Owning parachute pants is something you shouldn't really be proud of but when the pants in question are actually huge, soft as silk, dusky pink vintage trousers, owning them doesn't seem like a bad thing after all!
These came in the same package as my purple fringed dress, and I wasn't sure what to expect when Dree described them to me but I was pleasantly surprised, especially by the gorgeous colour.
DIY ruffled blouse; TS ankle boots; belt a gift from Queen Marie / Ann Demeulemeester vest; Richard Nichol for Topshop tuxedo jacket; vintage black belt; TS ankle boots
Vintage black ruffled shirt; random belt; All Saints shoes / TS Unique shoes; vintage Isabel de Pedro waistcoat; Topshop belt; grey vest
I absolutely love this colour combined with black so I couldn't help myself bring out lots of it. These trousers are probably going to be way too exaggerated for some, and that's precisely why I love them! Plus, they are a nice wee nod to the wonderful YSL A/W08 tapered leg trousers.
Queen Michelle
I love these posts!
Those parts are fantastically gorgeous, and I love them paired with the grey in the first picture. Creates a romantic notion.
That said, I love the second outfit. It kind of has a nod to "Annie Hall" in it.
Posted by: Ashe Mischief | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 14:54
The colour is superb, and the shape really suits you. They look perfect for summer, too. Beautiful!
Posted by: Grace | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 14:54
Wow - they're really something else! They almost look like an extravagant skirt due to the draping on the side... I'd honestly have to look twice if I saw you on the street with them on.
I like the third outfit (bottom left) most as it is more of an everyday look being less theatrical than the other outfits. The last outfit with the beads is quite playful.
Posted by: The Collector | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 15:20
You rock everything!
Posted by: WendyB | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 15:38
These are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!
I'm so jealous! In a good way, of course! :)
Posted by: lopi | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 16:59
I love these pants. I'd love to have a pair of them myself.
Posted by: aziza x | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 18:20
I love the shoes
Posted by: I vestiti di Carlotta | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 18:41
All I can say is FABULOUS!!!! You look like something out of a fashion magazine!
Posted by: andrea | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 18:56
This is amazing. Can you tell me where did you get those ankle boots? TS doesn't ring a bell, I thought it was Topshop, but I couldn't find it there.
Posted by: LADIVASOSA | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 19:02
TS is Topshop - sorry, very inconsistent with my naming!
Posted by: Queen Michelle | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 19:11
Oh - these are gorgeous! The colour is too.
Posted by: Rowena (RosiePop) | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 19:33
They look wonderful, really extravagant and billowy- 'parachute pants' is just the right name for them! And the draping makes them even more spectacular..
Posted by: Drusilla | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 20:05
These are perfect on you! The shoes are all amazing too.
Posted by: Miss White | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 20:53
those are the most amazing pants ever.
Posted by: belle | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 22:01
Love them! After years of slim-through-the hips-and-thighs boot cut pants, and then slim-all-over skinnies, wearing the occasional 80's throwback sillouette of billowing fullness at the thighs looks - and feels - refreshing! Cuffing the tapered ankle and wearing them with stompy heels, as you have done, makes them look fresh and modern. My sister-in-law just gave me a pair of jade green silk Forenza pants (tags still on - she bought two outfits to wear to a high schol art show, and wore the other)that look very similar, minus the pocket wings, to yours, and I can't wait to wear them.
Posted by: GlamaRuth | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 22:08
woowwww these are all so beautiful! something new for me to love :)
xxx
knightcat
Posted by: knightcat | Monday, 16 June 2008 at 22:54
wow! are those drapes at the sides pockets?
Posted by: raq | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 03:06
Queen Michelle,
I absolutely love the TS shoes, are these new?
Posted by: Vanessa | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 03:07
Queen Michelle, the pants look amazing on you, on me they'd be truly awful and would possibly be sent to the tower. Still loving the shower flower blouse in the 1st photo.
Posted by: Sharne | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 09:32
The pants look awesome and your DIY blouse goes so well with them - I knew as soon as I saw those topshop ankle boots in new arrivals that you'd get them :)
Posted by: mina | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 10:32
Those parachute pants are simply amazing! I have wanted some like that for aggggeeees, but I'm too lazy to make them for myself. Where can I get myself a pair? Cx
Posted by: Starling | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 10:38
they're so gorgeous they give parachute pants a good name.
Posted by: fashionherald | Tuesday, 17 June 2008 at 23:38
Ahh you never cease to amaze me!
Posted by: Luxe. | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 00:45
Unmitigated Success!
Posted by: enc | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 02:32
WOW! I love those pants!
amazing!
Posted by: Soul Tanggg | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 04:02
They are amazing! Where the hell out of them ;)
Posted by: Sabrina | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 05:22
are those topshop shoes new? they are fab! love the dusky shade of the trousers, what are they made of?
Posted by: caofh | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 14:38
Topshop shoes are a few weeks old, so newish. I'm not 100% sure what the trousers are actually made of. They feel like silk but they're not. But they are very light.
Posted by: Queen Michelle | Wednesday, 18 June 2008 at 14:41
you can't touch this...
Posted by: dree | Thursday, 19 June 2008 at 13:49
Ooooo...may i inquire the manufacturer of those silken-wonder-slacks?
Posted by: Cynthia | Monday, 14 July 2008 at 14:36