Because we haven't had one in ages...

... I'm doing trousers.  I haven't really worn trousers this Summer but certainly last Spring, I couldn't get enough of wide leg versions.  Cropped for the Spring (and into the Summer) but last Winter, I discovered full length wide leg numbers. 

Clearly I didn't discover a cure for hangovers - it's hardly the biggest find in the world - there was no reinventing of the wheel but, as someone who has only recently discovered skirts as her mecca, trousers are the perfect alternative for when the temperature falls and you don't want to faff with tights.

One thing my newly found trouser love has to be is wide.  And when they're long, they're loooooooooooong.  We're talking Dalek here. You should look as though you're gliding on castors.  Ok so not exactly but there is nothing worse (in my personal opinion) than too much shoe on show.  Unless they're cropped.  And cropped ones work just as well.  It appears I am one of those odd individuals who never suffers from cold ankles.  Unless we are wading in snow, I am able to have bare ankles, so long as the rest of my body is sufficiently clad.  With a pair of trainers, with loafers, with ankle boots, I can do a crop trouser practically all year round.

If you are a skirt lover, then these are the perfect alternative (cropped or looooooooong) for the colder months, as you already have the perfect tops in your wardrobe. 

Not to mention the versatility - these can be worn with trainers and a blazer for a more casual, yet still chic look.  Or with a sequin jumper, trainers and a biker for a - well, I don't really know what you'd call it but it was one of my favourite looks from last year.  And I can't wait to recreate it for this year.  We haven't even spoken about them being the perfect work option.  With any sort of flats, these are such an easy solution for any work environment.  Change up the top to comply with what sort of environment you work in.

Starting with ones that are similar to mine from last year.  Oh and I meant to say - do not forget that pockets are a must.  A complete deal breaker.  No pockets, no purchase.

Wide Leg Trousers from M&S £35 in black  For anyone who is tall, the long length is sufficiently long to wear with flats (I have a 36inch inside leg).

But more excitedly - they have them in navy.  *skips*.



Navy again at M&S but still with pockets.  These will look a lot lot better than they do in this photo, I promise.  Plus all the M&S ones comes in different leg lengths.

Double Button Wide Leg Trousers £45



Snap Button Panel Trousers from & Other Stories £79  PLEASE click on the link as it won't let me paste the picture of these with flat shoes where they look so much better.  I can't even describe how much better... have a look and tell me I'm wrong... If that isn't proof of the length needing to be right, I don't know what is.


Creased Trousers from & Other Stories in black £69




And then the cropped.  Velvet.  Be still my beating heart.  Velvet is everywhere this year, for day, for night.

Wrinkle Velvet Culottes in black from & Other Stories £59




Classic at Topshop, although I'm not sure these have pockets. 

Textured Wide Leg Trousers from Topshop £29




These ones do though and I know they're a staple line at Topshop and are very popular.  Last time I wrote about wide leg crops ages ago, these got rave reviews from people.   Although it was without the pockets on the legs... but I quite like these. 

Fluid Cropped Wide Leg Trousers £45




If you fancy alternative colours which still work perfectly with a neutral wardrobe, then look no further than Jigsaw.

Pressed Flannel Crop Trousers in Dark Petrol from Jigsaw £140



Or in the warm spice £140




And here I am the other day in my wide leg cropped trousers which are from M&S last year.  This was last Thursday when I was invited for an evening at Chewton Glen, to stay in one of their Treehouses.  What can I say?  Seriously, one of the most special places I've ever visited.  I was on my own in one but they actually sleep up to 6 people - two adults and four children in the attic room (where there are beds, beanbags and a PS4.  Only issue I have is that I don't think I could ever persuade my children to leave - although thinking about it, not entirely that's an issue in the slightest....).  Log burning stove, tv in the bathroom, hot tub on the veranda which is in the trees of the New Forest.  Superb dinner at The Kitchen (one of their dining rooms), followed by drinks and lots and lots of laughs.  It was exactly what I needed at the end of a very busy week. 


Trousers - Alexa Chung at M&S
Blazer - Alexa Chung at M&S
Sweatshirt - FWP by Rae
Earrings - Topshop
Trainers - My Fashion Tribu (15% off with the code KAT15)

For our dinner, I wore an Issa dress (yes you can spy the pink boots from Mango which I caved on) which I plan on cracking out at numerous times over the Christmas period but will also be definitely wearing with trainers and a biker to dress down.  The fabric is jersey and fabulously swishy - goes in the machines, doesn't crease, is genuinely dress me up, dress me down.  



Scarlett Wrap Dress - Issa at House of Fraser
Pink Boots - Mango
Earrings - Aldo
Bag - Issa at House of Fraser 

Today though, it was all the glamour of the rugby pitch.  For two hours (plus the 40 minutes I can add on at the beginning as I insist on getting there early to get a parking space.  My laziness knows no bounds).  Followed by a long dog walk in the park with friends, which my children (only two of them were here, one was away at a rugby tournament) refused to accompany me on.  One claiming tiredness (fair enough, he had done two hours of sport already) and one who cried homework (which I've checked and fair enough, she has got concrete proof of having done something...). 



Jumper dress - Celtic & Co
Black leather leggings - Celtic & Co
Wellies - Ilse Jacobsen
Camo raincoat - Topshop
Hat - Zara Men
Tools Bag - Balenciaga
Scarf - Lily & Lionel

So I have more than earned a glass of wine.  And I'm catching up on Strictly as we watched the marathon that was X Factor last night.  Jonnie is SO my new favourite.  

Roast dinner with a movie followed by a day off tomorrow with the 10yr old who has a day off school.  We're off to the London Dungeons and then shopping for new trainers for him.  And lunch with papa.  I am a LOT more excited than he is! (got to love an Asperger's boy - I know though, he will love it.  Actually famous last words - it is actually pretty scary and knowing me, it'll scar him for life.  Maybe I need other options of what to do with a 10yr old in London tomorrow.....)