When we were visiting last weekend, our daughter had some things to drop off at a thrift store. Of course, that also meant stopping to shop! After all, she is her mother’s daughter and she knows the value and fun of second-hand shopping.

Wide-leg pants, one of last year’s biggest trends, are still very much in style this year. I’ve tried on several pairs, but until last Saturday I hadn’t found any that I really liked. Then I spotted these ones!

As my daughter pointed out, the vertical stripes give the pants an elongated, slimming look which is likely what makes them more attractive to me than a solid colour might have been. Made of a soft linen/rayon blend, they look like linen, but drape like rayon. They’re as comfortable as a pair of pyjama pants and have a casual coastal grandmother vibe, another trend from last year that hasn’t disappeared yet and isn’t likely to any time soon.

For me, an added bonus is the fact that these pants have no metal anywhere. That means that I can wear them for my MRI and CT scans today instead of changing into hideous hospital pyjamas!