daisy duke goes to Coachella

I remember my first pair of cutoff jeans. Unfortunately, they were short-lived...no pun intended. I decided that I just couldn't wait until my mother came home...I needed those shorts right now...and really?...how hard could it be to cut my jeans into shorts? So I took a pair of scissors out of the kitchen utensil drawer and started cutting. It didn't occur to me until I tried them on, that I had made a couple strategic errors. First, I had cut them way to short...forgotten about the pocket linings hanging out, and hadn't taken into account that if the edges frayed even a smidge, it would result in my underwear showing...which in my day would have been a horrible gaffe.

Sooooo fast forward 40 years...you can imagine my amusement as I reviewed the street fashion at the 2011 Coachella Music Festival, and saw frame after frame of...you guessed it...my over-zealously trimmed shorts...now a fashion trend.

Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit, I never saw that one comin'.

I think the ankle boots are cool, but, with the ever increasing price of gas, my summer clothing budget is starting to look pretty anemic. I did happen to find a couple pair of cute flat ankle boots that won't break the bank. Gas for my car...or ankle boots?  Gas? Boots? I'm thinking I should say "Gas", but I really want to say "Boots". With these, maybe I can have both?

Aren't these super cute? $16.80 at Wet Seal.

Forever 21 $28

Forever 21 $33

Forever 21 $21

And who knows...maybe I'll break out the shears and give the cut-offs another go...mmmmm, or maybe not. My friend Margaret Mary Louise says that if you've worn a trend once, if you're still alive when it comes around again, you probably should pass.

When it comes to Daisy Dukes, I think that might be best...Miss Bea

Forever 21 $20