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A Saga of Epic Fashion Proportions
I set out to write an article on gaucho pants, the summer style phenomenon that has hit Urban Outfitters in the past month or so. I loved the pants from afar since my first day working at Urban, but I always secretly thought that they weren’t quite ready for my jelly. To be honest, to me they looked like one of those trends that are only for the tall beautiful skinny girls (like my model, right, Marianna “Danger” Reis) or people with impeccable taste. With my hips and secret fear they looked like something out of Disney’s Aladdin, I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about. How was I supposed to write about these pants if they didn’t look good on me? If I had never even tried them on, but had only seen them on other people?
I struggled with this question as my plane took off for New York City. My mother, sister, boyfriend and I impulsively decided to spend three days of shopping and museum-ing in the Big Apple to celebrate ? er ? life. Or something. Whatever. Anyway, I decided to swallow my fear of what my bootylicious hips might look like and just try them on. They could look good, after all. They could look great.
So I dragged my family and boyfriend to two Urban Outfitters locations. My quest began at the Broadway store, where I clawed my way to the very last pair of medium gauchos in Moss, a light forest green, my favorite colour. The green matches almost every colour and compliments all skin tones, so I would recommend to pretty much everyone.
Slipping them on in the change room was great ? the pants feel amazing. A combination of rayon, polyester, and spandex, they breathe easily and have a lovely silky texture. And-dare I say it- they looked pretty damn good on me, as confirmed by Boyfriend, Mother, Sister, and Dressing Room Attendant (named Andrew. Thanks Andrew.). I bought them on the spot. So why’d I go to the second store? To see if the Third Street location had any pairs in black. Don’t judge me; that’s how good these pants are.
So I’ve got these great new made-for-walking Moss green gauchos. The wide legged wonders with a stretchy but never droopy waistband are the perfect walking pants and, as I tell my traveling companions a million times, “They’re perfect for the plane!” They roll their eyes and put on stiff jeans for what they think will be a fifty four minute plane ride.
You may think that I titled this piece an “odyssey” because I wore them all over New York and then brought them back to Toronto, or something equally lame. Dear reader, how wrong you are.
We get to the gate two hours early, as recommended, and I snuggle into my seat, prepared to write this article in comfort and style. Suddenly a booming voice says something along the lines of, “HALEY MLOTEK. YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.”
What? How can this be? I thought airline travel was engraved in stone. Now they’re saying that there isn?t another flight until tomorrow.
“Ohhh, no no no no no no no,” snaps my mother, whipping out her cell phone. My baby sister is delivering a valedictorian speech at her fifth grade graduation tomorrow morning and her hair is not going to French braid itself. We have to be home tonight.
“Okay, okay, okay,” I say frantically, ready to leap into stylish gaucho-esque action. We call my father back home, who tells us if we run we can make a 5:30 flight with another airline. Now, I’m no physics expert, but I?m pretty sure the wide legs make me more aerodynamic because we are at the other airline at 4:41, plenty of time to hop onto this flight.
The attendant at check-in tells us we missed buying tickets by one minute. So much for the gauchos being aerodynamic. She tells us we can take a 8:00 flight if we don’t mind that the 8:00 was pushed back to 9:45 and pay very, very large sums of money. Oh wait, did she say delayed? Because she must have meant canceled. With only twenty minutes to go until boarding time, every single flight in this godforsaken airport has been canceled. There are no hotel rooms available. The booming voice is now saying, “HALEY MLOTEK, SIT YOUR STYLISH BOOTY DOWN. YOU ARE GOING NOWHERE FAST.”
“Ohh, no no no no no no no,” snaps my mother, whipping out her trusty cell phone. My father’s obsession with any mode of travel and the Internet has finally come in handy ? through the wonders of Google, he has found us a Greyhound bus that leaves at 10:45 pm. It will arrive in Toronto at 9:15 am.
The idea of twelve hours on a bus gives me a sick feeling in my stomach. Then I realize the gauchos are even more appropriate on a bus than they are a plane! They’re uber-comfy without being overly pajama-ish! I graciously choose not to gloat over my well chosen outfit, but merely smile in a Mother Theresa-like manner while my sister fidgets in her Mavi jeans.
Fortunately for you, the story most certainly does not end with a pleasant bus ride home. Two false fire alarms, four tickets claiming to be taking us to Syracuse instead of Toronto, one broken toilet covered in vomit, two angry women who claim my seat is pushing their knees (if you ask me, their knees were pushing my seat, but that’s irrelevant) and four overly-friendly convenience store/customs office attendants may upset me a little, but then I stroke the lovely pants and remember some things are still good in this world.
I’m not the only one who noticed the pants, I believe. “You look really good,” my boyfriend said after eight hours on the bus.
“Shuddup,” I slurred, burying my face in a People magazine.
“No, seriously. Considering all we’ve been through. Maybe it’s the pants.”
There you have it. The pants saw me through my worst traveling experience of all time and kept me aerodynamic, reasonably pretty, stylish, and sane. I arrived home with a calm disposition and an official new favorite pair of pants. I feel it is my duty to make them your favorite as well. I hope they treat you as good as my gauchos treated me.
The gauchos retail for about $42 at Urban Outfitters, located at the corner of Yonge and Shuter (directly across from the Eaton Center). They come in a variety of colours and neutrals and are sized Small/Medium/Large. What are you waiting for? Go buy a pair.
Haley Mlotek likes overpriced jeans, big hobo purses, and world peace. Her weekly fashion column appears every Friday on andPOP.
