So skinny jeans and flats are dated :( Help!

[neverquitesure]

According to this thread my skinny jean and flats combo is now dated. I knew this point would come one day I suppose, but what do I wear now?

I am 5' 6" with long, skinny arms and legs, a flat tummy but no waist (I'm very short-waisted, I think a thin 'brick' shape, if that makes sense). I am still breastfeeding my youngest so am fairly large-of-nork and will be running around after a 2 and a 3 year old so need to be practically attired.

I will also need to find a replacement for my skinnies-tucked-into-knee-high-boot combo for the winter (already aware this one is dead in the water, just not figured out what I can wear instead...

Boot cuts, mum boots and a bat jumper!

Wear what you like. If you are comfortable with your style keep it.

Mum boots? They do at least sound comfortable. Who's to say I'm not already wearing the bat jumper I wore boot cuts in my early 20s as a teenager and they looked God-awful on me then. I can't imagine much has changed.

Not sure I have a style really. Not a purposeful one anyway. I think I fell off the style wagon after getting pregnant and would like to climb back on now.

After losing weight and finally looking good in skinnies & long boots I'm gutted! Will be a rebel and still wear them.

Look - if you've found a style that works for you and your lifestyle, and you're happy with it, stick with it! Fashion is so cyclical what's out today will be back in tomorrow anyway...

I think it's ridiculous that anyone feels they can't wear something because someone one else has decided its out of fashion!

If you like it , wear it.
Who gives a monkeys if you should be on the the next season of clothes.
Not everyone can just go buy new clothes and shoes!
Rant over

Right. You can still wear skinnies with ballerinas: you roll them up a little bit = tah-dah, you're fashionable again. Then you need to start hunting for some ankle boots, either flat or with a chunkyish heel like cowboy boots. You can wear your jeans (baggy boyfriendish, straight or skinny) insouciantly tucked into them.

HTH

this will keep you right. It says you're ok with knee highs as long as your skinnies are properly skinny

I don't think its dead at all but just like the other thread said, its not a look that suits everyone who wears it.

I was delighted when long boots came back into fashion, I shall wear them until they fall apart.
Just as on other days I wear mum boots and boot cut Gap jeans, that have also yet to fall apart.

And I pray for the return of nice, non Mummsy cotton tops and death to frilly see through plastic.

Death to see-through from me too! Has never worked with my figure!

Thank you all for your help (and encouragement to buck the trend if that's what I want). Your advice & links are priceless thanks Hoop. I've actually been rolling up my jeans most summer so I guess I've accidentally arrived on trend. First time for everything I suppose.

"I think it's ridiculous that anyone feels they can't wear something because someone one else has decided its out of fashion!"

I agree. I take no notice of the fashion police, but try not to look too dated. I wear what suits me (in my case not skinnies). So does that make me a fashion leader now?

I am a lover of skinny jeans and heeled ankle boots and will continue to wear. I'm 5ft and v petite and it is a look that works for me.
However today I wore a pair of bootcut cords and the compliments rolled in. 2 colleagues asked if i lost weight! I will be wearing more often!

Wear what you like. I wear skinny jeans with flats, even if I know it is a dated combo. Who cares?

This autumn I will buy brogues though and ankle trousers.

dont listen to people on the internet

I am a mum and work with small children and there is nothing worse than sitting on the floor with the bottom of your trousers wet, this is why I stick with skinny trousers in the boots look!

I have no idea if Skinny jeans are be this seasons big story in the fashion mags but the high street stores are stuffed with them.

Can I hijack and ask Meggles where you got your cords from? I'm hankering after a pair. Thanks

Sorry new here- what exactly are mum boots? Are they bad (as in 'mumsy') or can they be hot (as in milf-y)? Seen loads of reference decanted to be clear! Just discovered s& b!

I love my skinnies and flats its an everyday look. Most of my friends wear this too and other things but don't think its dated its fairly classic.

Fwiw half the people I saw in town today were in skinnies and flats me included!

Won't be getting me out of my converse for a good while yet! I can't pull of flats of the ballerina style as well as my feet are like boats! the laces of converse hide it a bit better. Failing that mum and riding boots all the way