Hello my lovelies!
It was absolutely sweltering here last week and summer was back on. This week we’re back to early spring.
Last week I cooled in crumpled linen. This week I’m cosying up in jeans and a cardi.
That’s a typical British summer for you!
Last week I cooled in crumpled linen. This week I’m cosying up in jeans and a cardi.
That’s a typical British summer for you!
But this is one of those rare summers when the two pieces of this old linen safari suit are aligned; I usually find the jacket or the trousers when I unpack summer, rarely both.
And with its wide legged trousers this suit is bang on trend again, is it not?
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So it was bad timing that I chose to wear the two pieces together on the hottest day of the year to go to the bank, as the jacket stayed in the car and the suit pieces were separated yet again.
Plus ca change eh.
I’m trying to get used to this wide legged trend. It’s definitely comfortable but on short legged persons like me it tends to produce a two stumps look. The benefit for older ladies though is that this type of trouser doesn’t come anywhere close to touching the chunky thighs and calves or the lumpy bumpy widening knees. OK, I’m talking about ME personally now!
Conversely, skinnies cling tightly to every deformed part of my, errr let’s call them legs for want of a better word. So I’m seeing that wide legs could skim sweetly over my own wide legs and all this nasty stuff.
But looking at these pics I can see that a quick fix here would be to wear them with heels, maybe an espadrille wedge. And it just so happens that a few days after wearing my recently united linen safari suit, I also had a relieved reunion with my espadrille wedges that I had been hunting high and low for since I did my season switch over. Such a relief as after weeks of fruitless searching I’d finally resigned myself to the possibility that I may have implausibly lost them and had put an identical pair in my online shopping basket, ready to press “buy”.
So this past week has been a happy aligning of all things good in my world as on the day I wore this reunited safari suit I succeeded in closing a bank account that I’d been struggling to do all through lockdown.
Oh happy day!
I’m trying to get used to this wide legged trend. It’s definitely comfortable but on short legged persons like me it tends to produce a two stumps look. The benefit for older ladies though is that this type of trouser doesn’t come anywhere close to touching the chunky thighs and calves or the lumpy bumpy widening knees. OK, I’m talking about ME personally now!
Conversely, skinnies cling tightly to every deformed part of my, errr let’s call them legs for want of a better word. So I’m seeing that wide legs could skim sweetly over my own wide legs and all this nasty stuff.
But looking at these pics I can see that a quick fix here would be to wear them with heels, maybe an espadrille wedge. And it just so happens that a few days after wearing my recently united linen safari suit, I also had a relieved reunion with my espadrille wedges that I had been hunting high and low for since I did my season switch over. Such a relief as after weeks of fruitless searching I’d finally resigned myself to the possibility that I may have implausibly lost them and had put an identical pair in my online shopping basket, ready to press “buy”.
So this past week has been a happy aligning of all things good in my world as on the day I wore this reunited safari suit I succeeded in closing a bank account that I’d been struggling to do all through lockdown.
Oh happy day!
Right ladies, wide legged trousers - where do YOU stand?
Are you wearing them?
And if you are a short and chunky legged lady like me, do you have any tips for making legs look longer and leaner?
Are you wearing them?
And if you are a short and chunky legged lady like me, do you have any tips for making legs look longer and leaner?
A la perchoine,
Mary x.
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Hi M, wide legs are growing on me. I thrifted a pair of 'papaya' colour cotton wide legs and I have worn them once and I love them! I am 5.7 ft/in so no advice except as you say a bit of a heel. i think your espadrilles will make the outfit look even more fab! So HOT here! The cotton dresses are out - It is a bit too much for me tho. Lise
ReplyDeleteYour papaya wide-leggers sounds perfect for your amazing summer, Lise. What a find.
DeleteHappy sizzling summer to you!
Hugs, x.
Hi PP, Yes, I have always felt that heels are a must for wide-legged trousers, no matter what height you are. It immediately lifts (literally) the outfit IMHO. I cannot believe how you manage to come up with 'new' old outfits so regularly. You must have a Narnia wardrobe hidden somewhere... I really like your suit btw.
ReplyDeleteFortunately I've now found my 'Lifters' so can trick me some legs. Now about the suit ... check out my Instagram Dutchie and see that I've tried a look with this jacket that you suggested 15 years ago when helping me find inspiration in my Narnia wardrobe!I
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I have a couple of pair wide leg trousers, I am not sure I am sort too and always feel a bit swamped, but they are comfortable, I usually wear them for more dressed occasions (what are they) with heels but feel I have to be a bit careful of catching heel in the trouser leg, but wedges are ok.
ReplyDeleteOh you are so right about that fear of catching heels in those wide legs Polly, I guess we all did that in the 70s! And yes, dressy occasions are now something for the history books eh.
DeleteHugs, x.
Hugs, x.
Hi Mary, Yes am envious of your Narnia style wardrobe, I have had too many Marie Kondo moments over the last few years I fear! I cant seem to find any enthusiasm for wide leg trousers! Im 5'7" and they look ok-ish but skinnies streamline my figure better I think. I have paid much attention to other bloggers wearing wide legs but I honestly dont think they are flattering - and thats on women with perfect bodies.
ReplyDeleteYes Lin, those wide legs may be comfy but comfort comes with its challenges. I've never been able to go the whole Marie Kondo route as each time I hold many pieces like this I know that they DO bring joy, in the past oh yes, maybe not right this minute but they will in the future. So they stay in Narnia!
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I loved your linen Safari suit. One day will come soon and you can wear the two pieces together for the whole day!
ReplyDeleteI love wide legged pants. If they make my legs look stumpy so what? I have stumpy legs. I do try to wear slightly higher shoes with them; but I don't really like wedge shoes and rarely wear heels. I find them very comfortable and they can be cool in the hot weather. Ours has gone and it's pretty wet...
Take care
xxx
Have faith Vronni, our summer will return. Meantime, wide legged trousers might be just the thing for the summer we have right now.
DeleteHugs, x.