WHY NOT WEAR... A DRESS OVER YOUR PANTS?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Uxic3J74_XxBcUOfqy8ReRSbipf_Y5SDAQ4UV13cdkhfiGF6gyHd-lCyNYpRhMq57I9EYaSdUnCn5QzHgW7tVPGZXkMOMpJUKe_GhjEmvxIHGLc7jHj31w5vlLHsssGcTdT0kX8lm5D/s1600/chronicles-of-her-leather-leggings-black-tuxedo-dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8Uxic3J74_XxBcUOfqy8ReRSbipf_Y5SDAQ4UV13cdkhfiGF6gyHd-lCyNYpRhMq57I9EYaSdUnCn5QzHgW7tVPGZXkMOMpJUKe_GhjEmvxIHGLc7jHj31w5vlLHsssGcTdT0kX8lm5D/s1600/chronicles-of-her-leather-leggings-black-tuxedo-dress.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If your answer to that is "why would you", you need to read on.</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During my lifetime I've only met a handful of dresses that I love. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do I like floral? No. Do I like bodycon? Die. Do I like sparkly spandex party dresses? Not since 2006. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I've recently take a liking to a shift dress worn over pants – whether they be straight and cropped (like my <b><a href="http://thechroniclesofher.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/the-black-pants-that-changed-my-life.html">favourite black pants</a></b>), of the wide legged variety, or second-skin leather, like <b><a href="http://www.rebeccavallance.com/shop/pants/006-aw14-new-york-new-york-leather-leggings">these new ones</a></b> I'm currently living in by <b><a href="http://www.rebeccavallance.com/shop/pants/006-aw14-new-york-new-york-leather-leggings">Rebecca Vallance</a></b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's Céline-approved, and also the easiest way to extend the wearability of your summer wardrobe through winter, and vice versa. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6OSsy6q4NDUlwt7eGfTzRNxl9U36woxQwWVU35qYzi0bbrDoYRPACZgEbM6QjhK61sKgfwLbKbM_qv__dzeMsPhfaJveni8zbt3F-92GlsgNqLVbtrziyL7WOzVLITssbrRXOOKjimul/s1600/chronicles-of-her-love-necklace-lips-smile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wearing Peridot London tuxedo dress (similar <b><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/jzxvrm866">here</a></b>, <b><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/jzxyvm866">here</a></b>, incredible long sleeve version <b><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/jzxw5m866">here</a></b>), <b><a href="http://www.rebeccavallance.com/shop/pants/006-aw14-new-york-new-york-leather-leggings">Rebecca Vallance leather pants</a></b>, Swarovski necklace, monogrammed Oroton clutch and <b><a href="http://rstyle.me/n/ifybdm866">The Mode Collective heels</a></b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>WHAT LAYERING TRICKS ARE YOU LOVING LATELY?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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