London Fashion Week S/S 09 Day 3-4: Trousergate

No I haven't split my trousers or done something disastrous in the trouser area... I'm simply noting the fact that for two days in a row, I've worn...*gasp* trousers.  For those of you not in the know, me and trousers have a love/hate thing going on.  We embrace each other when the trousers in question are perfectly formed and/or are quite strange/unique.  Otherwise, mundane, plain trews are just a pain to try on and a bore to wear.   

Ok, yesterday I was cheating.  There is a grey tutu over the Raf Simons trews but still, the sweatshirt on the top could have morphed into a skirt to be a poofy tunic so I'd still count that as trouser wearing.  The Pierre Hardy x Louise Goldin shoes were apt as it was the day of the stupendously cool Louise Goldin show.  French blogging royalty Garance and Geraldine are in town (it's so odd seeing them in Old Blighty...) and they very kindly snapped me (yes I am a leacher of other people's great photography skills whilst not being able to develop my own...)...

Today, I changed three or four times, beginning with a dress, then adding these trews and in the end shedding away the dress to opt for these Preen trousers and the very comfy Tristan Blair wedges. The zipper collar is also NOT at all heavy (to those that asked...) and I even added more weight with some Paraphernalia necklaces.

 

By the by, I head these posts with London Fashion Week, though the reality is I've barely been to any shows but instead have had to enjoy fashion week secondhand through other people's pictures and text... it's ok... I keep telling myself that in about a week's time I'm going to be all over Paris like a messy, dishevelled rash that just won't go away, so it's fine.

**EDIT** Lovely Geraldine has just put her pics up and has captured my cheesy smile... I know people are far preferring the 'slicker' second outfit....but I do so love the self-created Aladdin pants effect with the Raf Simons trews... by far my favourite trews of the year (say it with me..elasticated waists are GOOOOD!)

Comments

[Daiane]

you look amazing as usual! hah, i've spoted you earlier on garance also...great photo :)
xo

[Fruchtzwerg]

Same goes for me, I feel less extraordinary in pants than in skirts or dresses. It's always hard for me to have a "stand out Look" with ordinary pants. But you my dear, you're looking great with both pants. I def need some leather trousers as well.

[Zori]

The second look is very chic,it is my favorite at the moment. You have such a good taste.
Is is cold already in England?

[Thom Wong]

Perhaps you will have some answers - Charlie ordered a necklace from Paraphernalia and they still have not arrived.

Lovely outfits btw.

[izzydore]

leave it to you to come up with trouser outfits that are most definitely unpredictable. awesome stuff!

[Nicola]

That zipper necklace is STUNNING! So is the fur coat!
I gave up pants in May and it's been the best decision ever.

[floraposte]

Really amazing outfits!

[Jael]

I love Paraphernalia.

I've been thinking about getting some odd pants, because pants are not really made for curvy girls. I might was well embrace the odd.

[fashionherald]

i'm the opposite, always been a pants girl. I adore the last two looks - the necklaces are !!! and I'd wrestle you for that stole.

[MHBass]

the necklace collection looks like a work of art, i love that outfit! looking very sexy in the enviable preen trousers too :)

[AngieMontreal]

Your first photo inspired me to take a look at the blazers at my local salvation army this afternoon (was popping in anyways) and guess what I found. A gorgeous navy blue wool Aquascutum blazer. For $10. I almost fainted.

So thank you very much, and I think you look great in pants and should not fear them!

[enc]

I like both the trews, they're starkly different, but you really do well with both styles. And that zipper thingy, I've always loved that.

You look happy in your new place.

[pretty face]

I particularly adore that second outfit. Those trousers are, simply put, marvellous!

[WendyB]

Love that last look.

[chrissa]

i also love your last look. the cropped pants with cropped..jacket? look so good together. you do cropped well:)

[Dee]

I really like that second outfit and I'm still madly coveting those shoes.

[la petite fashionista]

i have a love/hate relationship with pants as well. i rarely ever wear them even in winter (i live in a place warm enough to wear tights).

also, your few fashion week shows you've attended beats my zero! :)

[KD]

Both outfits are amazing though I'm not such a fan of the fur coat (no I won't start bombarding you with anti-fur stuff, it's not even the moral stuff because I eat meat and wear leather but I don't like the aesthetic so I'm confused about it so disregard this stuff in parentheses) but I love the necklaces and collar! And petticoat! And wedges!

[Nina]

you really have a wicked sense of style...so jealous.

[winnie]

You look great. The zipper collar adds such a cool punky vibe to your outfit!

[kirstie]

love all of the outfits! those raf simons trousers are crazy!

[Austere]

Oh, I really ilke you photo on Garance. Outfit #2 is really nice.

[Susanna-Cole]

Wow! That first outfit is especially killer amazing! Very high fashion. You look beautiful, and the pictures is as great as the outfit! :)

xoxo,
S-C

[songy]

Garance is fantastic. I would like to actually learn how it's all done from her if it's all together possible.

I saw really lovely pictures of you in http://blogs.lexpress.fr/cafe-mode/
That's great. How cool.

[The Clothes Horse]

Oooh, I really like the second look. It's a riot of delightful textures.

[Tiffany]

Ok, so - not to sound strange or anything but... you look a lot like me. Well, at some angles in some photographs anyways. You are the first person I think I can say that about, and I have sisters!

wowwwww

[miss woo]

I like both looks but esp love the second one. The layering of the necklaces, the rolled up trousers, the fur shrug are all perfection!

[juliet]

You're so small!

juliet xxx

[bronwyn]

Very impressed with the top look, you look simply divine Susie....and it's such a cool pic. One of my personal fave Susie B outfits.

[JessZ]

I'm totally feeling that tasseled/fluffy black top thingy... my vocabulary fails me
=(...

[Miss Karen]

I love your first outfit, the trousers just blend in with your dress!

I can't do trousers of any kind either although sometimes they do pop up in an outfit here and there.

[ell]

ohhh, there's those pants again *sigh*

[Prêt à Porter P]

the french photo came out amazing!

also love the trousers that you are wearing. they are sheeny goodness

[brigadeiro]

OMGosh! I'm in love with outfits #1 & 2! How I want that zipper necklace!!! You are so amazing!

[emily]

i am so in love with those shoes, i'm devoting this weekend to trawling through every store in melbourne to find them or a pair equally as beautiful. love!

[lady coveted]

aw... they take such lovely photos... and you my dear look wonderful in trousers... i'm really loving all these outfits!

[Blue Floppy Hat]

Your smile is not cheesy at all, it's absolutely gorgeous!
And I agree with you about being a skirt girl, though your Raf Simons trews kick the arse of every pair I've ever seen.

[Sarz]

Oh come on,cheesy? You're gorgeous! But I suppose you wouldn't be the humble, stylish Susie we loved if you realized that.

[selina]

i personally LOVE the sheer trousers! i like the silhouette in the second outfit too, the shoulders are super cool. btw have you seen the sequins trousers in topshop?
http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&categoryId=59924&parent_category_rn=42317&productId=868446&langId=-1

Oh Susie! Your first two shots on the grass are just parfait, they're like they're from an actual magazine shoot! Gorrrrrrrrrrrgeous!x

[elnotable]

Whaaaaaat! I love those Preen trousers! they look amazing on you!
I love your blog. I have been posting some streetstyle pics from Cibeles (Madrid's fashion week) if you want to take a look:
www.elnotable.blogspot.com
ciao!

[schizodefective]

I am a skirt/dress devotee but the Preen trousers are great.

[arabelle]

I actualy prefer the first outfit so much more--I'm actually kind of obsessed with sheer trousers now because of you! hmm.... have you tried chunky knits for this season yet? i can't wait until you do (if you do). yay textures.

[Make Do & Mend]

Given you've prompted me out of trews - I'm now loving the Preen ones!

[eliza]

i should take a cue from you...i'm such a pants oriented girl. it's their simplicity i suppose..but you look brilliant in both outfits. while i love love love the necklaces and fur shrug/vest (?) i simply adore the tutu & aladin pants..+ the jacket fits you so well! gah...i wish i could think up such interesting outfits!

[a dreamer]

awww. your smile may be cheesy it's also so cute. The colours and everything in the first shot have me swooning. I like the first outfit better than the second but the fringed cardi in the second deserves cred too.

[tanya]

no idea what show it was but i saw aggy in a pair of sheer floral trousers and it made me think of you...

[kim]

I really like the blazer in #1, and would so wear outfit #2 myself. And I love your hairdo in #2.
I actually like wearing pants, they suit me, but have a hard time finding good pairs. So now I'm stuck with jeans if I don't want to go skirt/dress, and that's often too casual for my taste. I should just invest in some decent suit bottoms/man pants. Too bad I'm so short I always have to take them to a tailor to shorten them. The 3/4 pants may be an option for me.

[Géraldine]

Thanks for showing the pics Susie. You looked terrific. I can't wait to see you in Paris!

[chloe van paris]

Suzy one day you will be more famous than Karine Roitfeld.
I don't have the same fashion tastes than you, but i like your freedom and your amazing energy.