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Denim Guide: what jeans do you go for?

Are you sure you know everything - absolutely everything - there is to know about jeans, the most ubiquitous item in our wardrobe? For example, can you differentiate between the various kinds of wash? If you see jeans described as being “baggy”, do you know what it means?

Well, to help you out here are some guidelines so you can tell the difference between the various styles in terms of:

- fit: cut, leg and waistline.

- washes and treatments

- details: do they have inserts or appliqués?

- collection: what’s the difference between the so-called Basic styles and the other jeans in the collection?

Follow this small guide, tell us your questions or suggestions. :-)

Cut and leg

Bootcut: jeans with a wide fit down the leg, flaring at the bottom. This category can be divided into:

• Bootcut, with a regular fit down to mid-calf, and widening at the bottom to 20 cm.
• Flared, with a regular fit down to the knee, widening towards the bottom up to 22-24 cm.

Both styles are great with décolletées, wedges, lace-ups, sandals, and sneakers too. Take care with heels: never let trousers trail along the floor, but don’t wear them above the heel either!

Regular (or straight) jeans: equally wide all the way down the leg.

Skinny (or slim): very tight, clinging to the body from the waistline down to the bottom of the leg. Definitely more sexy, they lend themselves to various uses: inside high and ankle boots, worn with ballerinas and décolletées. Skinnies have also evolved into jeggings, midway between jeans and leggings, made of more lightweight, stretch fabric, and at times ankle-length.

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Foulard, the new must-have

Bon ton, ladies!

Spring Collection is proving to be a turning point for the foulard.

Used to its featuring in Haute Couture as an accessory, tied below the chin as in the '60s, or worn in the style of Audrey Hepburn, around the face together with big dark glasses?

Well now the foulard is becoming a younger garment: intertwined onto the collars of shirts as a bow, revived as a belt on skirts and jeans, and showing its trendiest side on dresses and t-shirts with foulard prints in satin and crépon.

The inspiration behind the design is clear: it comes from the Eighties and Nineties, with crests, floral patterns and geometric motifs. Highly colourful and vitamin-rich, chic in the fabrics, but essential in the designs.

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