Women's Khakis - Summer 2010 Trends
A group of stylish women take summer's coolest, most versatile pants from work to play and beyond.
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the July 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Stay-at-home mother Angela Walters, 37, left, needed to be convinced of khaki's coolness: "There's that stigma," she says. "You know, the mom in the khakis—I don't want to be that!" But these inventive tuxedo pants (Gap, $50), worn with a ribbon for a belt, are "a more stylish take" on chinos, she says. "I'd also wear them with Converse sneakers and a tank top." Tee, Lands' End, $15. Wedges, Charles by Charles David. WEEKDAY APPOINTMENTS "As far as I'm concerned, khakis should be the bread and butter of the closet," says 44-year-old sales executive Laurie Arron, right. A mix of trouser khakis (Banana Republic, $79), a bright trench (Burberry London, $795), a button-down shirt (Tory Burch, $210), and flats (Manolo Blahnik) works for both interior design scouting with her 3-year-old twins and an early alfresco dinner with her husband. Hoops, Ten Thousand Things. Bracelets, Robert Lee Morris and Ted Rossi. Bag, MZ Wallace. |
