Trend forecasters predict wide-leg trend may be kicked out in favour of ‘indie sleaze’ narrow trousers. As the men’s shows drew to a close this week, something looked different on the catwalk. Trousers hugged calves. Fabric that once billowed around thighs clung tight. Shoes usually hidden by hems were now visible.
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After several seasons in which wide-legged trousers had expanded beyond the catwalk to men who shop at Uniqlo, Muji, Zara and M&S and beyond, was the skinny, slimline, tapered trouser staging a comeback?. For men and women, big and baggy trousers have been the dominant trend for the past few seasons. From Paul Mescal in Gucci at last year’s Oscars to Cos’s autumn 2024 collection, a trouser’s girth was everything. But this year, that might change.
Sign up to Fashion Statement. Style, with substance: what's really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved. after newsletter promotion. Like most trends, this one was consolidated on the Prada catwalk. If the previous season showed trousers with a 10in width, roughly the size of a dinner plate, this season’s clung to the calf, and were the width of a saucer. Elsewhere at Tod’s, fine wool trousers sat snugly around the knee, and at Paul Smith, the doyen of dapper tailoring, the cut was slim and ramrod straight.
