Just so we're clear, if I woke up looking like this one day, I wouldn't exactly complain.
Here's what I love about this outfit:
- Monochrome is so chic - so elongating!
- White is so chic - so elongating!
- Those purple heels are so chic - I think you see where this sentence is going...
Oh, I know, someone's going to suggest that wearing all white is hideously impractical and tends to make one seem a bit wan a la "veal sausage link". I really never got the appeal of white jeans (despite years of Liz Hurley being photographed in that garment exclusively) until I tried them for myself.
They truly are FLATTERING (not to be confused with flattening). And I am the palest - though hardly flattest :-) - woman you will ever hope to meet.
My husband took a photo of me in Mtl. wearing my own version of this look - it's not monochrome so it's really only half the look. Whatever. As soon as I can convince him to download the picture, I will post it for y'all.
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Love that photo and the purple shoes (and your suggestion about an elegant lunch, I love heels but can no longer walk more than short distances in them).
I used to dread white jeans, thinking they would make my full bottom appear fuller, but they are fabulous, and lengthening, and even flattering on a pale pale girl like myself. That reminds me that I need a new pair.
Can't wait for the photo.
Please do! Were you wearing purple strappy heels, too?
Love this monochrome white look ~ terribly chic indeed!
I neeeeeed some new white jeans!
xoxox,
CC
I remember walking down a street in white jeans (as a teenager) and being horribly splashed with puddly water by a truck. So caveat wearer, I'd say, especially in the city!
A whit j-suit definitely reminds me of painters...but she does look really good. I would be afraid to sit down outside though.
this is an amazing outfit - simple and yet the purple shoes just make the whole thing come alive!
I wore white jeans with fuschia flats and I got oodles of compliments and I am not a gal who should dare to wear white jeans.
I LOVE those shoes.
I'm amused at "flattering" vs "flattening."
Those shoes look torturous to me. But I am a non-high heeled gal. Can't wait to see your photo!
oh, you are one brave soul to don white jeans!!! you can work it, i just know it! and can't wait to see the photos!
come to think of it, back in high school i had the best white pants ever, that were most flattering on my tricky figure. sadly that was many years and many pounds ago. :(
Mardel: Scottie finally sent the photos and they suck! (bad lighting). But I will resurrect and post them nonetheless.
Sal: The more I think about it, the less my outfit looked anything like this one. So no to the shoes. But if I had purple heels, I'd totally wear them in this way!
CC: You are like the ultimate white jeans wearer IMO. Go buy some new ones, stat!
Miss C: Ha! I know. I can only wear them once a month, it seems, between PMS and bad weather.
Rebecca: Thing is, you just sit down and worry about it later. It's very "I don't care, I have people who worry about that"! :-)
Pink: So true.
Bel: Are you kidding, they are perfect for you with your hair and skin and height and living in LA. Perfect!
Wendy: I do what I can :-)
Marinka: As I mentioned to Mardel, they may disappoint. And I misrepresented how I was duplicating this look. But those are small points, yes?
Janelle: Go. Buy. White. Jeans. Now! You need them to work in a fancy gallery.
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