Thursday, June 4, 2015

Don't Run in Palazzo Pants...


...or you may have a nice trip!

Proof that all things can be fodder for this blog, I tripped on the sidewalk the other evening while wearing my new palazzo pants from Zara. No, they had been hemmed. Yes, I was in a hurry— to an appointment at the Apple Store. Don't laugh— if you deal with technology you know when it's broken you want it fixed now. And I was literally running late.

I tripped on nothing— a bit of uneven pavement perhaps. I fell flat smack on my nose without a moment to break the fall. Good thing I'm not taller. Thanks to the two ladies who stopped to help and made sure I was okay. We all laughed as I eyed my pants, checking to see if they had ripped. They had not. Thanks to Zara for whipping up some sturdy polyester.

The end result is a non-displaced fracture and a prescription from the doctor for no contact sports for six weeks and a "let's see how it heals" for any further action. He does not consider shopping a contact sport.

4 comments:

  1. I did the same thing! I wiped out in a wide-legged pair (they caught on my toe, which was peeping out of my shoe). I tore up my knee and hand, but no damaged to the cursed pants. I call them Danger Pants now.

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    1. Definitely do not wear them when the moon is full!

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  2. Poor darling! Hope you are not feeling too sore and that you're basically uninjured! The thing about palazzo pants is that they're made for swanning around the cool tile floors of your Italian palace. Send the built-for-sin pool-boy out with the techno-errands.
    I finally bought some that seemed appropriate, hemmed them up and wore them to work. No mishaps, but I look like a tub of butter in them. Bah.

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    1. Didn't mean to laugh, but that was truly funny. Very lucky, thank you. And isn't this the trouble with so much of Fashion? Totally inappropriate for real life. Those of us with vivid imaginations pay the price.

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