Winter casual: knit culottes and leather jacket

Hello, stylish ladies! Sharing with you today yet another winter casual look featuring culottes. I love wearing culottes on hot summer days because their loose design and light fabric help to bear high temperatures. But I haven't worn any culottes in winter until now. Well, everything happens for the first time one day. While shopping in one of these days I spotted a different type of culottes meant specially for colder days. They were made from thicker cotton and polyester knit fabric and had a wide elasticated waistband. I tried them on and they fitted and looked nice. They were navy blue in color and I thought they would perfectly match my leather jacket in the same color. So, I bought them.

Not only the color of the culottes matched the color of the jacket but they both looked nice paired together: design and length of the jacket perfectly suited the culottes. And so, here you can see me wearing those two together.

Did you know? Culottes are also called split skirt. They first appeared during the Victorian Era and were specially developed for horseback riding so that women could sit astride a horse with a man's saddle rather then riding side-saddle. Later, split skirts were developed to provide women more freedom to do other activities as well, such as gardening, cleaning, bike riding etc and still look like one is wearing a skirt.

Have to say that I am not a big fan of leather jackets. But this one I really love. It's in navy blue - not that typical color for a leather jacket. It also has a lovely detachable fur collar and rather a feminine design.
Under the jacket I wore a pullover and a sweater in contrasting shades of magenta. Boots and a bag are in black. To accessorize the look I wore a keys chain necklace and cute vintage style earrings.

Linking up with Turning Heads Tuesday and Fancy Friday

Leather jacket - Ted Baker, culottes - Giordano, boots - Woodland, bag - Ted Baker

Have a nice day!