Floral Embroidered Flares | Fashion Et Moi

As I write this I’m sitting editing these photos on a rainy Thursday afternoon bus ride back to Bristol for the Easter weekend and I wanted to put some relevant notes to paper. I had wanted to shoot these incredible sixties floral embroidered flares for so long and while I absolutely love these photos, I truly do, they also have their flaws too. I have very recently started editing my blog photos using Photoshop, which is nothing shocking or ground-breaking as many bloggers or the photographers that bloggers work with use this incredible tool to edit photos. I had wanted to master this programme for years and having recently been taught some basics by my fabulous colleagues at work, I decided to take the (£9.99/month subscription fee) plunge and download it.

Now, when I said that these photos have their flaws what I really mean is that they have not been over-edited and there are many things that could have been retouched to make the images more polished. My very visible bra straps, my visible panty line, the wrinkles in the fabric and, of course, my very hated eye bags could all have been smoothed out but that’s not really what blogging is all about is it? Don’t get me wrong – I’m not about to start posting untouched photos on my blog (except film photos of course) because I love photography and I love enhancing photos to make them look their best, in terms of the lighting and making the colours pop. However, I still want to have an element of “realness” to my imagery and that means the odd crease here and the odd visible underwear line there - or, in hindsight, not wearing underwear on shoot day! I guess what I’m trying to say is that despite wanting to play around with the endless editing possibilities of Photoshop, I am pledging to stay real in what I put online. (You guys will forgive me for Photoshopping out a dog turd in last week’s blog post photos right? No-one needs that much realness, ha!)

Now with that little brain dump out of the way, let’s talk about this outfit! I bought these blue sixties floral embroidered flares probably about a year ago now and it was one of those many times when I fell head over heels for a piece but actually had nothing to wear it with. These trousers also came with a matching shirt/jacket and while I think the full suit looks absolutely fabulous, I am saving the ensemble for a special occasion. However, of course, I couldn’t resist sharing just one teaser photo of the full look before chatting about this outfit sans jacket.

As I was saying, it took me ages to find a way of styling these floral embroidered flares. I know that sounds ridiculous but I wanted to keep the look authentic to the sixties era that these trousers come from. Back in January my sister gave me this yellow and white striped turtleneck for my birthday and I knew instantly that it would go so well with the flares. It sits perfectly just above the super high waistline, its turtleneck is a nod to sixties styling and its colour matches the white and yellow of the floral embroidery on the legs.

Finally, finding the right pair of shoes to go with these floral embroidered flares was the trickiest part. Suddenly, the white boots trend emerged and all problems were solved. Not wanting to spend too much money on some white boots because they are going to get ruined quite quickly, I picked up this pair of white patent ankle boots from Topshop for less than £40. They are super comfortable and I love how they look with the flares, bringing to attention the white in the floral embroidery and tying the whole look together perfectly.