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What are you Wearing? 40s Style Slacks

October 8, 2009
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I’m pretty much a skirt kind of girl.

Always have been.

But when the weather gets chilly you can’t do black opaques every day so trousers are a necessity.

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I have a few pairs that I don’t really like wearing very much, I just don’t find them flattering. Then I found this vintage pair in a Charity Shop a few weeks back. And I really love them. The high waist seems much more flattering to my shape than the normal hipster type trousers you buy.

I think I have to call them slacks instead of trousers, they’ve got a louche 1930s or 40s vibe to them (though they’re definitely later than that). I imagine that kind of jolly hockey sticks woman you get in films wearing them, the one with the slightly lesbian undertones who wears a tuxedo to dinner instead of an evening dress and smokes cigars.

I love wearing them with my heeled lace up brogues and this off the shoulder jumper I feel like an off duty 40s film star, even if I don’t look like one jumping around on hotel room beds to try and take pictures of my outfit.

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Top - River Island circa 2001
Leather Belt - Vintage from Charity Shop
Trousers - Vintage from Charity Shop

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  1. Miss Peelpants says:
    October 8, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Oooh, those trousers are fab. I have a great pair of 70s wool high waisters, but they itch like hell and I have to wear thick tights under them anyway!! 😉
    .-= Miss Peelpants´s last blog ..Facebook Fans =-.

  2. eyeliah says:
    October 8, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    okay I voted for you again ( on a new computer). I need some slacks too, yours are really cute and flattering. I am actually in the process of rehemming two pairs (that I hemmed too short) and I think I need one more. Last time I wore pants (other than jeans) was 3 months ago.
    .-= eyeliah´s last blog ..Americas Next Top Model Season 13 Episode 6 =-.

  3. Kristen says:
    October 9, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    These pants are awesome and they look really good on you!
    .-= Kristen´s last blog ..Recycled Style Project: DIY Fall Fashion =-.

  4. Sophie, the Barton Girl says:
    October 13, 2009 at 10:53 am

    Awesome pants! You look nothing short of fabulous in them. And now, I can feel a bad case of the green-eyed monster taking over me… 😉
    .-= Sophie, the Barton Girl´s last blog ..Neither here nor there =-.

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