I love it. Sometimes I like to be experimental with my look and push the fashion boundaries. That's right, because i'm 'daring' like that (this is meant to sound tongue-in-cheek because anybody who knows me knows that for me, driving 5 mph over the speed limit is considered 'reckless'). But nonetheless, when it comes to fashion I like throwing the odd curve ball out there. Take coloured jeans. After seeing someone during my lunch hour in Bath rocking some skinny red jeans, I thought, "hey, I want to give that look a go!" So off I trotted to Topshop to swiftly purchase some gorgeous cherry red jeans for £38, paired here with a Wildfox vest (£60), Karen Millen bag (£160) and Primark cardigan (NB: I am not endorsing Minnie Mouse ears as part of this look, I happened to be in Disneyland at the time):
Anyway, I was pretty pleased with them. Until I realised they might have been a mistake for two reasons. Firstly, I got right royally mugged off by my friends for wearing them (thanks very much my lovely ladies!!) Insults ranged from, "Hey, Pat Sharp called - he wants his jeans back!" to "IT'S RONALD MCDONALD!" Being compared to a overgrown adult with a mullet/scary man/clown hybrid didn't do wonders for my faith in said jeans. Secondly, after washing them the dye managed to run...It was bad enough having lots of little faded patches on them, but the worst part was I completely ruined one of my fiance's best shirts and pretty much his entire collection of boxers. Error. From that point on, the jeans were dead to me.
However, that said, I am DESPERATE to embrace the new cocktail jeans trend for A/W. Current Elliot have a gorgeous selection of leopard print jeans (£200, Matchesfashion.com) and this pair are now firmly on my fashion Lust List.
I would advise something very simple on the top half, for example an oversized black shirt (35 Topshop). if you want to up the glamour another notch and make them suitable for a night out, then why not embrace this season's fetish trend and opt for a sheer black blouse (£19.99, Missguided.co.uk).
if £200 for a pair of jeans seems a little much then Oasis have some fab cherry red cocktail jeans (£45) or these fab grey stripy jeans (£20, Boohoo.com)
I refuse to be scarred by the name-calling or unfortunate washing-machine related accident. Though the biggest bit of advice I can offer is to take care when washing bright coloured denim..If not, at least make sure the contents of the washing machine are a) all yours or b) not expensive..I'm going to be cooking dinner for a long time to make up for my mishap!
