JCrew March New Arrivals, Part 2: Bottoms (The Kercheif Paisley and The New Cafe Capris in Foulard Print)

Good evening! I still have a lot of pics from my fitting room try-ons of the March new arrivals, so I will post only the pics of the bottoms tonight. I went back today to the Collection store today to try on the Silk kerchief paisley skirt and pants since it seems like the other stores won't get them and a few people on the JCA were interested. So I will start by those and get them out of the way ;-).

First the skirt. It looks completely different IRL than on the model. Not only the colors on the print are much darker but it is fuller than it appears on the model (and shorter). It has pintucks that go down the waist and you can see in the pic below that the skirt poufs out in a very unflattering way where the pintucks stop, adding 20 pounds to my figure. Personally, I would never buy this skirt even if the price went down to $20, it was THAT unflattering on me. The fabric is a nice silk twill, the lining is 100% acetate in the same bright papaya color than the waistband. Unfortunately, I was in a very small fitting room so the proportions are little bit off in these pics as I couldn't move back to get a better perspective. I am trying a 0, fits TTS but you could try to size up.
The background looks white on the model, right? Welcome to the real life:

It's grey!!! Truth to be told there is a stock pic where it appears grey but the one that the model is wearing looks really white on my monitor. I don't like the contrast between the bright papaya (a true coral) and the grey, it is very garish IMO. Also, I don't like at all that red (oups, papaya) cross in the middle and if you notice the model is wearing the skirt a little bit off-centered in the pics, probably to hide the crusader effect:

I had higher hopes for the pants. The pants are the same silk twill but they are unlined. However, they have a nice black cotton band that runs on the inside of the waist, probably to give them some structure. Ladies, I really don't know who can pull off these pants, probably someone much taller than me and very slender, like Jenna and her model double. I can guarantee that they have been pinned in the pics because they are very baggy and the leg doesn't get narrow at all at the end but it is cut straight. Really, the pics can't capture how unflattering they were. Maybe this one will give you an idea (I am trying a 0):

I know that I am not wearing the right top to showcase these but for comparaison purposes, look at these new printed cafe capris (they had just received them today). Same top but you can tell the difference in fit, I think (this is, guess, a 0)?

The print is a red, white and navy geo-print (those are are little navy flowers but the effect is that of a geo-print) and they aren't textured. They are called cafe capris in foulard print and they retail for $118. I shouldn't be excited for pants costing $118 but as a matter of fact I am because the other two pairs that I have wishlisted are respectively $300 (the fresco floral) and $148 (the sovereign paisley). $118 is cheap these days at JCrew. I put them on hold and I will get them for sure, they go with so many things that I have, they can be dressed down with a jeans jacket but look polished with a white shirt and the print is kind of timeless (and more importantly, it is not another paisley print). Detail of the print:

OK folks, this took me longer than I though, you will have to wait for the pics of the other bottoms. In the meanwhile let me know in the comments what you think of these three. Are you a fan of the kerchief print? Do you like the new printed cafe capris?