Posted by 3QC.
Sep
15
Posted by 3QC.
Hit or Miss: Printed Trousers
Prints are all the rage on every fashion runway right now. Nothing can escape being covered in a pattern, whether tribal, geometric or organic, and pants are no exception. The printed pant trend began vaguely last year, but this year seems to have really crystallized the idea into an array of printed variations of two-legged bottoms. Everyone from Zara (center) to Topshop (right) to See by Chloé (left) has a version to offer. But somehow, I’m just not sold. Now don’t get me wrong – I’m all for prints and I love a stunning pattern on a pair of pants when the silhouette is alternative, as worn in my last post here. And I think that is the key to doing printed pants while still looking dressed up. But when you throw a print on a traditional trouser shape, how is it different from a pair of pajamas? I’m hard pressed to see the look working in any everyday setting.
What do you think? Would you wear printed pants that are cut just like pajamas?
There are 6 comments to this post.
3QC had this to say,
Sep 15, 2011 @ 8:30 pm
I think of printed denim as its own category – wouldn’t lump it together with trousers. I agree, hard to mistake that for pajamas.
Monica had this to say,
Sep 16, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Well!Prints on trousers- I am not a big fan of it.I would rather wear a pajama.But if the trousers have some really nice pattern based of stripes/plaids then i can think of wearing them.Also another factor is – fabric type.
But yes i agree it’s “hard pressed to see the look working in any everyday setting.”
3QC had this to say,
Sep 16, 2011 @ 7:46 pm
Monica: I love plaids and pinstripes and houndstooth and all those pseudo-neutral patterns too. My issue is mainly with bold prints in contrasting colors. But I think you have something there with fabric type. Maybe it can work with silk. Definitely not cotton though.
Kel had this to say,
Sep 18, 2011 @ 6:08 pm
This is one trend I’ve not yet come around too. There’s something about me that differentiates between inside clothes and outside clothes and printed pants feel a little too ‘inside’.
Lots of love from Sydney,
x Kel
3QC had this to say,
Sep 19, 2011 @ 12:53 am
Kel: They do, don’t they? To be fair, some of the so-called superbloggers have embraced the trend and pulled it off, too. I just don’t think I can get over my hangup – they still look like pajamas to me.
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to me it really depends on the pants! if it is denim then its hard to deny how fabulous a printed pant can be. some trousers (like the florals on the far right) are so cute, but my friend wears leopard print pants that just look like pajamas.