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.
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.
Décolletés: a thousand times yes!
We don’t know where to put them anymore, but one thing’s for sure: we really must have that pair. How about we delve a bit more deeply into the marvellous world called “Shoes"?!
We start with boots in January, moving on later to lace-ups, ankle boots and décolletés. By March (or even sooner) though we can’t live without ballerinas, and then it’s the turn of sandals with platforms, and finally beach flip-flops to breath the sea air day in day out.
The first new arrivals of the 2012 Collection are in the shops, and - one step at a time - the time has come to discover them all. Beautiful, sexy and extremely elegant, today we have decided to dwell for a moment on open-toe décolletés. Ready?!
All in yellow (with a few touches of python)!
The common thread running through the outfits of today is yellow.
Cliché-free, it’s the most radiant colour in fashion, bringing verve, optimism and vitality.
Yellow is matched here with neutral colours, snakeskin prints and sportswear-style active details. One big theme for this season focalized by the matching of yellow with neutrals is colour blocking, a glamour feature in the round-necked double fabric dress which is longer at the back on top, and shorter below at the front, and has a contrasting yellow insert. Rounding off the look are the long-sleeved perforated V-neck cardigan and eco-leather clutch bag (look 2).
Gold, the new trend for 2012
Is anyone still capable of resisting the appeal of gold? Certainly not fashion, the first to recognize its seductive power and confirm gold as one of the dominant trends next spring summer.
The status symbol par excellence and standing for elegance and luxury, gold will light up any outfit with its gleaming lustre, imposing its presence on all the categories in the new SS 2012 collection. From jackets to accessories, taking in t-shirts, dresses and trousers on the way.
A tricky colour to wear, it should be avoided as a total look and flaunted with style along with white, red and black, which tone down its strong core in favour of a more ‘rock’ feel, thanks to the use of studded details and slim interlaced chains.
A lot of attention is paid to new fabrics, and to the coated and foil effects which are well represented in the trousers. This includes the jeans with gold coating, the black jeans with leather side strips, the skinnies in a stretch techno fabric, and the point-de-Milan bootlegged pants retracing a best seller from last season in a springtime weight.
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