The Palazzo Pant is back. Palazzo Pants are also known as wide legged trousers, lounge pants or pyjama trousers and have all the elegance and movement of a long skirt, but with the practicality of a trouser. Designers strutted their palazzo pant creations down the runways for S/S11 and the high street have already got their Palazzo's on the shop floor.
This is of course not the Palazzo Pants first rodeo. First seen in the 1930s, women would wear the wide legged trouser on their holidays. In the 30s, Palazzo Pants were named "Beach Trousers". It was not until the 1970s that Palazzo Pants got wider, brighter and became a cool alternative to 60s flares and bell bottomed trousers.
Katherine Hepburn made wearing wide legged trousers chic
Coco Chanel wearing her Beach Trousers
1930s Model in her Palazzo Pant Pose
1970s Simplicity Sewing Pattern for the 70s Palazzo Pant
What do you think? Will you be wearing the Palazzo Pant this season? Tell me and leave a comment below my wide legged trouser friends xx
just spotted my sister this morning on her way to work in a pair of charcoal grey wide leg pants and a pair of pewter brogues .. she looked fab.. i was rather jelous as shes tall so can really pull the look off.. i however being a shorty just look like one of the roly polys in them!!
ReplyDeletei do love them though they are gorgeous
Yep I will definately be rocking these trousers for summer! I love them, they are cool, dressy and with the right top is a gorgeous look!! Great post! :)
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ReplyDeleteNice round-up. I'm thinking these are just the thing for entertaining at home.
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