Stylistic peculiarity of the years 2000, the memory of the pants low waist has this capacity to create in us, let us be sincere, a slight malaise. For if it was the distinctive sign of a generation Y in search of a singular clothing identity, this piece that was displayed not without pride is, over the years, become synonymous with bad taste, not to say vulgarity .
A value judgment without detour that originates in the very concept of the low pants, the latter being distinguished by a cut emphasizing in a way ostentatious the fall of the kidneys while unveiling with aplomb the bottom of the belly. And one does not speak of the inevitable apparent string, concomitant with this tendency obviously placed, with a little distance, under the sign of refinement.
Keira Knightley in 2003.
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In short, a mistake of youth that was thought to have buried six feet under ground like the dignity of Paris Hilton or the pop-passionate love that united Justin and Britney at the time where to show his navel was a trendy gimmick . It was unfortunately without the fashion and its cyclical functioning that lead us every twenty years to postpone what we would sometimes have had to dare to buy.
First proof of this return of hype: the podiums spring-summer 2017. Bucolic patchwork way Alexander McQueen, all leather Tommy Hilfiger or bohemian Roberto Cavalli , the low-waist pants displayed as long ago hips underlined and navel in highlight .
Alexander McQueen, Tommy Hilfiger, Roberto Cavalli - Spring-Summer 2017
Credits: Imaxtree / Daniele Oberrauch
Of more urban inflection, the Off White version for Levi's has even been spotted on the top Bella Hadid, all revealed abs.
Bella Hadid in 2017
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The same was true during the last week of haute couture, the Americans Proenza Schouler and Rodarte having demonstrated, with vigor and conviction, that 2018 will undoubtedly be the year of the " low-rise " rehabilitated.
Proenza Schouler - Spring-Summer 2018
Credits: Imaxtree / Daniele Oberrauch
Proenza Schouler - Spring-Summer 2018
Credits: Imaxtree / Daniele Oberrauch
