I was so tickled to see
gorgeous Sal's post the other day where she's wearing wide-leg pants. I got these amazing Noa Noa pants last Friday and I am in looooove. I don't care if they are "in" or trendy, I like 'em and I'm going to wear 'em.

Oh my goodness, I had forgotten how amazing a wide-leg cotton pant feels. I felt like I had great stiff canvas sails on my legs - I swooshed through my day, making a crackling noise like gusts of wind propelling a great sailing ship through the water. I imagined sailors in
duck cloth trousers - I think I will call these my sailor pants.
They were $39.99 plus an extra 20% off (regular price is $160.00), and the tag tells me these were made for Spring 2009.

As with my other Noa Noa pieces, the details on these pants are amazing. They have two sets of pockets on the front legs: a deep slash pocket, and a short pocket (where my hand is in the first picture). They also have the tab pockets on the bum (above), gorgeous seaming all over, and a double button at the waistband. And the cotton is thick enough that it's not see-through!
These replace my godawful "
mom jeans". Seriously, like a gazillion times better, am I right?
Okay, moving on, the denim shirt and the fish tee are also new-to-me. I got the shirt off the 50% off rack at one of my favourite consignment stores, for a whopping $6. It's Mexx, and is super-thin and soft. I like the tailoring, the lack of flap pocket in the boobular region (a big no-no for me) and the strong shoulder.
One of the boob pockets is actually inside! Handy for my mp3 player.

The fish tee was around $20, but I fell in love with it. I could wear this layered over my long-sleeved red tee or the mustard tee. The pattern is the same on the back.

This last picture is at the end of the day - I've stripped off my yellow bangle and silver hoop earrings, but see how few wrinkles the pants have!
Here's a picture of the shoes.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Shirt (Mexx, consignment), tee (AVA American Version Apparel, consignment), pants (Noa Noa), belt (Denver Hayes, gift from Ruth), shoes (Portia), bangle (thrifted).