Wow, that was a resounding yes! Thanks, everyone (and I agree, my husband has a good eye for style ).
Suz, good point about bunching and length but these are pretty short. I remember another forum member bought these in long and mentioned they were just barely regular length. These are regular length and the length is more like ankle-length pants.
MaryK, it was funny - I went through my entire closet looking for ways to style these and finally remembered that I had a grey cardi that might work. Then I did a forum search for styling colored denim and realized that I just reproduced Angie's bright jeans formula - grey on top to tone down the brightness. Then I followed Angie's other suggestion and put on grey boots instead of black - I think this works best. That is truly an ingenious formula!
Jonesy, I agree - I need to switch to a tunic length black top, which I have. The other issue is that, like many skinnies, these create a major muffin top effect if I wear them with knit tops. I hope the scarf will cover this up. A woven tunic would be better but so far I haven't figured out if I have anything that would work.