Leave Your Pants at Home

 Yes you heard me right; leave your pants at home. Even though I am dying to wear pants, I know I have leave home without them since there is a shortage in my pocketbook. I simply can't afford to leave home with pants. I am forcing myself to accept the thoughtlessness of the fashion industry; I know they don't mean to set trends that people can't follow. They simply do not realize they are asking us to buy double the clothes in a semi-struggling economy. I will forgive them for their carelessness because I have mixed emotions about this current trend. Part of me finds it utterly outrageous because I am broke. I just can't deal with the stress of trying to buy additional layers on a budget. And then part of me welcomes this trend as a blast from the past. Like Ms. Hathaway, I wasn't as chic as Ms. Roberts when I rocked the pants and dress trend. I was desperate for a tunic because they were all over the runways, but like most trends tunics weren't immediately stocked in stores, so I did exactly what Anne Hathaway did, I wore a dress with my jeans. Before you consider me a fashion icon note that this was also before I welcomed skinny jeans into my life; therefore, I too was a hot mess. Sadly I didn't realize my outfit would be a fashion forward choice and I only documented it from the waste up.

 Since I'm not a Chanel runway model, I know I have to make a few adjustments to successfully rock this look. I am short therefore everything needs to be tailored perfectly. I need to avoided long boot cut jeans because they will make me look sloppy and dumpy. I need to buy straight slim cropped pants. Cropped pants will make me look taller unlike the baggy jeans. I should probably avoid jeans like the plague because jeans have pockets that have the potential to make my JLO/KimK behind look like a lumpy hippopotamus if my dress fabric is too clingy. (Also since, I'm not a Chanel runway model I will not glue crystals to my eyebrows no matter how tempting that is!) Before stepping out in your pants let's take a moment to be honest Emma Roberts looks chic from the front, but her side view doesn't give her body justice. I am afraid this trend might make some of us (me) look like a balloon not fashion icon. But if you must rub your wealth in my face go ahead and wear your pants. Unfortunately I am leaving home without them.