Casual Chic Outfit Basics | Dark Wash Skinny Jeans

Casual chic.

Honestly, I’ve never thought of the word chic to describe my style. My goal has always been “not frumpy”. So you can just imagine how thrilled and surprised I was when so many of you described my style as casual chic. Over and over again in my reader survey, a lot of you said that’s why you’re here.

Here are a few of your answers to the question “What keeps you coming back every day?”

“Alison’s casual chic mom style.”
“You take casual up a notch to chic.”
“I love your chic SAHM style.”
“You add chicness to mommy-hood.”

Therefore it was a no-brainer to include the word chic in the title for my new Friday series Casual Chic Outfit Basics.

CASUAL CHIC OUTFIT BASICS | DARK WASH SKINNY JEANS

If you’ve been following my Daily Style Diary posts, then you know one of the building blocks of my daily style is dark wash skinny jeans. They’re universally flattering for all body types, they look great with any kind of footwear – sandals, ankle boots, ballet flats, riding boots, and you can easily dress them up or down for a day of errands or a date night.

Here are a few of my recent outfits featuring two of my favorite pairs of dark wash skinny jeans.

Repeat after me: Every woman NEEDS a great pair of dark wash skinny jeans.

Here are some of my favorite pairs of dark wash skinny jeans – at price points for every budget.

HIGH END

At the high end are my Paige Premium Denim jeans. I have the Skyline Skinny in the Carson wash. They are made incredibly well, fit perfectly and are worth every penny. When I want that perfect fitting pair of jeans that makes me feel like a million bucks, this is the pair that I reach for.

[Paige Skyline Skinny – Carson Wash]

MID-RANGE

A nice mid-range option is this pair by Articles of Society. They have 33 five-star reviews.

[Articles of Society ‘Lana’ ]

If you’ve been around here long, you’ve heard me gush about my Kut from the Kloth jeans too. They have a nice mid-rise, not too high nor too low. And I’m not their only fan, this pair also has near perfect reviews.

[Kut from the Kloth ‘Mia’]

Of course Gap always has some great skinny jeans. I have this pair and love them.

[Gap ‘1969 Always Skinny Jeans’]

LOW END

On the other end of the spectrum are my trusty dark wash skinny jeans from Forever 21. When I say these are dirt cheap, I mean it. I have a few pairs of them to swap out when they start to fade or if they’re in the wash. They are just an all-around great everyday jean.

[Forever 21 – Dark Wash Skinny Jeans]

Old Navy is also a good choice for bargain jeans. The Rockstar is a great mid-rise jean.

[Old Navy ‘ The Rockstar Mid-Rise Skinny Jean]

CHIC OUTFIT PAIRINGS

Here’s even more outfit inspiration. I might have to copy a few of these myself.

Casual with Flats

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Plaid Dressed Up or Down

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More Chic and Simple

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Come back next Friday for the next installment in the Casual Chic Outfit Basics series.

Be sure to stop by on Monday because I’m invited to be the special guest at Shay’s Pajama Party for February! It’s seriously like getting invited to the cool girl’s sleepover.