Tamong the essentials to have in the wardrobe at the start of Autumn, i leather pants they are among the most versatile must-haves. In the version updated to the latest seasonal trends, above all: straight line, minimal design, with visible stitching, jeans cut or simple. And strictly blackas Nineties Grunge style dictates. Easy said, but what can be done?
The search for the perfect leather pants collides with a difficult obstacle to overcome: The price. Yes, because today not only trouser models are available tasselbut also those in imitation leatherthanks to studied workmanship and materials that are as green as possible, have a high costwhich often approaches the amount of the entire salary.
Keep an eye on the price. And one to style
All the most famous Maisons have created dream real leather trousers for 2023 – and with a sky-high price tag, which few can afford. If the luckiest ones are spoiled for choice, all the others are groping in the dark. How to orient yourself? The choice to focus on a sustainable model, at least in intention, is today a discriminating factor to be made upstream, because choosing fake leather is not synonymous with a low price, On the contrary. Especially if you opt, rightly, for a Durable and well-made piecewhich mimics the original material in the fabric as much as possible.
Leather trousers: the low budget models to focus on
Having intercepted the problem, the brands of the moment now offer some brilliant solutions. Starting from low cost brandswho offer their interpretations of the classic black leather trousers with a keen eye on current trends: from H&M to COS to Arket. The top model of the season? The super wide leather pants with a medium low waist designed by Steven Meisel for Zarathe highlight of the latest, trendy co-lab. Under the maximum ceiling of 400 eurosalso the proposals of 8 by Yoox And Maje, which add trendy tone-on-tone biker details; and for the more minimal ones, the straight denim cut leather trousers by Reformation.
High-waisted leather trousers, Reformation.
Faux leather trousers: which ones to choose?
The field of imitation leather trousers offers various solutions. Here themaximum attention should be paid to the fabric: it is better to prefer leather pants in which at least 50% of the main materials are recycled, recovered or eco-sustainable, such as designer ones Agolde. The alternative, coated jersey trousers (Pennyblack), extremely soft, with only a polyurethane coating; shopping, in any case, must be oriented with the awareness that no leather pants can truly be 100% sustainableeven if hyper cool (like Helsinki’s The Frankie Shop). Although the model of Babatonwhich it is no coincidence that you can buy it on Aritziathe lifestyle online shopping site favored by eco-conscious celebs, claims to use imitation leather that appears just like the real thing (priced at 148 euros).
High-waisted faux leather trousers, The Frankie Shop.
How to match leather trousers today
The cost, the only certainty based on which to orient ourselves in Autumn 2023, awaiting further insights and updates in the field of sustainability.
Straight leather trousers, H&M.
It being understood that leather trousers, whether real or fake, cannot be given up, at least at the level of outfits: ideal with oversized sweaters to face it sweater weather of the period, but also in the evening with a refined top or to tone down the office look in combination with the traditional blazer. Risking your skin, but not your wallet.
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