Roman Holiday, Part II

You may remember that while the Dissertating Yogini was visiting, I started to admire and covet her harem pants.  While I was in Italy, I became all-out obsessed with finding a pair.  I kept seeing lovely ladies rocking them as we water taxied about Venice, climbed towers in Siena, and strolled while eating gelato in Florence.  On our first full day in Rome, as we walked from Piazza Spagna to the Trevi Fountain, I insisted on going into every store that looked as though it might have harem pants in order to fulfill my quest.  Sadly I could not find any that I liked or that fit me.  However, in Promod, I found not-quite harem pants.¹ 

1. Pants and Tank - Promod, Sandals - Boutique in Florence (remixed), Purse - Nine West (remixed), Sunnies - Oscar de la Renta (remixed)

 Even though I knew I would still continue my obsessive search, I decided to buy the next best thing in the interim.  I wore them the next day in Rome to do some walking around, visit the Pantheon and go out to the Via Appia to see the catacombs and the tomb of Cecilia Metella.

Of course, I felt way too comfortable in these flowy, lightweight cotton, not-quite harem pants so I changed into a stone toga.

I did find actual harem pants on my last day in Rome, but that's for another post....

While I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't wear these pants in the classroom, I love them for plane travel and more casual research days.  What do you think?  Classroom appropriate? When you are visiting another city or country, do you feel like it's easier to buy items outside your normal style boundaries or that would normally be off your radar?  Are you a fan of harem pants or do you think the craze is best left in Hammer Time?

Oh, and don't forget to submit your summer boots photos to us at fashionableacademics@gmail.com by Friday!