Can you believe we haven’t been enjoying the freedom and versatility of a tailored trouser for even 100 years? It’s hard to imagine that men had all the fun of suiting and effortlessly polished tailoring until the middle of the 20th century. Representing more than a relief from heavy skirts and corsets, trousers as part of women’s sartorial lexicon is intrinsically woven with the women’s rights movement and a symbol of freedom, in every sense of the word.
A comfortable, flattering pair of women’s trousers is worth its weight in gold and it seems spring/summer ‘24 has discovered just how versatile, adaptable and all-round incredible they are. Here are the eight trouser styles we’re bookmarking, not only for this season, but many more to come.
1 | THE BLACK TROUSER
Trouser’s answer to your trusty LBD. Works with everything - without exception - and when styled with more casual pieces, effortlessly perfects high-low dressing.
Trousers have been the uniform of the working woman for decades, none more so than the classic black trouser.
We’ve taken the familiar neutral and translated it to three different types of trouser silhouettes this season. First up: the Textured Boyish Cigarette Pant. In textured tailoring woven with comfortable stretch and shaped to a flattering slim cut, it’s an easy everyday pair with a contemporary, polished finish to style with blazers during the week and oversized knitwear at the weekend.
The final two styles in this trio both hero tapered-leg shapes but our Textured Tailoring Tapered Trouser combines it with a cropped length that highlights the narrowest point of your ankle while our Rib Waist Fluid Tapered Trouser falls to deep cuffs that can be turned up to shorten the length while achieving a more casual aesthetic.
2 | THE CARGO TROUSER
A far cry from its 90s and 00s interpretations, this utility trend has grown up.
Once the staple of boy bands the world over - cue synchronised look up to the camera - today, cargo trousers, like their millennial counterparts, have grown up. Cuts have become sleeker, silhouettes more flattering, and fabrics more luxe. Enter: our Wide-Leg Cargo Trouser. Elevated to new heights to find more roles to play in your year-round wardrobe, this pair is crafted from pure cotton in a spring olive colourway, falls to a flattering wide-leg silhouette and features those signature patch pockets down the legs, but perfectly placed so that they don’t add bulk to the sleek shape.
3 | THE FLARE TROUSER
In both cropped and full-length silhouettes cater to different heights.
Introducing confident shape and sculptural proportions to your wardrobe while reviving tired workwear tropes, flared trousers are a quick solution to updating office looks and introducing a polish to weekend outfitting. Choose between our Wool-Blend Exaggerated Crop Trouser (that doubles as a full-length on petites) engineered to create flattering space at your ankle while complementing tall boots and our Wool-Blend Exaggerated Flare Trouser that heroes a full-length cut emphasised by a flattering high-rise waistband. Build a contemporary suit with our coordinating Wool-Blend Sharp Longline Blazer.
4 | THE TAUPE TROUSER
Works with literally anything and everything.
Need we say more? Before we let the images do the talking, we will just highlight that our Tailored Wide Tapered Trouser + Belt features a drawcord belt to perfect the fit, flatteringly placed functional pockets that don’t add bulk to your hips, and polished pleats that create structure on the soft wool tailoring. Combine that with its easy taupe hue, it’s no wonder this is a pair you’ll find yourself reaching for again, and again, and again.
5 | THE COLOUR-POP WIDE-LEG TROUSER
Brightens classic neutrals and perfects colour dressing from head to toe.
Introducing colour - and bold colour at that - to your rotation can be daunting. We’ve been fed a palette of pared-back neutrals and earthy tones for so long that stepping away from that feels like a risk.
Saying that an easy way to start wearing more colour is by investing in a pair of colour-pop wide-leg, high-waisted trousers might sound extreme (a bright knit or colourful tee would surely do the trick?), but this actually leaves so much more open in your wardrobe when it comes to styling. With our Pleated Ultra Wide-Leg Trouser focusing the colour on the bottom half of your outfit, the top half is free to indulge in every neutral tone imaginable. If you want to douse a look in head-to-toe pink (a key theme this season), the trouser’s matching Cotton Blend Fitted Contour Jacket and cosy Merino Cashmere Silk Lace Stitch Vest + Snood do just that.
6 | THE SWEATSHIRTING TROUSER
Cosy with a polished finish and structured shape, this trouser sits at the apex of comfort.
In navy or olive, our Sweatshirting Wide-Leg Trouser complements pared-back palettes as well as colour-pop ones, finding roles to play in your WFH wardrobe and off-duty weekend one. Elevate your look with cotton shirting during the week accompanied by an oversized knit, and at the weekend (or when 6pm rolls around), coordinate your look with our matching Roll Cuff Sweatshirt. Continue to wear this pairing well into the weekend with long-sleeved base layers and outerwear staples like our Authentic Leather Biker Jacket.
7 | THE CROPPED TROUSER
Perfectly engineered to flatteringly highlight your ankle while handily doubling as a full-length on petites.
Our cropped trousers take on an array of different cuts, shapes, and silhouettes. Our hero styles for this season are the Cotton-Blend Tapered Pleat Trouser and Extreme Seam Casual Trouser.
The former falls to turn-up cuffs that allow you to adjust the leg length and is suspended from a high-rise waist for a polished finish that holds its own with both tailored separates and more casual pieces.
The latter, in breathable pure cotton, heroes either a deep tobacco hue or classic navy and is structured with its namesake extreme seam detailing around the legs to create flattering volume at the sides of the legs but keeps a streamlined finish on the inside. You can also turn up the cuffs on these styles to retain a cropped length on petites or to avoid fabric bunching when styling with ankle boots in colder months.
