The End of the Skinnies

 Having personally never been a fan of having to zip oneself up in impossibly tight jeans, not matter what the end effect is, I am not disappointed that despite their brief return this fall/winter, they are going out. After looking at the new trends coming up in Spring 2013, it came as no surprise that tight trousers are no longer the top fashion item they used to be. Coming up for us next year is a delightful range of straight legs and roll ups, and most importantly, slim suit trousers. The look is definitely heading for masculine with a fitted twist, like we saw this year when all shops started selling women’s blazers. 

(Pictures along the side taken from Vogue Fashion Weeks Spring/Summer 2013 - from top to bottom; Sass & Bide, Balenciaga, Christian Dior.)

 The new bottoms look amazingly stylish and slim, while still giving off the impression of a seemingly comfortable item to wear – one which doesn’t feel like it could possibly be splitting in half when you bend over, and doesn’t severely restrict movement in your legs, which is necessary when you’re frantically running after the bus – (late again!) 

The most common material for this new style is looking as if it will be some sort of silk – and/or cheaper versions of this, which is a nice change from the jeans that we see on almost every pair of legs on the planet. Don’t get me wrong though, jeans are great – as long as they’re being used for tops, jackets, shoes – anything but trousers, which I am completely sick of. 

Although I can’t be sure how they will turn out until the Spring collections are released in the shops - after all, the sad truth is that on most of us clothes look very different to when they are on the runway; we can't all look like models, and I definitely wouldn't call myself one - but I can definitely say one thing for sure: 
-loose pants will be the next in.

(Go check out the other Spring/Summer 2013 styles that were featured as well, here: http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/spring-summer-2013 )