desperate, i return to you...broken, i return to you...

Flares. Do you love them? Or do you hate them?

I have been desperately waiting for their return to the forefront of the fashion conscience. So, yes, I am a LOVEEEERRRRR!!! Relaxed, comfy, flattering, potential death-trap with that wide hem....ahh, that heady mix of fashion and danger.

I bought these a LONG time ago when my place of work was trying to revive that seventies vibe. Like a good little employee, I pushed the look when EVERYONE else was rocking the skinny. I felt like a dick and rather daggy when I mainly sold them to the 'Cougar' or 'Hip Mum' customer. Oh the shame of being eye-balled by The Fashion Elite and Tweens.

HA! Now, not so dicky...I hope?????

doing a little jig....balance...balance....

One thing about extreme flares....shoe choice. These c-a-n-n-o-t be dragged about with flats. Though wearing with keds or chucks is theoretically a sartorial winner, the logistics are a little more challenging. If you want that wrecked hem look? Flats by all means. If you are hoping to keep them a bit more pristine, then it's the on-trend clog or platform wedge. Hemming them up is choosing a path of uncertainty. Too much? Too little? Oh CRAP! Just get BIG shoes.

For now, I'm all for keeping these puppies pristine and intact.....though, once this flared thing disappears into the so-hot-right-now (*puke* I can't believe I just said that!) abyss, maybe then I'll seek keds and destroy? I don't know, I've had them for so long they are almost one of my wardrobe classics. My own vintage! I perhaps should preserve them as they are, as I always return to them.

wearing: just jeans extreme fit flare, kmart grey crop sweat and tux tee, prima sling clogs x topshop, dollarstore headband, crochet bag via trade me, necklace x equip.

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