I wanted to discuss fun and flirty feathers but chose the universally flattering wide-leg pants instead.
During the stay-at-home mandate, was the comfort of wearing roomier sweatpants influencing this wide-leg pants trend?
Skinny jeans are a faux pas for me, so wide-leg pants with natural waist-cinching ability look more appealing. Wide-leg pants are a perfect middle ground for comfort and style. They are fluid, bold, and expressive, with options to dress up or down.
One must also consider the type of shoe to help pull off this look. It is generally best worn with a heeled shoe that elongates the length of the leg. The ultimate lengthening look is the pointy-toe heel. Wearable heel options include the block heel or the retro square-toe heel.
The current wide-leg trend is not new. In the 1920s, French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883 -1971) created the style as beach pajamas for leisure travel to the French Riviera.
And let’s not forget rebel actress Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003), the 1930s considered a gender bender wearing “trousers,”
My early recollections of the wide-leg pants as palazzo pants. According to online sources, Russian-Georgian fashion designer Princess Irene Galitzine (1916 – 2006) 1946 opened her salon and presented her first collection. In 1960, the princess succeeded in launching her palazzo pajamas, reinvented as wide-legged evening trousers made of soft silk.
I say universally wide-leg pants and jeans; they make great, comfortable elevated silhouettes and are not for the faint. For sure, these female-led, minority-owned Kai Collective croc leather wide-leg trousers represent the feminine drama I invite.
I wish everyone a fabulous day until next time.
