Cropped trousers are back in fashion in the upcoming spring-summer season of 2018. We can safely say that such a length of women's trousers has not gone out of fashion in the last 50 years, and this, given the 70-year history of short trousers, is quite a lot.
Cropped trousers in the women's wardrobe appeared in 1948 thanks to Sonya de Lennart, who turned officer pants into women's trousers and Emilio Pucci, who lived and worked on the island of Capri. There he came up with well-known capri pants. Today in fashion with a dozen styles of such trousers. All of them can make the image stylish and bright.
Gaucho
These trousers are softly flared from the hip. Their length is up to the middle of the ankle. They are very similar to a skirt pants. It is believed that gaucho was invented in South America, where women rode a lot. They needed convenience, but within the decency of the time. So they borrowed these comfortable trousers from the wardrobe of local shepherds or cowboys called gaucho. Today this style perfectly complements the summer casual look and can even become the basis of an evening not too formal way out, say, at a resort or on vacation. Thanks to the flying fabric, these trousers are great for a hot day.
Despite the width of the legs and the controversial length, gaucho look good on both slim and full women. True, it is better to choose a complete model that is sewn clearly on the hips. And slender ladies will fit more traditional models with pleats at the waist.
Gaucho made of fine fabrics is best combined with flat shoes - ballet shoes or sandals. So they will help to create the most comfortable and relaxed image. If the trousers are made of thick fabric and have a clear cut, then combine them with shoes with thin heels.
Chinos
During World War II, the Americans sewed their military uniforms from Chinese fabric in very practical gray-sand shades. The Spaniards, who fought with the Americans, called these pants chinos, which is translated from Spanish as Chinese. After the war, army pants, slightly modified, came into the women's and men's casual wardrobe. These cropped trousers even pushed the usual jeans.
Female chinos today are linen or cotton pants with a medium fit, slightly narrowed, tucked down and creating volume in the hips. By the way, the last thing is important to remember for girls with full hips - their chinos will not decorate.
These trousers are worn exclusively with casual clothing. They are not suitable for an evening or business image. Therefore, combine them with loose blouses and shirts, with narrow tucked-in t-shirts and shirts, as well as with ballet shoes, sneakers and sandals. If you want height, you can combine chinos with sandals or shoes with a wide, stable heel.
Capri
These are straight skinny pants just below the knee. Sometimes they can be up to the ankle. This model is suitable only for tall and slender girls. The rest they only visually "cut off" the legs and give extra volume in the hips.
These trousers are universal - if the dress code allows, they can be combined with a jacket or an extra long vest, blouse and heeled boats. They perfectly complement the summer free look for an evening walk, combined with a T-shirt and sandals. They also look good with ankle boots and a shortened jacket, but wearing capri pants to the knee in combination with high boots is not worth it. If there is a small distance between the leg and the edge of the trousers, this will visually shorten the legs and make the figure disproportionate.
Pantaloons
Every 30 years a new round of fashion for culottes flares up - stylish cropped trousers. Photos from fashion magazines of the 60s or 90s are proof of this. First, culottes appear in magazines, then on the main trend setters of their generation, and then on most fashionistas. Pantaloons, which initially split the fashion world into fans and opponents, slowly leaked to all the shops and wardrobes of many women.
These are wide trousers to the knee or to the ankle, which look more like a skirt. Like gaucho, they were invented because of the love of women to ride. In principle, gaucho and culottes are very similar and many, including the Vogue magazine, consider them synonyms. However, there is still a difference: gaucho is slightly longer than culottes.
If you don’t know what to wear cropped culottes with, then keep in mind that they go well with thin and wide heels, loafers and slip-ons, sneakers and espadrilles. The most important thing is proportions, try to choose a kit so as not to land your figure and make the image comical. Also, do not wear culottes with a long voluminous top, otherwise you risk turning the figure into a rectangle. It is better to choose a fitted top or voluminous, but tucked into pants.
Boyfriends
Another option for modern classics is boyfriend jeans. They look like a woman took them from her boyfriend’s closet, tucked them higher, girded them and went about their business. It's amazing how such wide and disproportionate pants can decorate almost any figure. The value of boyfriends is how they can make an image comfortable and relaxed, even when the young lady's legs are squeezed into narrow stilettos.
Also, pants are good for their versatility - you do not need to think about what top to choose and with what shoes to wear cropped boyfriend pants. They look equally stylish with heels and slippers, with any sophisticated and brutal shoes.
The top can also be anything - an oversized sweater or a wide coat, a voluminous shirt will complement a relaxed look. And more fitted blouses and shirts will play in contrast and give femininity.
Flutes
This version of the trousers involves shortened trousers, tapering down. The length of the legs is usually 7/8. Classic pipes are made of costume fabric, have arrows, a high landing and mortise pockets on the sides. However, they may not have all these signs, remaining pipes. Despite the fact that these are rather narrow trousers, unlike a skinny one, they are suitable for owners of imperfect sides and hips, since they are still freer in the hips than other tight-fitting models.
Pipes are also able to hide flaws and emphasize advantages - for example, a high landing and a belt can emphasize the waist, and the arrows will stretch the figure visually. Side pockets can add hips to the hips, and a heel combined with a 7/8 length will stretch the height.
Those who don’t know what to wear cropped trousers with in winter can be advised to put the pipes in high boots with a wide top, as well as pick up shoes in which you can tuck the leg in.
Carrot
If you think that the word carrot resembles the English name for carrots, then you should not consider this a joke - the carrot pants really got the name from the orange root crop. These are very wide trousers in the hips, which are very narrow down. Often they are sewn shortened. This style really resembles two carrots.
Such cropped trousers are suitable for girls with an hourglass and ladies with a little overweight. Narrowed trousers compensate for the massiveness of the top and make the figure more refined. Carrot pants are worn with medium and wide heels and wide blouses tucked in with a sling.
Bananas
Continuing the theme of visualization of fruits and vegetables in fashion, let's move on to bananas. These cropped trousers, extremely popular in the 80-90s. back in fashion today. They are called bananas because of the free oval cut. They are well suited for girls with narrow hips.
Since the upper part of these trousers is very wide and voluminous, it is better to compensate for it with a narrow shirt or T-shirt, tucked in. Shoes are also best chosen with a steady heel or wedge heel to balance the silhouette.