Red corduroys (pictured in first two shots): So, Kohl's
Shrimp jeans: Barefeet Shoes
Pink jeans (pictured in first two shots): Arizona Jeans, JCPenney
Mustard jeans: So, Kohl's
Yellow jeans: City Streets, JCPenney
Bright yellow jeans: City Streets, JCPenney
Chartreuse jeans: Marshalls
Jungle green jeans: City Streets, JCPenney
Acid wash green jeans: Macy's
Sky blue jeans: UNIONBAY, Kohl's
Turquoise acid wash jeans: City Streets, JCPenney
Purple acid wash jeans: City Streets, JCPenney
Dark purple jeans: So, Kohl's
My favorite pants anecdote dates back to when I was about eight and went on a weekend camping trip with my dad and sister and the rest of the fathers and daughters in the Indian Princesses, the Girl-Scouts-type-club we were in. I'd mistakenly (not intentionally, as some people jokingly suggested) forgotten my bag back in Jersey and had nothing to wear. My dad had no choice but to take me to the nearest Kmart (Kmarts were big back then) for some essentials to get me through the next couple of days. He let me pick out whatever I wanted, and I chose a pink-and-white baseball-style tee shirt emblazoned with Mickey and Minnie and a pair of shiny turquoise spandex leggings, or as they were known at the time, "dance pants." My cousin had a pair, and I'd always wanted them. That gorgeous sky blue! That iridescent sheen! The way they so perfectly accented an oversized, tied-at-the-side tee shirt! Those pants were - and this must be said, cheesiness be darned - my blue heaven.
In the last two or three years I've begun to step up my pants collection with colorful skinny jeans. Unlike flares or boot-cuts, they don't scrape the floor, but rather bunch up at the ankles in a (at least to this short blogger) fetchingly messy, no-hem-needed way. Yet it's the ripe rainbow hues that really reeled me in. I like to think that their spirit was sparked by those dance pants. So thanks, Dad, for giving me that first taste of fashion freedom.
2 comments:
So basically every shade of the rainbow!
I bow down to thee!
You have my wardrobe, or should I say, the wardrobe I wished I had.
Between the heels, the jewels, the coloured jeans you have everything I want!
Also, we still have loads of Kmarts here and because they now have their own factories in China we can get a tonne of stuff really cheap.
This morning I bought a 5 pack of underwear for $3 on sale, so got the last three packs, tank tops for $5, my sequined top was $15, slippers $3, so much is so cheap it's ridiculous!
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