Culottes

Literally from French, the word culotte translates literally as “short pants,” originally it was the clothing of the French aristocrats of the XVI century, were wide and buttoned under the knee in the style of pantaloons. Long forgotten, now culottes are at the peak of fashion again! They have somewhat changed since their appearance and now are wide cropped trousers that resemble both a midi skirt and breeches. Culottes are an unusual model for the eye, it is difficult to immediately figure out what to wear them with and whether to buy them at all. Let's take a look at all the questions that arise.

This fashionable novelty is the best for girls with such types of shapes as "hourglass" and "inverted triangle." In the latter case, due to the wide cut of the legs, the missing volume of the hips is visually added and the figure acquires the correct proportions. You should avoid wearing culottes of ladies with a body type of "apple" and "pear." In the first case, you risk becoming like a ball, in the second pants will emphasize a massive bottom and make the figure squat and cumbersome.

The ideal length of culottes is just below the knee. The cunning of this style lies in the fact that the poorly chosen length of the pants and their cut can visually shorten the legs. To avoid this side effect, you should wear culottes with shoes with heels and buy pants with a fit strictly along the waist line. Remember the important thing: the length of the pants to the middle of the kneecap does not paint anyone. Never buy culottes of similar length.

Culottes vary in shape, color, and material quality. The main difference between culottes and other types of cropped trousers is a wide cut and a palm length or two below the knee. However, they can be strict, with arrows or straight, resembling a skirt; can be as with voluminous pleated folds at the waist, and fitting in the upper part.

The volumetric, wide silhouette of the trousers suggests that the top of the toilet should be narrow or fitted. Therefore, it is better to combine culottes with skintight tops and T-shirts, or to fill blouses and shirts under the waistband of the trousers, emphasizing the waist. Otherwise, you risk to look heavy and squat, or even careless.

Win-win option - culottes with high-heeled shoes. So you level the feature of shortened pants "cut" the length of the legs. However, if you have a fairly slim body and long legs from nature, you can choose shoes on a flat course or even sandals on numerous thin straps. Such styles of shoes emphasize the fragility of the most elegant and thin part of the leg - the ankle, this will make the image more gentle, feminine, weightless.

Many ladies are afraid to look in culottes old-fashioned. An unexpected recipe to solve this problem - we intend to create an image in retro style! To do this, we mix the following ingredients: short cropped breeches in a fold of costume fabric, a double-breasted jacket with a short sleeve from it, and pumps on a stiletto heel. Lady Dee's retro look is ready!

With discreet trousers, you can create unexpectedly sexy onions. The key to success is color. Choosing leather culottes of burgundy or dark cherry, add another trend detail - a blouse with open shoulders in tone and high-speed shoes. To complete the image will help makeup with an emphasis on the lips.

For everyday life, choose a set of clothes consisting of black or dark gray pants with arrows, shoes with a pointed nose without a heel and a thin knitted cardigan with vertical stripes or rhombuses, worn on the shirt.

To create a boho-style ensemble, we can use culottes of gray-brown or another natural color, a linen or cotton blouse with a wide neckline, and a fringe vest to create a multi-layered peculiar to the boho style.

In the summer image culottes fit, perhaps, most naturally. Spacious pants minimally in contact with the skin, allow free circulation of air flow in wide leg. In the summer heat you will be comfortable in the pants of their cool smooth silk, the top on thin spaghetti straps and elegant sandals will suit you. Another option that is more suitable for city walks is the culottes made of soft flax and a T-shirt made from the same fabric.

In the 30s of the last century, the well-known and extravagant female designer Elsa Schiaparelli offered culottes to women of the time as clothes for sports. This trend is relevant now. Complement the culottes of blue or white knitwear on an elastic belt or a drawstring, add a T-shirt or a sweatshirt. In combination with sneakers or sneakers, this bow will look modern and fresh.

For walking along the coast, an image of a nautical style will do. Culottes of deep blue or black, a vest or a T-shirt with a pattern in the appropriate theme and comfortable espadrilles or loafers together make up a harmonious set. The final touch is a perky light Panama and the image is complete.

As you can see, culottes, at first glance so ambiguous and unusual, will easily fit into any image!