K2K? Wow...Now I am swooning!!
Thanks for the kinds words. Lisa, you have hit on something relevant to one of Angie's blog posts this week. It has to do with my proportions. I am slightly short legged and short waisted but long in the rise. The cropped top ends more or less at my actual waist, the low heels and higher waist of the pants give my legs a bit more length, and I can handle the pleats because my hips are relatively slim (although my bum is not -- my hip measurement is all in the back, LOL.)
In other words...if I am going to wear a high contrast outfit, a higher waist is generally more flattering to my proportions than a lower rise jean.
These white jeans are actually a super fit and I've had lots of compliments on them also, but they look best with a slightly lower contrast outfit -- either toned in shoes/ booties with a heel, and/or a toned in top, rather than a starkly contrasting blazer that cuts off my legs. Plus horizontal strap sandals for maximum leg shortening. But I was going with JFE on that one -- it wasn't date night.
Anyway, apologies for that novel, but it might help someone who is new and puzzling over proportions.
Angie, thank you so much for your kind words, and I could not agree more. I used to dread summer dressing, but in the last 3 years I have come to love it more than anything! And now I am dreading winter. Early fall, I do enjoy, but the minute I have to cover all bare skin is the minute I start to feel really, really, DEEPLY sad and somewhat thwarted in my wardrobe choices. Nude hose really won't do it for my climate for 3 months a year (at least) -- so I am stuck with this and must do my best to search for creative solutions. Thinking cap is ON. Help gratefully accepted.
I think that the bare skin makes a HUGE difference to outfit cohesion and a feeling of harmony and freshness in those of us who are fair haired and fair skinned. (Even inches of it -- I'm not talking about going around half naked!) I just think it is easier to look balanced in an outfit where bits of skin add to the "light" effect.
I also agree 300% about white -- it makes me SO happy to wear it in summer, especially paired with blue, grey, black, turquoise, or even fuchsia. Everything feels fresh with white.
In winter I prefer a softer white. But I still love it and will try to find ways of wearing it despite our heavy slush.
