What La Ped said.
And also:
While not a big trend-follower ( more from ineptitude than individualistic superiority !), and especially not in jeans because jeans are usually a secondary pant type for me, I still think I’m sensitive to and influenced by the changing pants style scene, at least over the longer trend- waves.
From a personal style perspective ,my enduring favorites are slightly slim, or slim and straights, or joggers, and pleated wider leg trousers. But not wide- leg jeans, which have proved to have too many problems in fit.
But these days I’m feeling more and more DYOT from a purely PRACTICAL perspective. Pants have always been about more than , what width or length , when I’m actually buying some. I have a LOT of boxes to tick. Waist, hip, seat, flow from hip to leg; pockets ;,fabric; possibly tailoring investment; and color palette versatility. Then, proportions with tops & toppers, which means I’ve invested in some that work well, and yet not all in my wardrobe work with all pants. And season of wear. Usefulness in travel capsules.
So I am now seeing more clearly how being too easily drawn into a hasty purchase or marketing or FOMO or just being too easily “ dis- invested “ in some my existing items that work well already, can have so much domino effect on having to re-create a whole capsule and maybe I stop wearing the items that used to “ go”, even though I may still love them.
This doesn’t mean wearing stuff I hate. I am currently culling a number of items! And some are in the category of hasty/ wanted purchases. it’s more subtle I think, in re-visiting wardrobe items, or, wow, this is still great, now I remember why I liked it in the first place, this is a good style/ quality/ color for ME. Who knew.
