I didn’t mean to take this long to revive the aforementioned "trophy wife" entry, but it’s just been insane here so blogging sort of took a back seat. But anyway, after I posted the S.O.S. on the jacket, I was very inspired (and intimidated) by all of your suggestions. One particular suggestion from a reader that stuck out for me, though, was this look she sent from the Chanel Haute Couture 2011 runway (photo courtesy of Chanel.com).
A fancy jacket over narrow sequined pants. Instead of watering a special jacket down to casualize it, why not bling it up some more–I never would have even thought of that! But my problem is that I have not been able to find any sequined pants that fit. They have to be narrow enough so I don’t look like a bedazzled tent, and yet they can’t be so tight that I look like a shiny sausage either. I’ve run across lots of sequined mini skirts and super short shorts in the stores the last few weeks, but let’s get real here. This is a no-hot-pants-zone in my house!
But I’m not giving up till I find the perfect pair of sequined pants. They might look cool with my Gucci tuxedo jacket anyway for some cocktail events. But I digress…mainly because I’m stalling for time…to tell you I was so lame that I only managed one look for this episode of Couture Counsel: the challenging jacket (aka my fashion epic fail) …
But in my defense, to compensate for going very safe with dark denims, I’m “blinging” my look with a very special gator bag and those killer shoes I’d floated around in an earlier entry.
Oh come on, it’s really all just about the bag, isn’t it! I bet some of you didn’t even take a second look at the outfit. What jacket? Was she wearing something? Shall we take another look at the Chanel Kelly bag :D?
Anyway, if I had a bit more spunk I would have dared an evening look that paired the jacket with a tiny sequined skirt, but I think we’ll just leave that to the imagination. Meanwhile I’ll have to find the perfect pair of cigarette pants to show off these Gucci skyscrapers…
February 23, 2011
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