Rock and biker chic – leather pants

As we’ve already mentioned before, leather is a big in thing this fall and winter. Leather boots, leather jackets and, of course, leather pants are ultimate must-haves for a fashionista.

Leather pants first showed up at catwalk shows of McQueen, Preen, Temperley and Givenchy and soon became the high street fashion must haves this fall and winter. They tie in nicely with this season’s goth and grunge trends.

Leather pants tendencies this season are tight-fitting skin on skin pants and leather treggings, which are a hybrid form of leggings and trousers.

Keep the silhouette long and lean, ” Pippa Holt, fashion features associate at Vogue says. “Wear them skinny with a tunic top cinched in at the waist by a thin belt. Or for a soft-goth look, pair them with Jaeger London’s black fringed cape. If you’re wearing them in the evening, take inspiration from Ricardo Tisci at Givenchy and add gold chain necklaces and a jacket,” she adds.

Leather trousers should always have a rock edge. The rock wardrobe is their heritage. So wearing them with heels in an Abigail’s Party way can look really Sloaney and uncool,” says stylist Emily Barnes.

So these are simple tips you can follow when wearing leather pants and treggings:

1. Unless you’re a biker, don’t do double leather (trousers and jacket).

2. Wear lather trousers in black. You don’t have to stick to black in all other outfit details, try yellowish-brown, grey, or navy in tops and shoes.

3. As for shoes, ankle boots look great with leather pants.

4. Keep a balance between hard and soft, boyish and girly.

5. In case you don’t want to emphasize your bottom or visually expanse it, don’t wear pocketless leggings.
Choose skinny pairs like Christopher Kane’s, which have carefully positioned back pockets to avoid this.

6. If you’re a Vegan try “pleather”, leather-effect jeans.

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1. September 5th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
   Amped Says:

   Very glad to see leather pants [trousers] making a comeback. They have been non-existent since Ross Gellar essentially killed them in the early 2000′s. It’s too bad that episode did them so much harm, because leather pants have always looked great on girls and guys. They are edgy but classy, and but can be dressed up very well.