On Janet's thread, I commiserated with her that denim skinnies are so, so, SO tight and short at the moment:

http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....rant-ahead

(I still wear my OLD skinnies and love them because they are cut looser and are virtually straight legs. They don't cut skinnies like that anymore).

As a reaction to the "far too tight and short for me denim" just about everywhere right now, I ordered these stone True Religion Camerons. And I love them. For $62 to boot. Loose, fluid, combat-like, modern and very relaxed.

http://www.6pm.com/true-religi.....stone-grey

They are chinos actually, and I wear them full length. The colour is a cold dead stone and the fabric thinner than denim. So you have to liven them up, AND edge them up. Otherwise you might feel frumpy and conservative.

After playing around with them - so fun - I like them best with my Zara ink booties, Burberry belt, very fluid black or ink turtleneck and black clutch. For topper I chose my NAS mixed media black "Matrix" coat, or my cropped black L.A.M.B moto.

Hope that helps.