When my sister was in college, one of her friends hung a pair of men’s pants on the wall. I remember them looking very similar to these: a nice worsted wool check, somewhat dressy. When she asked why he had done it, her friend answered: well Rebecca, they’re tapered.
Times change, and my deep horror of tapered pants has been slowly beaten down by a year’s worth of slimly elegant Burda models. These pants in fact started life as a wide-leg pattern (04-2010-119) but were fitted and edited to look something like 03-2010-109.
I’m not sure how I feel about them.
At times I feel they are rather chic. At other times I think they look like grandpa pants. (No offense to any grandpas who recently came to visit us, of course). Burda models notwithstanding, I think this cut still draws attention to the fact that my legs are neither long nor slim, and I will now return to my regularly scheduled wide-leg pants.
And perhaps if I am lucky these will end up on someone’s wall one day.
lsaspacey | 16-Mar-11 at 12:53 pm | Permalink
I’m making both tapered and full leg pants this year, but I think tapered definitely makes your legs look leaner and longer. That’s just my opinion.;)
Sherry | 16-Mar-11 at 1:06 pm | Permalink
I think they look really nice on you!
They certainly don’t make you look hippy which is what a lot of people are concerned about with tapered trousers. How do they look with your top tucked in? That can make your legs look long, and of course high heels!
Carolyn | 17-Mar-11 at 12:29 am | Permalink
Well I think these pants look really nice!
How would they look with a button up men’s style shirt? Or, by contrast of styles, a reeeally feminine lace top?
Thank you for your comment on my dress…