Laced & Lace

I wasn't sure about this when I found it but once I put it on, whole 'nother story. The fit is sooo good and I imagine it would be for others as well since it's got a nice stretch to it. And it's velvet with a lace panel so that's just pretty damn cool anyway.

And it's by Esprit. Kids of the 90s, it's that brand that was around a lot that you couldn't pronounce. Anyone?? I remember a friend of mine had a shirt that said Esprit on it and she said that she wanted to cross out the 'E' and it would say spirit and she knew what that was so it would be better that way. 'Cept spirit isn't spelled like that and I'm only now realizing this through the telling of that story. I have NO idea why I remembered that. Childhood confusion over god/spirits perhaps? Great story, right?? Okay! Whatever! Go buy the skirt.

Speaking of nice stretch to them... (yay! transitions!) these pants by Style Stalker that I still reallllly want. I forget I want them for a couple of weeks and then remember again and search for them online and the few pairs I find are like $200. This keeps happening. If anyone knows where I can get these or similar for less money, please tell me! I chose to use this picture of Kim Kardashian wearing them because I think they look successfully not batshit crazy. These pants could easily go the batshit crazy or goth route but here they look calmed down which is how I would want to wear them. I like my crazy, for sure, but I like to take it with a side of normalcy.