Review: (OOP) Vogue 1323 | Military-Green Relaxed-Fit Trousers!

I'm currently Fall/Winter 2015 wardrobe building.  I'm going through my current wardrobe and I'm just kind of filling in gaps.  The things I need most are pants.  A lot of my older pants and some of my favorites have had to go to the donation bag because they're currently too big.  This is a good thing -- It's always good to become fit and healthy and being a smaller size is simply a byproduct.  But the downside is that I had a limited amount of pants to wear.  Having to reach for the same ones all of that time? Well, that ain't cute... So I decided to focus fall colors and styles.

One of the first pair I'm making for this new season is out-of-print Vogue 1323 by Rachel Comey.  Has it really been that long that this pattern is OOP?  Wow... time does indeed fly by.  It just seems like I made the top, which was actually about 3 years ago. 

I love the style of these pants.  They're shaped like joggers with their elastic waist and elastic cuffs.  But the tailored details set them apart.

I cut the the size 12 and lengthened them by 3 inches.  The only major change I made was to the welt pocket construction.  I posted a single-welt pocket tutorial for how I did mine.

Also, these pants has some of the greatest details.

Here is the sewing porn -- the inside shot.  The waist band has seam binding.  I used a contrasting off-white satin binding.  It's also around the cuffs.  These pants that are made from a stretch cotton twill from Joanns, have French seams... the seams and the pockes.  And even though these pants have an elastic waist, they still have a front fly with a hook and eye closure.

They aren't pants I can sew together in an evening -- it took me a couple of days off and on.  But I really enjoyed all of the details.

And I'm sure I'll enjoy wearing them too.

Styling tip: Military green or as it's listed as trending color for Fall 2015 - "Dried Herb" (Pantone 17-0627, is a perfect neutral.  This version of muted green paired with my McCall's 6991 Marsala (Pantone 18-1438) blouse makes a great combination.  And why wouldn't they?  Marsala and khaki green are just different variations of red and green, which are directly across from each other on the color wheel.

 And I used these colors also in my makeup and accessories.  To warm up the outfit, I used tan sandals.