Vintage Pants

If you've been following my blog since the beginning then you'd know that I decided to make a new years resolution that I wouldn't buy any new clothes for the entire year. I figured that I was spending too much money on clothes and that it was time for me to have a bit of a challenge.

I've been quietly finding different pieces of clothing during January and February and expanding my wardrobe. I'll probably post about the pieces of clothing that I made eventually but for now I want to squee in excitement about the pants I bought.

Sunhat - Glassons $20, Sunglasses - Sunglass Hutt $10, Necklace - Trademe $12, Shoes - Op Shop $6, Trousers -  Dress for Success Sale $12. I've always wanted to do one of those. 

Yes, I bought the crazy groovy pants in the photo. They're chiffon, flare trousers with... pockets! Now when I first plucked them out from the rack I thought to myself 'Goodness Lily! These pants are insane there's no way that you could possibly wear them!' Then another voice in my head said 'why not try them on?' So I followed the second voice and after a host of compliments from the women working at the stall they were sold.

Part of the reason I grabbed the pants out from the rack in the first place was because I'd seen these pants in Fashion Quarterly. 

Of course those pants are silk pants from Stolen Girlfriends Club and happen to retail for $460... A little bit more than I can afford. I must also reiterate at this point that I'm don't treat Fashion Quarterly as a bible in that I must follow every trend. Some of them are just ridiculous.

For example, the whole crop top thing. I'll eat soap if I ever saw a regular person looking good in a crop top. I think that whole trend should be confined to haute couture fashion shows in that it looks good on gorgeous thin models but it should never actually be worn. 

However I must say that I am a fan of following trends that suit your body shape. A very obvious example is the high waisted skirt trend. I've got a slight hour glass shape in that my top half is balanced by my booty. This means that I always follow trends that highlight my waist and reinforce this silhouette instead of masculine clothing that hides it (eg those hideous sack dresses... they just make me look pregnant.)

You see the glory of those 'groovy' pants is that they come in at the waist and then because they're made of chiffon they don't cling to any parts that they shouldn't be clinging to and instead their silhouette delicately runs to the ground. Yes, I'm rather pleased with that purchase.

Oh and I feel like I should try to encourage op shopping! Fashion is very cyclic case in point the drop waists of the 1920's which are coming back with a fury. So if you hit up an op shop you'll never know when you might be lucky enough to find that an old Granny has just decided to clear out her wardrobe full of seventies treasures. Then you'll be on style for about 5% of the price.