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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

NOT your mother's stretchy pants



My days are relatively routine these days - Barry and I walk for an hour, usually setting off sometime before 8 am and then I return to shower and begin writing and other tasks for the day.

What I have discovered is that jeans are simply not comfortable for sitting at a desk for long stretches of the day.

Sweat pants felt like I was giving up.

But thanks to the fashion gods, dressy slouchy pants are in this fall and I have bought some and I am GLAD.

These, or leggings under a tunic, are now the order of the day.

But they have to be pretty.

I recall with some trepidation pants of a similar ilk of my mother's (and some from this) generation:

Tradition /MD Pull-On Pant


I shudder at the mere glimpse of them and have made my daughter promise, that should I lose my mind due to some horrible ailment or because George Clooney shows up at my door when I am out getting groceries, that she will NEVER EVER allow them put me in such pants.

But they are comfortable (minus the scratchiness of the cheap poly I guess).

But I have found my own versions and they are swell.  So swell that not only do I answer the door to UPS man, but I sally forth into the great wide world, as comfy as comfy can be.

It started with the Citizens of Humanity waxed jeans.



Then I picked up the drapey wool sweat pants on sale from J Crew, which I love!


Yes ABC, I am SOOOO copying you!


I love the colour combos here...


And then Banana Republic had one of their hourly 40% off sales, where I snapped up the shine drapey pant:

Shine Drapey Pant
By the way, I am loving the BR this fall...

I gotta say - these are divine.  the fabric is fluid and the pants can be worn dressed up or down.  I can definitely see these as holiday pants, with the right shoe!

What I wore them with today - sorry for the blur!


I like how they break at the ankle.

And a closeup of the fabric...



Have I given up?  Perhaps.  But the comfort factor is just exactly meeting my needs these days and makes the other trousers and jeans I have seem more apropos of events of shorter duration.

This fashion time will pass and thank god for leggings I say!

leggings and boots and roots jacket

Oh and one other thing - these pants make me appear to have a bottom.  It is a shocker, even to me, I can tell you!

Any one else on the comfort band wagon with me, or am I letting it all hang out, sans spanx, alone?  

Have a fabulous day and stay safe out there!

xoxo wendy