I have a lot of cropped pants in my closet. And a lot of stripes. So, I figured I'd wear them together:
With a little bit of shine to keep my neutral outfit from being too boring:
Just kidding. There is no way a waist this high is boring. It's just flat out glorious. And stripes aren't boring either. They're classic. And awesome.
But, still, you can't go wrong with a little shine:
I think of this look as my "Hepburn on Holiday" look because Katharine Hepburn would totally wear this silk blouse:
And, if she were on holiday, she might even pair the blouse with this skirt:
Okay, yes, it's probably a little busier and brighter than she's know for:
But, we're talking about being on holiday here, folks. On vacation. A vacation full of mai tais and shrimp cocktail and brightly colored skirts paired with silk blouses:
Surely even Katharine Hepburn is unable to resist the lure of pockets.
In other news, I got a haircut once that gave me what I felt was an uncanny resemblance to Eleanor Roosevelt. Today's hairstyle kind of reminds me of that haircut. I've been trying to embrace my curls because the humidity is dictating that I do so, but this sort of soft up-do is... not great.
This skirt is two things I am not. It's both a petite and a size medium:
Given that I'm for darn sure not petite and haven't been a medium since college, I'm surprised that it works.
But, it does work; in part because I'm wearing it as a midi and not the maxi it was intended to be:
And, in part, because LOFT is engaging in some very generous vanity sizing.
In fact, the only reason I even bothered to try it on is because I am physically incapable of resisting the color navy and love a palm print like nobody's business. And a navy palm print? Yeah, it was all over:
But I've decided that it's more of a "golden raisin." Because, one, I don't think golden olives are a thing, but golden raisins totally are, and they are delicious. And two, I consider myself an expert on olive because I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to it. So, yeah, expert.
I guess what I'm say is, I know olive, and you, Sir, are no olive. But, I still love you because you look great with stripes and actual olive:
And with red, and black and purple and every other color going on in this skirt.
So, yeah, this is not olive, it's golden raisin:
And it's great:
It's also sold out, unfortunately, but I do recommend it in Turquoise Bliss, which is actually teal.
If you guessed culottes, you're either very smart or very literate (both good things):
Because I am, in fact, wearing CULOTTES!!!!
Yes, this is the best picture I've ever taken.
Man, I love, love, love me some culottes. When I was younger, I had a white pair with a rainbow embroidered across the pelvis and down the legs. They were a bit of 70s heaven and because of them, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for culottes.
In fact, I've been looking to thrift a pair for the past year or so, but without any luck. Happily my Mom is basically a thrifting goddess and found this pair for me:
They make me smirk with joy!
Now, don't get me wrong; I recognize that culottes aren't the most figure-flattering things in the world. But, they're beyond great for bike riding and I feel slouchy and cool in them, as opposed to sloppy and plump.
And this particular pair not only makes me feel magically cool, they have both pockets and awesome buttons:
Man, I love these things.
What about you, Reader Friends? Are you a fan of culottes?
