Adrien: Styling Jeans

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I am a freak for jeans, which is funny because I was known in college for being the girl who Never Wore Pants. Like, never ever. Now, I feel like I can never have enough pairs of jeans but it's hard to justify having a million pairs when I can't wear them to work. (Er, technically.) Even so, I still think the bare minimum jean wardrobe should consist of:


- dark-wash straight leg or boot cut for heels
- whatever wash straight leg or boot cut for flats
- skinny/legging jeans in dark blue and/or black
- nice trouser style jeans


That is the absolute minimum, people! Jeans are important. Now, I like wearing denim on the weekends, absolutely, and I usually style them all super casual:

This is pretty much how I wear them in warm months. I like a cuff! What can I say. Plus, if you are lazy and haven't gotten your jeans hemmed yet, a cuff will hide that.  In the winter I wear my Levi’s® legging jeans with boots, a trend I never get tired of ever. It's not particularly unique right now but what a great way to show off tall boots, right? 

But, my absolute favorite way to style jeans is all stealth-like. By this I mean I like to make denim work for my (no-jeans) office and for events where you'd normally dress up.  This works best with denim that's a dark, uniform color and if they're trouser-style, even better. Here is how I've styled jeans for the office: 

Trouser jeans are the best! They are almost work pants! Sort of!  I've also worn my black skinnys with boots and added a blazer to dress it up and deflect notice from the fact that I am, in fact, wearing skinny jeans to work:

And now, my pièce de résistance. (Does that sound dramatic? Heh.)  Back in December I wore skinny black jeans to a fancy birthday party and nobody even noticed. It wasn't my original plan, but I didn't have a skirt that worked with the sequined top and I don't do "dress pants" because they make me want to die. And it was cold out, so I wanted to be warm.  So, instead of the usual suspects, I wore JEANS. This is the outfit (recreated just for you guys! And yes, I was standing in my front yard at 8am wearing sequins because that's how I do):

Black skinny jeans, a sequined top, high heels and lots of red lipstick. Winning combination! I added my tuxedo style jacket so I didn't freeze:

So now it's your turn. What is your favorite way to style jeans? Do tell.

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