Teacher Style: Printed Pants Inspiration

Last week, I made a valiant effort to provide you with gads of skirt inspiration (khaki skirt 8 ways, black skirt 9 ways, cobalt skirt 7 ways, floral skirt 6 ways, and printed skirt 5 ways).

This week, I hope to offer up a plethora of pants inspiration. In order to start off this Monday with a bang, I decided to go bold by remixing my polka dot work pants from New York and Company. After all, I think I proved the versatility of a printed skirt last week. Perhaps, I can demonstrate how to incorporate printed pants in a teacher's wardrobe. I fully embrace what I label my crazy pants, and I hope today's post convinces you to invest in some crazy pants of your own. After all, no one messes with a crazy person, so maybe your students will act like angels when you wear your Miss Frizzle pants. Everyone still finds her so endearing. What's wrong with wearing pants with personality? Nothing, I say. Nothing at all.

Now, if you want to tone it down a bit, try all of these looks with a subdued pair of striped pants.

Pants: New York and Company Options: ModCloth ($60), Lord & Taylor ($65), Forever 21 ($22.80) (Looks 5 & 6 are from the archives. Looks 1-4 are new to you.) ****************************
Look 1: chambray colored shoes (I seriously love this outfit so much, and I can't even explain why. Must be the red shoes and tied shirt. Makes me feel like I belong in Grease despite my not being a fan of musicals.)

(Top: J.Crew Factory / Shoes: Dana Buchman via Kohl's)

Look 2: colored cardigan neutral top neutral shoes (The pants are incredibly crazy, so I decided to be somewhat tame in how much color I added for this particular look. I wanted to ease you into it. Don't worry, my color lovers. I get a little more adventurous as the post continues.)

(Cardigan: Express (old) / Tank: WHBM (old) / Shoes: J.Crew Factory (recent) /Necklace: New York & Co.)


Look 3: colored top matching colored shoes and necklace (I have been experimenting a lot with color these days. If nothing else, I hope this teacher style series makes you look at your color combinations differently.)

(Top: LOFT (just stockpiled some more colors this weekend b/c of their buy one, get one free deal) / Shoes: Merona via Target / Necklace: Old Navy (they have some cute, affordable jewelry!) / Belt: Target (old))

Look 4: colored shirt colored cardigan colored flats
(I think pink and yellow are becoming one of my favorite color combinations. No lie.)

(Cardigan: Express (it's the same style cardigan as the blue one from look 2) / Belt: The Limited / Necklace: Old Navy / Blouse: The Limited / Shoes: J.Crew Factory (yes, I love their shoes))


Look 5: neutral top colored shoes

(Top: LOFT (gift from my Momma last Christmas) / Necklace: H&M / Shoes: Apt.9 via Kohl's)


Look 6: colored blazer neutral blouse

(Blazer: Vince Camuto via Nordstrom / Shoes: BCBG via Boscov's / Blouse: The Limited)


Have I convinced you to channel your inner Miss Frizzle? Or are you running for the hills?