Sunday, 27 May 2018

Dressing up black cropped trousers

In part two of a special on how older women can wear summer 2018's cropped and wide trousers, Is This Mutton dresses up a pair of black trousers with a red top and pearls.

Last week in part one of my Cropped and Wide Trousers special, I hopefully showed that this scary type of pant can be surprisingly flattering. This week I'm wearing a more conservative pair of trousers which could easily be worn to work and also dressed up for evenings.

Is This Mutton? blog for the over-45s shows how to style wide black cropped trousers/pants for a work or evening look

Again I have chosen trousers that don't end at the fattest part of my calf. Many different lengths are in the shops and the culotte type that finish midway up the calf will only flatter those with very slim legs.

The red belted top is from Marks and Spencer. It's not a great pairing with these trousers because although they have an elasticated waist, there is a belt that ties at the front, so with the red piece's belt on top of this, I was in danger of looking like the Michelin Man.

Layering up pearls and adding some sandals with interesting heel detail makes the pants more dressy and fine for wearing out at night.

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