For my Mother’s Day post you saw me wear a flared midi skirt with a roomy crew neck pullover and unzipped bomber jacket. I finished off the outfit with white pointy toe pumps, white clutch and style constants, my gold watch and wedding ring.

Here I swapped out the skirt for a pair of full length boyfriend jeans and added a white belt to prevent them from falling down. By swapping out my bottoms, I’ve completely changed the vibe and look of the outfit. The former was dressy, modern-retro, ladylike and quite classic, while the second is casual, trendy and slightly tomboy.

Swapping out my skirt for a pair of jeans is an outfit creation strategy I use regularly when sporting a look from day to night. For example, I might be wearing a skirt during the day because I’m wearing business casual to work with clients. But will change into a pair of jeans while keeping everything else about the outfit exactly the same when heading out for a relaxed bite to eat later in the evening. I also find jeans a lot warmer than wearing a skirt with nude hose, which keeps me toasty when it cools down at night. 

The jeans are True Religion’s Cameron Boyfriend in Pioneer, and I LOVE them because they are full length and baggy. It’s hard to find a pair of boyfriend jeans that are long enough to roll once at the hems to create a cuff. Most boyfriend jeans are cropped above the ankle and rolled further up the calf and therefore too short to create this silhouette. 

I usually wear these jeans lower on the hip and on a looser belt hole than this so that the crotch point hangs down further to create a slouchier effect. Wearing roomy jeans low on the hip makes them baggy on my bottom and creates “saggy-butt”. But in this case the jeans don’t sag at the rear because I’ve fastened the belt tighter on the waist, which lifts the crotch point and makes for a more snug fit around my buns. Next time I’ll feature them with saggy-butt because that’s how I wear them more frequently. I fully support the Slouchy Movement. 

The bulky patch pockets with flaps mean that I always tuck in my top and add a belt when wearing these jeans. It makes them less versatile I guess, but I tuck my tops and add a belt to jeans and trousers very frequently anyway, so that doesn’t feel like too much of a restriction. Plus I like the pockets! They look cheeky to my eye. I can faux tuck the pullover above the belt because it has a banded bottom.

Although more tomboy than the skirt version, the white pointy pumps, lace, and shocking pink cashmere pullover are pretty elements that add the ladylike factor back into the outfit. Although my style is equal parts Ladylike and Androgynous, I want to step up the ladylike aspect of my style this year because things have been feeling a little too tomboy. Wearing pointy toe pumps has been one way of achieving my new style goal.