"Once you can accept the universe as being something expanding into an infinite nothing which is something, wearing stripes with plaid is easy." - *

Reasons not to love Hope's plaid pants...

• They veer dangerously close to 'middle aged male golfer on vacation in Scotland' territory
• They're quirky from the front...but from the back they're going to be downright unflattering
• After a few wearings you're destined to be greeted by "oh, you're wearing those pants again" when you enter a room

Reasons to love the aforementioned leg coverings...

• The folded waistband detail
• The simple fact that they're not yet another pair of black or khaki pants...and, as such, would enliven all of those plain sweaters and jackets lurking in my closet
• They look so darned comfortable...
  

* - today's quote is courtesy of that well-known snappy dresser, Albert Einstein