a pale pink tropical print dress that turned out to be a very awkward-crotch romper. (And I apologizing for saying crotch hahaha.)
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Oh. My. Goodness! If all pants looked like that, I'd like pants more. Those are fabulous and I love what you did with them. And I have no advice for how else to wear them, so sorry.
I must get pants like that! They are truly the liars of fashion. Great outfit!
oh my gooooshhh SO cute! don't hem them- the length looks perfect!
Umm...I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! Those pants are amazing, as are the shoes :D
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I love your shoes! They're so gorgeous!
never thought i would EVER say this but, those gaucho pants are super chic! and i was totally thinking those pumps reminded me of Chloes! that was the moment i fell in love with that girl... {she is so gorgeous} if you were here in MI right now i would pin you to the floor and rip those shoes off your feet... thats what i do to my sisters when is see them..
~selina
I can't believe they are pants. I can't even tell. I think you have a great eye for gauchos. Also, I'm kind of in love with your shoes.
p.s. my spell check tried to change gauchos to nachos
This really is a great outfit!
Aw, you look even prettier in these photos! I want a pair of a gaucho pants, seems like a nice compromise between a skirt and pants haha. Those pumps are dang high, I wouldn't be able to walk in those for even a minute ._.
those pants. are amazing.
You have left me speechless. I am supremely jealous of this outfit. What a find!!
Also, your shoes kill me. In a good way.
The way you've put this together is perfect. Let's go shopping.
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I LOVE the midi length on you...definitely keep the length. It looks great!
You look stunning in the smiling picture! I love those pants they rock, I like their length too, oh and those heels? Amazing! I'm soo bummed I just bought lame nude heels when I could've had those
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Please don't hem them. They are absolute perfection on their own!
awesome. I grew up wearing cool-lots. I should pull those bad boys out.
I don't think you need to hem them. You have great legs for midis! As for what else to wear them with? The waist is pretty defined. . . do you have something slightly billowy? In maybe a navy? Oooooh. Or a jewel tone. I think you could get away with it because you're pretty slim.
Jenn
To clarify. You can get away with a slightly bigger top because you're so slim and the waist is so defined on those gauchos. Jewel tones pretty much go on any body. :)
Leave them! All the designers are doing this hem length now as a nod back to the classic 40's. I love it! I'm petite and I still wear it that length, just with heels. Speaking of, I love yours! Are the comfy? I'd make my husband walk around wearing my shoes to stretch them out if his feet weren't twice my size. Maybe Chase will do you a favor. ;-)
Your striped blouse needs this scarf! Just sayin.
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Thank you for the ideas!!
Would have never thought they were pants either, I love how you styled them, I'd wear them with a crispy white shirt and a statement necklace or a scarf, love the chunky heel!
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Never would have guess they were pants, but they're so cute, and such a great color!
My faves are the Goodwill on 6th St. between Alvarado and downtown L.A. and the Goodwill on Western towards the Santa Monica Fwy on ramp.
Yeahyeah stripes!
Liars of fashion.. I love that!
OK!!!
Nomally I'd say take it up a few inches, but these pants have such nice lines I don't want to suggest that and then feel terrible if it ruined the look.
Smiles are contagious, so thank you! =)
Ps - Is there (or was there) a style of pants called gauchos that looked like a skirt???
I have known them as culottes or divided skirts! Love them for their ease and comforts!
are they serious pants?! they so look like a skirt!
Well they do look like a midi-skirt, so I don't think there's any point in cropping them :)
Oh, i love this skirt so much! Looks so good with striped sirt!
These pants are bananas! I love them. You can't even tell they are pants. Like at all. I would hem them just a smidge. It will make your legs look longer. Also, if you don't want them anymore, I could take them off your hands for you cause I'm nice... just saying. If these weren't vintage I would go purchase them right now.
Oh wow, those trousers are amazing. Leave them as they are: they're perfect. And love the shoes.
OH my those pants are amazing!!! I don't think you need to hem them, they look fab. I'd so where them with a forest green roll neck for winter. Thank you for my little mention, those shoes are so so fab, thick heels rock, don't they?
C x
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Pants?!?! What? Amazing! You look fabulous as always.
I just love it the way u dress!!!!
Those are great! Can't even tell they are pants. You definitely have a very classy combo going on. Love the red lips with the camel.
nice pants, it looks like a skirt too :)
love the colour of the pants, looks good with the stripes top
I love how those pants show off your teeny waist! You look darling, as usual!
those pants are awesome! So ladylike....but you could climb a tree...if you needed to, for some reason.
I'm on my way to your house right now to steal those pants.
Stealth-pants! The best kind! At least for me, because I just have issues with crotchal definition... *cough* I know, I'm strange :p I would totally wear something like those though, lucky you having a pair! They look great on you too, I think the length is fine. They're meant to have some weight and swing to them I think.
Love, love, love your whole outfit! Those pants are amazing! I totally wish I could find a pair at my thrift shop. I may just be thrifting this weekend just to find a pair. Also, I am on the hunt for the perfect striped top, and have been looking at that particular one from Boden. Do you find you like the quality of Boden?
Naughty pants... pretending to be skirt! Used to wear something similar in shorter version. Here in Indonesia, we call them kulot. Btw, I love how you pull out stripes.
And I think you can combine it with just about anything. What about black turtleneck with wide red belt (or sash)?
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I can't believe that those are actually pants! Very cool and pretty. Love the color.
WOW, I love this! I can't believe that's not a skirt.
Oh my goodness, this outfit is perfection. I love the combination of stripes and muted colors. I can't believe it's not a skirt!
Love it! You look great in them!
Love it. Bet they'd look good with a red top, too.
I love them and the length is perfect as it is!
I just realized I asked a dumb question. I hate it when I have delayed reactions like this. :(
Wow....I am only 5"2" and I am not sure how they will look on me but after looking how you put them together it makes me want to experiment and see if I can pull them off. Thanks for sharing!
They're pants?!?! Lol They look awesome, and I LOVE that they look so feminine like a skirt but can save you from the awkward situation when your skirt blows up in the wind :P
L x
I LOVE THESE! You and your trickery, Elaine. I like the length, but I would probably hem them 1 roll so they hit right at mid-calf. Just to show a little more leg... get scandalous!
Thanks for the tips! I'm an SC undergrad and the Goodwill on 6th is just a bus ride away according to Google. Maybe I'll run into you thrifting some time. :)
I don't think you need to hem them. they look good!!!
you look beautiful and so classy.... you're right - camel and stripes are stunning together :)
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That outfit, as is, is to die for! Don't hem the "pants" they are absolutely gorgeous as is. And I WANT THOSE SHOES!!!
You could wear a lacy tee or cami with a cardigan when the weather changes.
Do you pinky swear those are pants? I'm havin' a hard time believing. Either way, you're looking good!
so many things...first off: best pants EVAH. second: you are tiny and minute, elaine. third: love the pumps. fourth: i sound like a stalker, but i love everything about this, including (and especially) the colors.
-brittney
http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com
I swear on my pinky!!!
Unfortunately, my mid-calves are the widest part of my leg :(
when I first saw this post I was super jealous. BUT then today I was going through my patterns and it turns out that one of my vintage patterns is actually a pattern for culottes!! Also, my bff also love the culotte.
I think this is one of my favorite outfits of yours. I LOVE how these pants fit you! Don't hem them!! I think they're perfect just like that. You look adorable!
I think it looks amazing! I cant believe they're pants! The color, stripes and red lipstick make the whole outfit AMAZING!
Bellesme
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