Mixing Styles: Rugged with Chic

Mixing styles and genres is a big trend this year.  Last week there was a feature in the Weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal discussing how the New York party/social crowd is wearing motorcycle jackets over their ball gowns and jean jackets with sophisticated cocktail dresses.  For a more real life version of this trend, take a casual T-shirt and throw on a sparkly “evening” necklace.  Try sequin harem pants with heels and  a jean jacket.

J. Crew has done a great job of positioning this trend (even if $600+ is a little much for pants from J. Crew!)  and Free People can always be counted on to pull together some amazing looks using a mix of casual and formal pieces.  I love these two looks from the Free People Soft Rebel collection:

Image courtesy of Freepeople.com
What do you think?  Can the average Fashionable Housewife pull off this type of look?  Send us a comment and tell us what you think…