Did you know the actress Sarah Bernhardt was one of the pioneers in introducing trousers as fashionable women’s wear when she wore them in the 1890’s in Paris where it was till then both unheard and unseen? Preposterous for her time but that is what it takes to make a statement.
Then World War 1 happened and in the 1940s after the war when women had begun to get into the mainstream workforce, it wasn't so preposterous to see a woman donning pants.
Coco Chanel banked on the times and in a timely manner introduced pants: albeit the baggy or pyajama variety (more akin to today's Palazzos).
Then after a decade in the 1950s when pants were becoming more mainstay, the hems started getting thinner. Till they wound around the ankle, with the hem fitting like an anklet, with a cut to allow easy wear. This was the birth of the cigarette pant, also called slim-fits or pencil pants today.
The waist is higher and one would assume that cigarette pants would not be a comfort to wear. But try them. They are a pleasure to don and one automatically feels stylish as it goes with whatever top your wardrobe has to offer. They were first called cigarette pants because of the spacious pocket to harbour cigarettes at the front.
In the second decade of the 21st century cigarette pants are back with a bang and are here to stay.
Teemed with an appropriate belt or blouse these pants can be worn for formal, casual or chic dos.
Pencil pants as they are also called were highly stylised by the late and very beautiful Audrey Hepburn.
Appropriate for all shapes and sizes these pants come in solid colours and prints.
They can also be made in an array of fabrics from linen to silk.
Here are some cigarette styles available at reasonable rates that you could check out.
https://www.myntra.com/trousers/sassafras/sassafras-women-blue-regular-fit-solid-cigarette-trousers/4368111/buy
https://www.flipkart.com/nypa-regular-fit-women-grey-trousers/p/itmfcaavaygsurkj?pid=TROFC8JZBECH7X5G&lid=LSTTROFC8JZBECH7X5GXTQPDJ&marketplace=FLIPKART&srno=b_1_4&otracker=browse&fm=organic&iid=a0286601-03d9-4ee5-ac95-e4c3bc3943d1.TROFC8JZBECH7X5G.SEARCH&ppt=SearchPage&ppn=Search
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/cigarette-pant-20608961233.html
https://www.jabong.com/sassafras-navy-blue-solid-slim-fit-cigarette-trouser-4722386.htm?pos=2
#cigarettepants #pencilpants #slim-fits #fashion #fashionvision
Then World War 1 happened and in the 1940s after the war when women had begun to get into the mainstream workforce, it wasn't so preposterous to see a woman donning pants.
Coco Chanel banked on the times and in a timely manner introduced pants: albeit the baggy or pyajama variety (more akin to today's Palazzos).
Then after a decade in the 1950s when pants were becoming more mainstay, the hems started getting thinner. Till they wound around the ankle, with the hem fitting like an anklet, with a cut to allow easy wear. This was the birth of the cigarette pant, also called slim-fits or pencil pants today.
The waist is higher and one would assume that cigarette pants would not be a comfort to wear. But try them. They are a pleasure to don and one automatically feels stylish as it goes with whatever top your wardrobe has to offer. They were first called cigarette pants because of the spacious pocket to harbour cigarettes at the front.
Teemed with an appropriate belt or blouse these pants can be worn for formal, casual or chic dos.
Pencil pants as they are also called were highly stylised by the late and very beautiful Audrey Hepburn.
Appropriate for all shapes and sizes these pants come in solid colours and prints.
They can also be made in an array of fabrics from linen to silk.
Here are some cigarette styles available at reasonable rates that you could check out.
https://www.myntra.com/trousers/sassafras/sassafras-women-blue-regular-fit-solid-cigarette-trousers/4368111/buy
https://www.flipkart.com/nypa-regular-fit-women-grey-trousers/p/itmfcaavaygsurkj?pid=TROFC8JZBECH7X5G&lid=LSTTROFC8JZBECH7X5GXTQPDJ&marketplace=FLIPKART&srno=b_1_4&otracker=browse&fm=organic&iid=a0286601-03d9-4ee5-ac95-e4c3bc3943d1.TROFC8JZBECH7X5G.SEARCH&ppt=SearchPage&ppn=Search
https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/cigarette-pant-20608961233.html
https://www.jabong.com/sassafras-navy-blue-solid-slim-fit-cigarette-trouser-4722386.htm?pos=2
#cigarettepants #pencilpants #slim-fits #fashion #fashionvision
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