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When Harem pants started making the rounds last year, so did the MC Hammer jokes. But designers were serious – grown women should walk around looking like they were wearing nappies. And soon, we were.
Throughout 2010, women donned the trend in all shades and patterns and I desperately clutched onto the hope that the trend would soon disappear from our streets. With a crotch dangling somewhere between mid-thigh and knee-level, they really should have been written off long ago as a cruel joke by misogynistic male fashion designers. In fact, they were – in 1992.
Fashion bloggers and stylists insisted that the shape is actually very flattering. "The pegged leg makes you seem all coltish and long-limbed," wrote fashion journalist Belinda White. Really? Does anyone need to make their thighs, hips AND butt look bigger in one swoop?!
But maybe I'm being too harsh? What's your take? (And… apart from the hideous Harem, what other fashion trend should go?)
Throughout 2010, women donned the trend in all shades and patterns and I desperately clutched onto the hope that the trend would soon disappear from our streets. With a crotch dangling somewhere between mid-thigh and knee-level, they really should have been written off long ago as a cruel joke by misogynistic male fashion designers. In fact, they were – in 1992.
Fashion bloggers and stylists insisted that the shape is actually very flattering. "The pegged leg makes you seem all coltish and long-limbed," wrote fashion journalist Belinda White. Really? Does anyone need to make their thighs, hips AND butt look bigger in one swoop?!
But maybe I'm being too harsh? What's your take? (And… apart from the hideous Harem, what other fashion trend should go?)
