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I bought these olive fatigue pants at Madewell at the same time as the rose/burgundy culottes I posted. These are definite keepers, and I've already shortened them to wear today. (Go Team Wear!)

First photos show how I'm wearing them today. Others show another outfit I tried, and how they looked pre-hemming.

1-3: with mauve floral tee (made by me); dusty orchid jacket (Stella Carakasi); orange platform sandals (Kork Ease); nude clutch (J. Crew).
4-6: with eggplant and olive striped-design tee (made by me) and black Birkenstocks or stone denim jacket and taupe and white sandals.
7-8: pre-hemmed pants, with landscape print tee (made by me).

I really like this high rise style and cropped length. They feel so fresh--but also retro, as they feel a lot like the actual fatigue pants I wore in the Army, in the early 80s. For me, these pants are an updated version of olive chinos.

Thanks for looking! I welcome any comments and thoughts you wish to share.

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Joy

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First I love the tees that you have made. These trousers have your name on them for sure. They look like a great addition to your wardrobe.

El Cee

Great outfits… and such fabulous handmade tees! I especially love #5/6. The new pants are a terrific find.

Suz

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Wow, they look so much more fun in the cropped length! I really like these on you. That tee in #5 is stunning on you. Love the colours and lines with your hair.

The platform sandal is also really fun!

Sal

Love these - fit and length is awesome. Love both looks too.

Anonymous

Ooh - I thought tee in 1 was my favorite, and then I saw you made it. I like that outfit best.

Sheila

I am totally over the moon with #7-8! It is perfection to my eye! And I have to ask: where in the world do you find such amazing fabrics??? I am clueless about where to shop for such interesting designs.

RobinF

These are great. Love them cropped!

Angie

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(It's those back patch pockets you fell in love with, right?)

Fabulous hack job. I like them so much more cropped to that length. All outfits are smashing, Sharan. Enjoy your nostalgic and retro purchase.

Firecracker (Sharan)

Thanks, everyone!
Sheila, I got the landscape print fabric at EmmaOnesock.com. I also saw it at MarcyTilton.com. The other two prints I got at The Sewing Workshop (also online).
Ha ha, Angie! I didn't even think about my back flap-pocket attraction. It's subliminal, I guess!

Aida

Fun pants! I like the length both ways. Love the pairing with muted+bright in #1/2, and really love the pairing of dark+whites in #4.

Brooklyn

Great pants! They actually remind me of ones I had in the late 90s/early 00s. They were olive, cropped and with patch pockets too. They did have a lower rise though. Love your ensembles, especially the eggplant and olive top. You are so talented.

rabbit

Absolutely love outfits 1 and 2, the orange and white sandals are smashing with their respective outfits, the cropped length pants work really well, and the tees (I still adore the floral/fruit one) and jackets work perfectly. The proportions and colors/prints take what is a comfortable/easy to wear casual outfit into a visually delightful space--I'm taking notes...

Deborah

Great pants and I love them at the length you have chosen. Tops all look great. Fab addition to your wardrobe.

UmmLila (Lisa)

Great pants. I'm in olive mode these days too, pants and shorts. And Madewell always has the best stuff for summer. Except Loft tees are great too, and I'm bitter that I missed the one that Tanya found.

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Love these to the moon and back.

Jaime

Excellent pick and hem! I really like the white sandals in the middle and the color is great with red.

Maneera

#1&2 are so so amazing, Sharan. These look fantastic hemmed to that length! You wear the high-waisted style VERY well. All other outfits are perfectly cohesive and polished......now I want one of these pants!

Colette

Wow, I love these cropped! And the olive color is a very nice shade. Great styling too.

UmmLila, I was admiring that tee of Tanya's, too.

Glad to hear a lot of you thought the hemming works. I kind of liked them long, but I I wanted a new look, so I went for it with the scissors and thread!

Bonnie

You were in the army? Wow!! I really like the new pants and the tees you made. I think I'd like to try making tees. They look like they would be easy, but that's probably wrong. Do you have a favorite pattern? I used to sew years and years ago and now have time to take it up again since I'm retired. Making my own tees would guarantee fit and quality and shopping for tees is frustrating and disappointing.

These pants are so good on you Sharan. I'm in love with all the lovely colour combos you've put together here, especially the one with the coral red sandals. The tops you made are fantastic as always. I want to steal your top collection

Those are great on you , Sharan. I love an easy-fit chino too - and this is my favourite colour! What's special about these is that 70's pocket detail - very cool. And they are a completely different pant cropped, aren't they? So much better:)

Thanks, all!
Bonnie, yes, I was in the Army, from 1980 through 1996, different times. . . The tees you see above are Santa Monica Tee by Textile Studio (the floral one); Eureka Top by The Sewing Workshop; and eTee from The Sewing Workshop. The last one is a download. I also like Christine Jonson's BaseWear 2 tee pattern--it's a nice, simple close-fitting one.
The eTee is a downloadable pattern, so you might try that one. I like that it is shaped at the sides and has a shirt-tail hem. It's a good basic. The neck is a little high for me, and the fit is a little bit roomy. Another one I like by The Sewing Workshop is the Trio t-shirt. It required some altering for me, but once I got the fit adjusted, it became a real workhorse pattern for me.
Lisa, thanks! Yes, the pants are completely different hemmed. When I tried them on in the store, I wondered how they were "supposed" to be worn--down, rolled, or what? And then I saw online that they were cropped on the tall model.

Thanks for the information. I'm on vacation now so I hearted this post and will come back to it when I get home. Your tees have really inspired me.

I really like the higher rise and cropped length too!
Beautiful, beautiful colours you've put together here.

That cropped length really shows off the ankle and lower leg. Energetic chic! I started wearing olive last spring and still love it as one of my basic colors for bottoms. Esp love them with the cork heel (spunky red/coral!) and the sandals in #5 (the white bookends the jacket). Great traveling outfit too.

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