Derek Lam, showing earlier on Tuesday, also attempted a statement with skinny trousers, but you were struck by the weird separateness of the oversize jackets and muddy jersey tops, and by the drag that the Azzedine Alaïa-influenced shapes put on the remaining energy of the show.
Although Marc Jacobs made a statement with his wide, paper-bagged trousers in linen, the collections favored more tailored styles worn in an offhand way.
Explaining the look, Cadi Agueros, a stylist for Vibe magazine, said: "The rawest street element is a jail element, so the strongest statement is a uniform with shirts and trousers that match perfectly, like a jail piece.
They made such a statement with washed silk — as fluttery shorts, as pajama trousers and layers — that you have to ask the question.
For some reason, people – I mainly mean "straight men" but, really, it applies to all sorts – feel that jeans are safer than any other trousers, that they make less of a statement, or something boneheaded like that.
Wear with the aforementioned cardigan and glasses, add a statement necklace and you're good to go. 3. Pleated trousers are no longer just for lawyers.
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla .— As fashion statements go, the young men's "sagging pants" look, with trousers slung low enough to reveal a generous swath of boxer shorts, has some lamentable drawbacks.
The fashion writer Miroslava Duma was snapped in New York (left) wearing a statement cameo necklace (and ring) with a Victorian blouse and bright blue trousers.
The most daring fashion statement belongs to Kevin Richardson, another Backstreet Boy, wearing a long skirt over his trousers.
The huge statements in this pocket-sized book could pop the seams of one's trousers.Mr Ackroyd begins with Poe's mysterious death in Baltimore in 1849, honouring the detective genre Poe helped invent.
