So I mentioned in yesterday's WIW that I bought both the R13 harem jeans and the Crossover jeans recently. I wore the harems the other day and yesterday I went with the crossovers using the exact same workhorse formula that I did for the harem jeans outfit (hat, jeans, moto jacket and boots).

Let me start by saying that the crossovers are too long on me (story of my life), which is causing some degree of bunching issues on the leg (they aren't draping nicely like they will once they are shortened).

I'm taking them to the seamstress today to have shortened but I decided to wing it so I could try them out before altering --so I cheated and tucked the excess length underneath the ankle hem for the purposes of wearing them yesterday.

I have plans for these jeans... I have many, many plans and outfit ideas that go beyond my workhorse formula once they are shortened (stay tuned!)

Any-who, yesterday's outfit stayed true to my rocker roots and gave a nod to the 80's. Instead of a basic shrunken black moto, like I wore for the harem jeans, I upped the ante with a cropped patent leather moto. And instead of basic black booties I went full throttle with a pair of vintage 80's winklepicker boots with straps and hardcore skull buckles.

I bought these boots at a hole-in-the-wall punk shop on Carnaby Street in London in 1988.

Yup. 1988. These boots are 26 years old...and have served me well over the years.

26 years later I can still clearly recall how I came to obtain these badass boots. I was in Piccadilly Square and there was a street performer doing some cool stuff so I stopped to watch him perform.

Then I saw his boots. These were them.

I waited till he finished performing, tipped him for his entertainment, then asked him, "Wherever did you get those boots? They are amazing!"

He told me (and confirmed they had them in women's sizes).

All plans for that day changed. I immediately jumped on the Tube and made my way to Carnaby St. and obtained said boots.

The funniest part is when I've worn these boots recently, edgy rocker gals have stopped to ask me the same question. They always look a bit stricken when I tell them they'd need a time machine to go buy a pair.

My shoe guy is amazing, too. I just got the boots back from being cleaned and polished and they look as new (which is probably contributing to the queries about where to buy them from other edgy gals -they do rather look like they are new now).

What goes around comes around!

Beanie worn as snood: Urban Outfitters
Patent leather cropped moto jacket: Truth & Pride (via Nordstrom Rack in Vegas)
Striped scoop neck t-shirt: Kohls
R13 Crossover jeans: The Parliament at Fred Segal
ZigZag scarf: Missoni (via designer consignment)
Bag: DVF Stephanie (via Nordie's)
Zebra ponyhair belt: French Connection
Black skull earrings: Tarina Tarantino (via Zappos)
Sterling cage ring: vintage (via private sale when I was in the biz)
Jet glass bracelet: Vintage 1950's (via estate buyout)
Sunnies: Vintage cateyes (via Santa Monica flea market)
Boots: Vintage (they are unbranded nor can I remember the actual name of the hole-in-the-wall punk shop on Carnaby St. where I obtained them).