Green Velvet Trousers + Finding your Confidence with Modcloth

It feels like fall. Well, not the temps. They still feel like the middle of summer. But in my heart, I’ve got all the fall feels. One of my favorite things about dressing for fall is all of the soft, luxurious texture we get to wear. Like Cashmere, Fur, and VELVET. Velvet is my favorite. And so when I saw these Modcloth Velvet Green Trousers, I knew I had to have them. Keep reading to find out why I almost sent them back!

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I am obsessed with this outfit (which surprised me). I gave a sneak peak of the outfit on my stories last week when we were shooting it and chatted a little about how I gained the confidence to rock a silhouette that I wasn’t quite sure about at first. These Modcloth Velvet Green Trousers immediately caught my eye the first time I saw them. I could 100% see myself rocking these pants!

But when I got them in and tried them on, I had a very different conversation with myself. I wasn’t as thin or as tall as the model wearing them. They were 5″ too long and I kept telling myself that there was no way I could pull these off. I started the return process that day, thinking that I wasn’t the right size or shape to wear these trousers.

And thats when I remembered that I can be whoever I want to be and I can wear whatever I want to wear! Modcloth’s entire mission is to provide stylish clothing for women of ALL SHAPES and ALL SIZES. I was in love with the pants and was going to give up on them simply because I thought my body type wasn’t ideal. I had to ask myself if that’s the kind of message that I wanted to send to women.

Don’t get me wrong, I do believe we should dress for our bodies. But even more than that, I believe we should dress for our HEARTS! I had created a FABULOUS outfit for these pants in my head and was so excited to wear it. But then, I thought negative thoughts about myself and the way that God created me, and I allowed myself to think that I wasn’t good enough. And that is so untrue!

Later that day, after contemplating my thoughts on the fabulous green pants, I saw one of my very favorite bloggers, Kathleen from Carrie Bradshaw Lied, rocking these SAME exact pants on her stories. Now, Kathleen is gorgeous, tall, and has legs for days. But when I saw her, I didn’t think ‘Wow, she looks like a model and that’s why she can wear those pants.” Instead, I patted myself on the back for my instincts (I knew the pants were fab) and I decided that I wanted to be the type of blogger to inspire people that way she inspires me.

So I’m wearing the pants. And I’m LOVING them.  Wide hips, thunder thighs, and all. I did have to hem them a good bit, but honestly, I feel SO good wearing them. Kind of like I’m breaking a stereotype and pushing myself past my comfort zone. I need to continue to allow myself to be empowered by beautiful, successful women instead of comparing myself to them.  I’m not the model in the pictures, and I’m not Kathleen. I’m Kassy. But we are all 3 rocking the same pair of fabulous green velvet trousers. We’re different sizes, different shapes, and we all wore them differently. But now we’re connected by a common theme: Wearing what we want to wear because of who we are as women as opposed to who the world says we should be.

What item of clothing do you avoid wearing because of your body type?

Challenge yourself this week. If you love it, WEAR IT!