I already posted about my floral pants with black and white striped shirt outfit (http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....elp-needed) but here's the update. I decided to go with the cropped faded denim jacket on top because it felt more casual than the leather jacket and I didn't want to look too aggressive since we were just going to DD's ballet. Well, DH absolutely loathed the outfit. He couldn't stop making comments about it all day. He said when he first saw me in the outfit he thought of a line from the movie Untouchables where Elliot Ness shoots an already dead guy and another person says, "Mr. Ness, I do not approve of your methods!" Then he said that the outfit is something that Peg Bundy would wear (I'm cringing because I once said my mom dresses like Peg Bundy--ouch!). Then he called them clown pants. And then he said, "I'm only doing this for your own good. This doesn't look sophisticated at all. I don't want people to laugh at you. If my fly was down I would expect you to tell me. So, I'm telling you, your fashion fly is down."

Is he right? (You can tell it to me straight, I don't mind). I was having fun trying out a new trend but after all his comments I was really second guessing myself. I ended up having to go to a birthday party of one of DD's friends that day (no time to go home and change) and I was feeling a little self conscious and wondering if the other moms thought I looked ridiculous (they were all dressed in the usual MOTG uniform of long neutral cardigan, skinnies and boots or something similar).

I have to admit this outfit doesn't seem all that much like my usual style and I didn't feel that fab. Maybe the combo is too crazy. And the horizontal stripes are making me look a bit wide. I didn't get any compliments--in fact nobody else said anything at all about my outfit so I think DH may be right that it's just too crazy and strange. At least the pants were only $15 so I didn't waste too much money on them.

After that I didn't feel like coming up with anything new or creative anymore, so the next day I just went with something safe and boring--polka dot top, jeans and long red cardigan with black ballet flats. OK but kind of blah. I was going to try a week of trousers this week but now I don't feel like expending a bunch of energy thinking about how to make trousers more "me", so I'm playing it safe and sticking to skirts this week (will post a WIW tomorrow).

I feel kind of discouraged. I don't want to stand out in a bad way. Being a fashionista isn't fun when people think you're ridiculous!