wednesday wishes 14

I always find making a style transition between winter and spring is far harder to do than it is between summer and autumn. As Amelia and I recently tweeted, you become fooled by the warm sunshine shining through the window and put on a dress, only to step outside and find it's still subzero, and your fashion forward, springtime thinking now makes you look like a madwoman trying to brave the cold. The answer to this problem has come to me in the form of palazzo pants. They ooze the comfort of a summer maxi dress in their flowing folds of fabric, have the practicality of in fact being trousers, and are long and wide enough to almost literally provide a tent of shelter against the cold. Not to mention that they skim gracefully over our often troublesome bottom halfs, making us look taller, slimmer, and instantly more elegant. 

Considering I'm not at all a trouser person, I have really high hopes for these. There are also some really chic styles at Asos, but I think their models are too tall for the trousers. I like them best when worn just flirting with the platform of your wedges. To have them brutally slapping your ankles spoils the sleek, elegance that palazzo pants have the potential to exude. 

And I know that the Jil Sander item I've included isn't a pair of trousers, but I couldn't find a picture of the magnificently maximalist styles seen on the s/s runway anywhere. The maxi skirt gives you a vibrant glimpse into what's to come this summer.

via Graziadaily.co.uk

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