Summer 2008 trousers
Notice anything different?
I did.
Every waistline is at the waistline. Every waistline is noticeable and belted. Every trouser is a soft and flowing fit. I saw exactly one pair of snug-fitting trousers and they had bell bottoms and a natural waist. When I first saw this in last summer’s Ralph Lauren Couture Collection, I wondered how far it would come toward us. The answer is, overall that’s how designer pants are this year.
Pick the proper version of this easy trouser and you will look taller, leaner and believe me, they’ll feel cooler.
There are pages of shorts, too, but no cropped, capri or fisherman’s lengths.
So, where can you find pants like these this year? So far almost nowhere unless you are shopping at the very top level, such as at Barney’s or Bergdorf’s. At Sak’s Fifth Avenue right now you can pay $470 for a pair of skin tight chino capri pants, or a staggering $697 for painted on black capris by Versace.
There may be more in the stores than I am seeing on line, but so far Bloomingdale’s has the best array of eased fit trousers. Banana Republic has some trousers with wider legs, but they all have dropped waistlines except one pair in black wool, which wasn’t what you wanted for this summer.
I have faith that UK shops will have these faster than USA shops, partly because they are so close to the continental providers and also because for good or ill, UK girls do not buy dated fashion and the shops that try that on with them will still have it at the end of the season.
Anyway, today’s article has convinced me to pull out the Pilates DVD, shake out the hiking gear and get ready to be elegant, if not very tall.
And speaking of tall, think on this: 
There is a reason why every animal with hooves is four-legged. Without gripping feet or spreading toes you fall over with only two legs. If they ever existed, those two-legged hoofed creatures, outside of mythological paintings, they evolved out of existence when wide-footed predators knocked them over and ate them. Don’t let that happen to you. Save your $3600 and maybe your life, if you walk often in forests
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