My Love/Hate Relationship With Mint Pants

Mint is, well, everywhere this season, and I kind of really love it. I mean, how can you not love such a fun and flattering color? I cannot wait until I get my tan on and really take advantage of my own mint pieces. Pastels, especially mint, became the colors of the season during the spring shows, below: (Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent. Photos from Style.com)

Then, Lady Gaga named Mint as the color of the season in her "Marry The Night" music video, and, since what the Queen says goes, it became ubiquitous. As I'm sure you've noticed, mint is everywhere now: dresses, tops, pants, shorts, skirts, mani-pedis... At first, it was my minty-dream-come-true. I absolutely loved it.

But heres the thing: mint pants are out of control. Not in the good way. I was so excited for everyone to be wearing mint pants - they're something totally new and unexpected that came out of this season. They give an outfit a fun pop of color while remaining totally classy.
Everyone took that "fun and unexpected" part and turned them into the most overdone piece I have seen in a while. It's like no one is able to come up with an original outfit. The number of girls I have seen wearing mint pants with a simple white blouse was unreal.

While this is such a cute outfit, it already feels old

I have never gotten over a look so quickly as I did with this. By the end of that first nice day I was disappointed and over it. Heres the thing though: it's not like a white blouse is the only thing that would go well with mint pants, there are so many things that go with mint and would pair with mint pants soo well - whyy can't people wear them? Heres a short list:

Black (Maybe throw on a blazer or leather jacket)
Cream (trench coat, anyone...?
Navy (or really just any blue)
Patterns
More pastels
Light and dark shades of red

And I'm sure you can come up with more. There are *a lot* of options that aren't white; please choose them. Mint looks modern, but the mint pants/white blouse look has already been done to death and you won't look as trendy as you hope to.


Just to clear something up. I'm not breaking up with the Mint pants/white blouse look. But we're definitely on a ross/rachel break.

Gaga's Best Fashion Moments

In honor of the one year anniversary of Born This Way's release, I've decided to look back at some of Lady Gaga's best fashion moments. 

She wore this out of control Armani gown to the Grammys in 2009. The pieces spinning around the whole dress, the insane platform heels, the glitter sleeves, the bright yellow wig, and of course the star she held all come together in a perfect way to show everyone that she was the real star of the night.

This, the 2010 VMA Awards, was the same night she wore the meat dress, but her Alexander McQueen arrival gown vastly overshadowed that in my eyes. She flawlessly wore his “Armadillo Heels” and walked in with several servicemen and women who had been discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – making a statement in the most beautiful way.

I have always been a fan of houndstooth so this Salvatore Ferragamo look is kind of major. Of course she took it several steps past what it was on the runway – adding a houndstooth hat, sunglasses, and the pattern on her leg itself. Of course this dress was seen on several other celebrities, but who wore it best isn’t even a question.

Custom Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld is something that every girl wants, and Gaga got it for the opening of Gaga’s Workshop at Barneys last November. She looked like a caricature of a Chanel gown in the best way. The massive skirt and the sheer amount of pearls were absurd but she worked it and it came off as fun and somehow glamorous. And of course she wore fingerless gloves to show off her nails (claws?) along with it.

Last year, Donatella opened up the Versace Archives for Gaga and Versace became the only thing she wore for a month or so. Being Versace's biggest fan, I was dying. This yellow snakeskin pattern dress killed it. Gaga toned it down with simple black Louboutin pumps and a studded belt and sunglasses. Class. Act. (Obviously Gaga’s “toned down” is most people's “too much” but whatever).

Continuing with her Versace moment, Gaga wore only vintage Versace in her simple “Edge of Glory” video. Leather, leather, and gold…perfection. She has never been scared of some S&M influence on her style and this vest/necklace/straps look screams someone who is unafraid to take fashion risks. I hope Donatella and Gaga continue their friendship and can one day create something beyond beautiful together.