Successful Palazzo Comeback

my skinnies have been relegated to the top drawer, never to see the light of day unless i find myself in the throes of a mid-week laundry crisis. the gods of fashion have spoken, it's time to break out the wide legs.

Attu Pants from the House of Laurel Savage Mythology Collection. Courtesy of stylebible.ph

taking this command to heart and working it flawlessly is Rajo Laurel in his new summer collection for House of Laurel, called Savage Mythology. i love the high waist on the palazzos. it balances the width of the pants rather well, diffusing the pant style's tendency to make its wearer look stocky.

This pant style, however, is rather hard to pull off.  Although ALL the websites and style guides tell us full figured chicks that it is the perfect style for us, being only 5'1,  i can't help feeling wide as a building in these pants. Seeing the Olsen twins wear them only reinforces that feeling. call me crazy, but i love a little snugness around the thighs in my own pants.

Photo courtesy of fashionurbia.com

With that said, the Laurel pants still look phenomenal. i'll just have to get around my body issues to pull it off.