...or is it khakis? (See rachylou's recent post.)

This Friday ensemble reminded me to dig my khakis out of the summer closet I wore the outfit today (Saturday) to plant vegetable seeds and outfit our sailboat for launch tomorrow, so there was lots of clambering up ladders and kneeling in the dirt.

Except for the pants and bandanna (thrifted), all the items (navy T, gear jacket, and slip-on sneaks) are from Joe Fresh. I also wore a white fedora like the one in Angie's polyvore when I was out in the sun.

There's a story behind these pants. I thrifted them 5 or 6 years ago. Crops were an extremely fringe trend at the time, one that I didn't like one bit. I didn't even want to try these on, but my daughter persuaded me . We were both surprised at how flattering they were. (My legs are short compared to my long thighs and big feet, but it seems that chopping the leg midway somehow fools the eye into thinking the leg is longer.)

So, when crops came back in a big way, I knew they would work on me, and I knew I already had a pair stashed away. They had gotten too tight in the last few years, but with some weight loss in the past year, I hoped they would fit, and they do.

But here's the weird thing. I checked the label, and they are Talbot's, made in Thailand, size 16. Now I am no stranger to size 16 pants, but my recent purchases have been 14 and even 12. Is Talbots way less vanity-sized than everyone else? Have size numbers continued to drop in relation to actual size even in the past 5 years? Or are these pants way, way older than I thought? (I honestly can't remember when crops were a thing the last time.)

Thanks to everyone who put up with my musings.