Printed Leggings

So on my personal facebook page, I posted the following status:

"Anyone have thoughts on printed leggings? Would you wear them? One of the trends I personally have a harder time wrapping my head around. Hmmmm"

I got a mixed bag of reactions from my family and friends.  Surprisingly all but one, of the 25-35 year olds that responded thought that printed leggings were for college and high school girls (which was kind of the way I was leaning). But the woman that responded that she loves them and wears them all the time is someone I consider to have a great sense of style. She also always looks put together and appropriate for the occasion. 

However, others that responded were in the 35+ group thought that they were cute with the right outfits and if you had the confidence to pull them off.

My final thoughts on the matter:  Anyone cannot do any trend.  Sometimes you have to pick which trends actually represent you in the way you want to be perceived.  I am guessing anyone can wear printed leggings as long as they have the rest of their outfit styled correctly and the confidence to pull them off.

Oh Summer... Where are you

Recently I purchased a denim button down shirt.  Now I have had one (or a million before) somewhere around 3^rd grade and frankly after I out grew them never thought I would be want to put one on again.  But there is something about the casual allure and the way companies are styling them.  These are not my blue collar Father’s pristine “dressy” denim shirts, theses are styled to look worn and loved. 

I think it will be a great fit for over swim suits with shorts this summer.   And a perfect fit with my white slightly holey boyfriend jeans that I love year after year.  For some reason this worn out button front denim shirt is screaming summer, which in the cold February of the Midwest I want to scream “Come on summer” on a daily basis.  And frankly, I will wear it with shoes like these Clarks.