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" It&amp;#039;s among the great questions of life: did the chicken come first? Do we have free will? And, of course, should one ever wear a skirt over pants? Let&amp;#039;s concentrate on the latter. The standout feature of most of the recent examples of this particular layering technique is that the skirt in question is, for lack of a better word, quite fancy. In contrast, the last time this look appeared in the &amp;#039;90s, the pervasive take on the skirt over pants (or S.O.P.) was tight black flares under a fitted black mini or slightly flared mini\u2014a shape that was more tunic in DNA. The current crop of ballgown skirting over everything from denim to pajama trousers is far more dramatic in nature, not to mention, colorful. It would be one thing if this particular S.O.P. existed purely on the catwalk\u2014like the color-blocked, cropped top version from Ulyana Sergeenko&amp;#039;s Spring 2014 couture runway (pictured above). It&amp;#039;s dreamy and high fashion and leaves the question, will anyone actually wear this? Except they already have. The S.O.P. even appeared on the red carpet, when Emma Watson rocked a Dior cap sleeve, open back dress over cropped high waisted pants to this year&amp;#039;s Golden Globes\u2014and to general unabashed critical praise, no less. But just because Raf anointed it, does that make it so? In the unwritten timeline of a trend, the next logical step from runway to reality is not, normally, the red carpet\u2014a place where, historically sartorial safety rules\u2014but the streets. And not just any streets, the ones outside of fashion shows. It is there that nearly a year ago, London-based consultant Yasmin Sewell stepped out in a tulle Chloe skirt over jeans, paired with a boxy green top. It was certainly attention-getting, and Ms. Sewell can definitely pull off looks that most girls can&amp;#039;t. That&amp;#039;s not conjecture, it&amp;#039;s fact. This season, Leandra Medine of the Man Repeller wore a similar look in New York, with another tulle skirt over skinny black pants worn with a turtleneck sweater. The takeaway from these two women is that we&amp;#039;re learning how to wear the S.O.P., if we so choose: with something quite simple up top. When I posed the question, how do you feel about the skirt over pants to my deskmates? One fellow editor proclaimed, &amp;quot;You know how I feel about it, I love it.&amp;quot; While another said, &amp;quot;ew, that&amp;#039;s disgusting.&amp;quot; Polarizing is the word we&amp;#039;re looking for, here. The S.O.P. has nothing to do with utility, the skirt is pure ornamentation. But for the lady in search of a little drama, a little excitement and a touch of tulle, it just might be the outfit adendum you never knew you were after. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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