Currently, I only own one pair of jeans, and that's only if jeggings count as jeans. A couple weeks ago, I cleared out my closet and made 78 dollars at Buffalo Exchange in an effort to add to my bicycle fund, and most of that transaction involved getting rid of a lot of jeans that were lurking in my drawers. You know the ones I'm talking about. Those denim atrocities that you fully intend to take to the tailor to mend the gap that inevitably occurs when manufacturers do not take into account that sometimes our butts are big and our waists are small; the jeans you bought because they were such a good deal for ::insert whatever upscale premium denim brand the kids are buying theses days:: but are so full of intentionally placed tears that sometimes your leg slips through one of the holes when you try to put them on, perhaps causing you to fall over and injure yourself, notwithstanding that they are super ugly; I know I'm not t
he only one with whiskered, stone-washed skeletons in the closet. I've been known to throw on a dress to go to the grocery store in lieu of jeans because it's easier (It's an outfit in itself, and chances are it has less closures to fuss with), but looking girl-y all the time can make me feel like, well, a little girl. (sort of off topic, but I'm a little creeped out that every time I put a picture of myself in a dress on my flickr, I get invited to join a group called "To Pretty to Wear Pants") Enter the casual jeans alternative! For me, it's a pair of early 90s-ish, pleated, paper bag waist, cropped trousers. They are probably frumpy. I don't know, and I don't care.
I think the best way to pull off a pair of old man pants (embrace the frump), is to play with juxtaposition. Think menswear infused with bombshell sex appeal, waspy prep mixed with urban cool. This applies to any trend. Whatever your inspiration, add your own flavor to take it in an unexpected direction.
top: vintage Levi's
pants: Anthropologie (I bought these before I made my oath in the last post, I swear)
belt: thrifted
shoes: Target
I think the best way to pull off a pair of old man pants (embrace the frump), is to play with juxtaposition. Think menswear infused with bombshell sex appeal, waspy prep mixed with urban cool. This applies to any trend. Whatever your inspiration, add your own flavor to take it in an unexpected direction. 
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