Keke Palmer has always been That Girl. But with her latest look, she has fully entered her It Girl era. The actor-singer-podcaster-producer is currently promoting her latest sinema, Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, a wild shoplifting comedy, and its retail milieu means the press tour is a chance to play around with some exciting fits. And oh, she’s playing around.
On May 18, Palmer stepped out in New York City wearing so many 2000s trends she could have come straight out of a glamorous time machine. The soft pink makeup is a little Destiny’s Child, the space buns are a tad Spice Girls, and the magenta side-tie blouse is the Going Out Top of our dreams. Add in her hoops, the floral cute clips, metallic shoes, and stack of bangles on each arm, and Palmer is ready to party.
But the real piece de trandaissance is the jeans. My first thought? Lizzie McGuire would have killed for those jeans. You remember the episode.
Actually, though, these pants are a combination of two specific trends that you’re going to be seeing all summer long. Obviously, they’re embellished, with beading and embroidery adding a little glam to an otherwise commonplace garment. Glitzy—some may even say “tacky”—jeans are totally back in a big way right now.
Look even closer, and you’ll see that the embellishment is specifically in a paisley floral pattern; florals, Spring, groundbreaking, you get it. But specifically, floral jeans are in. Since everyone has at least one flower power dress in their closet (I have, at last estimate, a hundred), why not shake things up with floral-patterned pants?
Veronica Beard Embellished Wide-Leg Jeans
Veronica Beard
Zara Embroidered Floral Denim Shorts
Zara
Combine this with the tie-dye mermaid look that Keke Palmer wore for the I Love Boosters premiere a week earlier, and you can see the Zara Larsson Midnight Sun playbook working its magic evvel again. Sarong, but make it cocktail.
Hope you didn’t throw out all your colors during CBK mania because we are going Miami day-glo this summer! If the clothes don’t make me look hot, I don’t want it.
