After years of proclaiming my disbelief over the fact that some people actually find pants comfortable, let alone more comfortable than dresses and skirts, I must once again admit that I have been a dick. Actually, if you've been wearing tights and dresses/skirts for months on end during winter, you get REALLY sick of the clinginess and sweatiness of hosiery. My skin needs to BREATHE yo! Or my leg hairs won't grow! And how can I be a real feminist without leghair, HM?
Just kidding. Both about me (willingly) growing my leg hair and about feminism being about the growth on your legs. But I am serious about tights being uncomfortable as fuck 90% of the time! Especially nylons. Ugh. I'm sick of them. And pants are actually quite a bit more comfortable from time to time. Pants are easy. Pants are simple, carefree, casual and elegant without looking like you're trying. And that's exactly what I'm into right now.
Soooooo I went ahead and embraced the biggest trend of the moment with open arms (and open legs - The Who lyric, not me being dirty (this time)): I got me some colored skinnies! Seriously everyone and their non fashionable uncle is wearing these, even my boyfriend noticed.
Both Zara, both 30€. The neon peach pair are skinnies as well, just looks baggy on the model. Can't wait to wear these with some low fuss top + flats and get my spring on! Have you caved for the bright pant trend yet? Or are you still supporting the ILLUSION that tights are more comfortable?
I love your banter. And the pants.
ReplyDeleteThese are adorable! I just can't wear skinny pants because they honestly don't look good on me! I'm the type that wears dresses/skirts 365 days a year, though I do ditch the tights when it's warm enough.
ReplyDeleteYou want your leg hair to grow eh? Bwahaha
This was very well written! You funny lady :-D
ReplyDeleteYou'll wear them with infinitely more originality than most so I wouldn't worry! xx
totally! :D and I just wear what i like, I used to hate myself in pants :D
ReplyDelete"Has Annebeth's style crysis reached it's end prematurely by the advent of the pants in her life?
ReplyDeleteOr is the promise of comfort wrapped on colorful spring skinnies going to disappoint her?
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Now, seriously, those look good and it'll be nice to see someone non-cliché as you styling them. ;)
Haha, na jaren enkel rokjes dragen uit comfort redenen, is het nu ook net het omgekeerde bij mij, pants all the way! Komt gewoon door al die broekentrends van tegenwoordig, kleurtjes, printjes en een variëteit aan modellen maken broeken ten minste terug spannend!
ReplyDeleteHaha I actually still think that tights and skirts are comfortable and pretty and better than pants but I can't deny it: I wear pants almost every day during the week. I don't think I could ever be able to say that skirts are more comfortable than pants (even if I can say that DRESSES are: think about it, for skirts and pants you have to throw on a top too while you can wear a dress and a pair of sandals and voilà , you're ready to go!).
ReplyDeleteI love those colors anyway and now I feel the urge to buy some pastel colored pants!
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Allebei super mooie broeken! Ik heb vooral zin in simpele skinny broeken met een mooie tuniek of kort jurkje erop ofzo, not sure why. Ook de felle en pastellige kleuren vind ik heel mooi dit seizoen.
ReplyDeleteGoeie broeken voor mijn figuur zijn moeilijk te vinden, dus ik heb er sowieso niet veel. Hoewel ik deze leuk vind, vooral de tweede paar, zou ik er langs geen kant mee staan :( Benieuwd naar hoe je ze gaat dragen!
ReplyDeletelol :D you should know that before I post about something, it's been going on in my mind for at least a week, so it's not like I felt crap about my style one day and solved it the next :D also, the crisis continues even if I find something I like. It's more about not knowing who I am anymore, or who I want to be, so even if I like something that doesn't mean that it fits my aspired future concept of me.
ReplyDeleteik geloof er niets van! je figuur is je figuur, en wat je draagt maakt daar niet ineens een molshoop of een topmodel van, zolang je de juiste maten draagt :D het is vooral een kwestie van het vinden van de juiste top. Ik denk dat een licht retro look (capris, pumps, rockabilly topje) jou wel superleuk zou staan :)
ReplyDeleteYay for pants! I'm wearing a lot more pants lately, but I still find dresses more comfortable because you don't have to think of combinations! Pants always make me feel more boring, because I can't put much creativity in a pants + top combination :(
ReplyDeleteThe last one is my favourite! blackfashionbird.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteOh man, I love colored skinny jeans. I have four pairs, though it's warm enough here that I've been wearing shorts and dresses pretty much any time I'm not working. My only problem is that new skinnies in the store are always way too tight on my calves.. I've been lucky enough to thrift some nice ones that were a little more stretched out in that area. :P
ReplyDeleteI used to think like that too (dresses = easy!) but I actually think you can make a lot more interesting combinations with separates and that's the main reason why I've turned away from dresses to pants and skirts + tops. A dress is always a dress :(
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Would love those neon ones too, I already have the mint ones, must say they look ridiculously short on the model :-D
ReplyDeleteI think tights are really comfortable in the winter, when they don't feel so clingy and hot. And I think dresses/bare legs are awesome in the summer. But yeah, for spring, it's pants all the way. I haven't bought any yet... but I'm going to. But I also get all resentful with pants because if you're a bit pear-shaped they just never look that awesome, unlike on leggy types like you. And that's not body hatred, that's just an unfortunate fact.
ReplyDeleteIk ben een totale voorstander van coloured pants (heb er vandaag ook één aan ;)). Deze zijn echt heel mooi! Kzou zelfs niet weten welkeen gekozen, dus koop ze maar allebei ;).
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I just wear leggings instead of tights now... tights are a terror. And I never understand the point of nylons. Why wear something that's only going to make it look like I'm not wearing something?! I think I said this before, or maybe it was on someone else's blog, but the few coloured pairs of pants I've tried on were all in stores targeted at younger audiences and so were super low rise, or where sizing up just meant they got longer and not any bigger hah. I'll stick to skirts and dresses and rompers for me.
ReplyDeleteEr is echt iets mafs met de foto van die eerste jeans, met die rozige schaduw erbij lijkt het echt baggy! Dat gezegd zijnde, I'm so with you on this one! Ik draag al kousen van oktober! Oktober! Outrage! Ik ben het zo beu en ik draag dan nu ook eventjes oftewel gewoon blote benen, foert, of veel broeken! Het leuke aan kleedjes vind ik dat ze je outfit juist onmiddellijk af maken maar inderdaad, als je meer separates koopt, wordt het allemaal wel wat interessanter! De muntgroene blijft trouwens helemaal in de lijn met de sixties vibe, I approve :)
ReplyDeletei did! :D
ReplyDeleteOUTRAGE indeed! en ik heb die muntgroene net vandaag heel sixties gecombineerd, u read my mind :) en ik vind het te koud voor blote benen :(
ReplyDeleteI wear nylonswhen tights are too warm but bare legs too cold, usually black ones but when I want the look of bare legs but it's still a bit nippy I go for nudes. But they are so sweaty :( the colored pants I got at Zara are medium rise! but more expensive than the teen versions probably :D
ReplyDeletemaybe, but since you aren't deformed or anything I don't see why you should hide your pear shape, necessarily. I have a bit of a boyish figure. Nice legs but not a lot of curves. I can look quite square. But that's what it is, I don't mind it as much as I used to. I used to hate pants on me.
ReplyDeleteBut you've worn dresses with sweaters on so many occasions. IMO such a combo requires even more creativity than matching a skirt with a top because the mind usually already sees that as being complete. You don't have to worry about finding the right top to go with the pants of your choice. Or vice versa.
ReplyDeletelove them both! and I love to wear skinny jeans/pants + tights, don't have a favorite, it just depends on my mood :)
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