Returnable Item of the Week: the Lightweight Denim Trousers

First, the commenting function is back to normal. Yesterday I had unwillingly blocked everyone from commenting by restricting the comments to "members of this blog" only. I'm sorry for that. I mistakenly thought that a follower was a member of the blog but when at the end of the day I saw that there were no comments to my last two posts I had a suspicion and I found out (by reading the Blogger Help) that the Blogger definition of team member was not the same than mine.
So now it's fine, you can comment again and also go back and comment on my yesterday's post if you have tried and still want to (still no anons allowed though, I need a break from them).

Now back to the subject of this post, I have been stalking these pants for a long time on the website and they are the item that I ordered along with the Chrystal Symphony necklace (BTW, I have returned it yesterday and the SA didn't even take it out from the box to see if it was the good necklace that I was returning!) when they popped back in my size two weeks ago (it was before the 20% off promo, so I paid $79 for them, with free shipping).
I had tried them in store when they first came out (you maybe remember it as I posted a pic), but decided not to buy them at that time because I was sure that they would go on sale later. However, my size (a 0 for those who are not familiar with my measurements) sold out pretty much immediately in the stores here and in many trips to different stores I didn't see any size smaller than a 6, so I decided that I would buy them as soon as they would make a popback on the website (they ALWAYS do, right? You just have to be there at the right moment. Like at 4 in the morning).

I have been looking for a lightweight denim pair for the summer for a long time and I really like the color (so summery) and the fabric (so soft). However, I'm on the fence about them.
Really, I can't tell if they look incredibly cool or just the opposite (like, workers pants).
The thing is that they have a flower power thing to them and they can look a little bit shabby. Also, as you know I'm pretty petite and wide-leg pants are tricky for us petites. So I have tried them dressed up and down and I like them more dressed up. But do I need a pair of jeans that I have to dress up to look good in? Jeans are supposed to be THE item in one's closet that you look good in when you DON'T WANT TO DRESS UP. Right? But maybe it's just an impression.
So here are the two versions, dressed up and down and I would like you to tell me what you think. If I decide to keep them, I will need to have the hem done (in the pics I wear platforms and I have rolled them inside a little bit but without pinning them).

First, dressed down with a white tee (this is the Slub cotton twisted V-neck tee, style 16090, that just went on sale. It fits TTS and I highly reccomend it):



See what I mean? The look a little bit shabby in this pic to me.
BTW I have bought my first boyfriend V-neck tee and I just have to show it to you. HeidiG, I know that I'm late to jump on the wagon but late is better than never, right? Actually this is my second one. I bought the first in the weathered stone color when they started to popup in the sale section of the stores (they had tons of them but I just found two XS) and I just HAD to have the warm shell one (that costed me another hour or two of stalking on the website, but I finally got it with the 20% off). So here it is (it's all wrinkled from the box but once steamed it will look just great):



I thought that it would be too big on me, but now I totally get while there are people crazy about this tee.
Back to the pants, I have tried them with the tuxedo-front cami and the dangling pearls necklace (you will see a lot of this one I think, I just LOVE it):



I threw on the Georgia cardigan in bistro orange that I just received with the boyfriend tee (got this one in FS with the 20% off, what a steal) and I'm surprised that the colors work well together (I was also playing around with the cardigan because I've never owned anything in this color. Not that it's a very common color):



And then, to push the dress-up look to the extreme, I tried them with my Chanel jacket (but I will have to change my platforms for heels):



I got you, right? Well, the jacket is not a real Chanel, it's an old Zara and it's just amazing. There is no other brand like Zara if you are looking for a well made knockoff. When I got this jacket (we were still living in Paris) I told my husband that it was from Chanel and he kind of had a hart attack. Then when I told him that it was "just a $100 Zara" he was super happy (I use this trick sometimes, and it ALWAYS work).

So, what do you think of the pants? Worth it $79? Do you own these pants? How do you style them?