Autumn jeans trends – skinny vs. flared

Nowadays there are so many different types of jeans available in the stores – skin tight, baggy, and everything in between.

But the core trends for this season are the super skinny jeans and the flared jeans. Which one will you choose?

Extreme 1970's style flared jeans from the brand Mother.

Flared jeans are often related to the 1970’s hippie style, but there are so many ways to wear this type of jeans without looking retro. Flared jeans look really sophisticated worn with the right garments. If you opt for a pair that are slim fitted over the thighs and that flares out from the knees they are both leg lengthening, slimming and very flattering. For best result you should wear them with a pair of heels of wedges. Depending of the width of the flare you can make your look utterly feminine and sophisticated.

Slightly flared jeans with a sophisticated look from MiH jeans.

Skinny jeans, fitted all the way through the leg to the ankle, keep your silhouette clean and you can achieve a look that is very versatile. Skinny jeans look great with everything from normal tops to tunics, and you can match them with both flat shoes, high heels or tuck them into a pair of boots. Another version of the skinny jeans are the cropped jeans. These come skin tight just as the normal skinny style, but with a slightly cropped leg, which means you’ll end up with a ¾ length leg. I would say the cropped jeans are more for Spring and Summer, but with the right matching you can style them up for Autumn as well.

Super skinny jeans from Paige premium denim.

I’m torn between which style I like the most… but then, no one said you have to choose between these two styles! I love them both, but will mostly get seen wearing skinny jeans since they are so versatile and go with pretty much everything. I see the flared jeans as more of an Autumn/Winter type of jeans. Which one is your favourite jeans style?

Basic slim fit jeans from James Jeans.

Turquoise summer jewellery

Thanks for the sweet birthday messages, everyone! :)

While we’re on the jewellery topic I just wanted to show you two of my favourite pieces of jewellery that I’ve been wearing a lot this summer…

I just think turquoise is such a summery colour! :)

First up is this silver bracelet from the Caribbean islands. It’s a really sweet story behind the design; a fisherman was once out on his boat and ended up in a fishing accident where he lost his left hand, on which he was wearing his wedding ring. He was gutted that he could no longer show the world that he was a happily married man, and then came up with the design for this bracelet which is based on a fishing hook. If you wear the hook pointing inwards it means you’re taken, and if you wear it pointing outwards it means you’re single.

 

Secondly I wanted to show you this handmade silver ring with swirly details and three coloured stones. A find I made in a local little independent jewellery store in Leeds which sell antique and handmade designer jewellery. Every piece in their store is unique, and it was love at first sight when I saw this ring. The store is called Aladdin’s Cave, and it’s located in one of the arcades in central Leeds.

Birthday jewellery wishlist

It’s my birthday on Sunday… the only time in my life that I’ll turn 26 on the 26^th.

Apparently I’m difficult to buy presents to (especially according to my sisters!) and people have asked me what I want – all I can think of is jewellery!

I’m at that age now that if I want something I go and buy it myself… but one thing you can’t have too much of is jewellery!

I’m not very colourful or adventurous when it comes to clothes, but with jewellery my motto is: the more unusual the better. I’m all into arty designer jewellery, and this week I’ve been having my eye on several collections at Wharton Goldsmith.

 First out are a few gorgeous and timeless pieces by fellow Scandinavian Georg Jensen. His designs are all very sleek and stylish is a very classic way. I especially like the oval pendant and the link bracelet with the purple stone.

Linda McDonald's jewellery are more playful and experimental. The fact that they're all assymetrical is that I really like about them. How gorgeous is that silver ring to the bottom left!?!

Over to something more colourful; the collection by Rachel Galley has such a pretty feel to it. Colourful and quirky but in a sophisticated way. The purple teardrop pendant and the ring with the lilac stone are probably my favourites.

Saving the best for last! This collection by Christopher Wharton is absolutely stunning! It's a perfect mix of colour, creativity, and style. Proper attention stealing jewellery that I could just die for (OK, not literally - but you know what I mean!)

Have you ever heard of Wharton Goldsmith? What is your favourite jewellery collection of theirs?