FASHION
How leather trousers became the new jeans
Whether real or faux, the modern way to wear them is as daywear — casual and low-key, says Harriet Walker
Model Cindy Bruna; £335, thereformation.com; £45.99, shop.mango.com; Danish influencer Thora Valdimars; £369, massimodutti.com
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The Times
Mention the words “leather trousers” and even women who are otherwise fairly adventurous in their fashion tastes tend to blanch. I once tried to press a beautiful dove grey suede pair on someone I know who is happy to wear yellow jumpers and statement jewellery, and she reacted as though I was asking her to step out in fetish gear.
Leather trousers suffer from having been a bit de trop in the past. De trollop, if we’re being honest and ironically regressive. They tended to be very tight and often to occupy the same space as what Beyoncé calls a “freakum dress”, but which you might know better via Lady Di as a “revenge look”. If not this version, then the only other on offer
