So after realizing how much I would wear a real pair and getting advice from a very stylish client who has a certain pair she said are “the absolute best ever”, I bit the bullet and ordered them. Just to see. I never, ever buy really expensive things. The only pair of fancy shoes I own are Jimmy Choos that a girlfriend GAVE me. However, I’ve been trying hard to focus on buying really great, high quality stuff and less crap that I buy just to have something new to wear (we ALL do that, right?).   I fully planned on returning them as I just have a hard time making investments in clothing. Sofas and art, sure. Pants and shoes- not so much.

And then I got the pants yesterday.

DAAAAAAAMMMN, Gina.

I mean, buttery yet thin stretchy leather. Super comfortable. Long and lean. If you’ve ever tried on leather pants you KNOW 90% of the time they look so awful (and feel so awful tugging and stretching to get them on) you don’t want to even catch your reflection in the mirror. These were different. But maybe I had had one too many glasses of pinot noir. So I went downstairs to show Andrew. And his reaction seriously shocked me.

“What are those?!?! Are you wearing those out without me? You can’t! Don’t even tell me how much those were because you are absolutely NOT returning them. I consider those an investment in our marriage!”

Love this guy.

So I guess I’m making my first ever investment purchase…. it’s for my marriage’s sake, after all!!

Some more leather legging inspiration….

(click on images for sources)

]]> http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2012/02/fashion-friday-leather-love.html/feed 58 http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2012/02/fashion-friday-blog-crush.html http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/2012/02/fashion-friday-blog-crush.html#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:33:01 +0000 Erin Gates http://www.elementsofstyleblog.com/?p=13452 I will admit, I don’t read a ton of blogs. I am so busy writing mine (and designing homes and working on a zillion other projects) that maybe once a week I have time to check in with my favorites.  And recently I’ve been ALL over This Is Not New for fashion inspiration.  It’s a simple tumblr site just chock full of some of the best fashion imagery.  I really want to focus a little on my closet this year, and making sure it’s edited down and only full of things I really love of good quality. Kinda like what these girls’ closets all probably look like. :)

You can check out some of my favorite basics I’d love to acquire on my Beso site….

But we can try…. here are some items that I saw over and over again on the street (and to the reader who told me I’d be laughed out of Paris for wearing a faux fur leopard coat- they were EVERYWHERE!!!) P.S. I would murder for that Celine bag. Straight up homicide, people.