High-waisted--necessarily high-brow?

And the craze is now in full swing...Please make way fort he new must have item, the high waisted trousers. Be it with button detailed front, like a gorgeous grey pair from H&M or even the French Coonection plain black one, these trousers are going to be hot stuff in the weeks--nay--months to come.

But can we all wear them and not feel like:
i)an oversized ballon;
ii)drowning under depths of fabric;
iii) a total idiot that just looks like a 90s geek that has just got a wedgie....


I am not a fully fledged member of the lengthening-of-my-legs-and-bum clan. Indeed, i find myself thinking that these may just be for the Keira Knightley's of the world. Discussing this with my hippie-esque friend over a non organic cup of coffee, we agreed to disagree ont his new craze. She believes that they will give you never-ending bum syndrome, whilst I tend to think that they will merely give a shapeless bum, well, more shape.

th debate has been open for quite some time, and skinnies are still crawling the streets of London, be it either in style mecca extraordinaire Croydon(thanks, Kate) or the posh avenues in Hampstead Heath....Can we really go from one extreme to the other?

Where do leggings fit in?

Is this the 'chubbier' girl's version of ludicrously tight denim?

Is this taking the mick out of my hard earned and well spent cash on last season's attire?

But most importantly, are they WEARABLE? Well, trial and error seems to be striking my heartstrings here. They can look good, but with a secretarial blouse and preferably Mary-Janes.

I think what shocks me most here is the blatant 360 o turn fashion designers have made, literally from one season to the next. Fashion has been known to be fickle at the best of times, but this is going to be one painfully expensive style ride...And will they ever make it into Chantelle's wardrobe?

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to raid mum's closet for those 70s swingers.