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“Those are fun,” observes my boyfriend, inspecting my outfit while passing it to the kitchen on Tuesday morning. I am using a pair of black -to -measure pants from the latest Victoria Beckham collection, which presents a dramatic wound on the one hand, exposing most of my right leg. “Show your best leg,” he jokes.
This is not my usual office outfit. I am testing a road one of the craziest trends to emerge from the SS25 catwalks: asymmetric or “with one leg”. They appeared In Bottega Venetadesigned under a black shoulder blazer with an asymmetric skirt; In Louis Vuittonwhere single -leg pants in coal and tomato red combined with sculptural tunics; and In Coperni Where the asymmetric appearance included a hybrid of shorts that are cut off calmly in the thigh.
It is not the first time that pants appear with a single heritage on the track: New York designers Maryam Nassir Zadeh and Eckhaus Latta Both showed them in their SS23 shows, while the Dutch designer Sarah Aphrodite He has been doing jeans with one leg since his first collection in 2006. But, this season, the largest fashion houses seem determined to take them to the mainstream.
The fashion writer, consultant and presenter of Podcast Brenda Weischer still does not convince her application of the real world. “When it comes to fashion, I like most things to be practical and, in addition to night clothes, asymmetry can become a little less practical,” he says. “A leg would be cold, I also want my legs to lengthen my legs, which does not necessarily happen with asymmetric styles. Visually, I don’t see any benefit for my body type. I don’t think these track looks are commercial successes. They simply designed to click.”
There is something decidedly unnatural in the idea of a legs without legs, as if it could have torn half after being caught in a train door or having been the victim of a fierce dog attack. But in a world of tops and gloves without a shoulder finger, is the hybrid shorts-tuser the next border?
“It is exciting to see experimentation,” says Kay Barron, fashion director of Net-A-Porter, who saw them as an injection of welcome novelty in a fashion landscape where classic silhouettes and a restricted aesthetic still dominate. “They are much more portable than you imagine,” he adds, pointing out the Hybrid version and the Beckham version of Bottega Veneta and the Beckham version, which was “more an illusion, created by the deep lateral divisions in the movement.”
Helena Tejedor, the Parisian stylist behind Coperni’s SS25 show that contains the leg pants, suggests combining them with a white shirt and white shoes to avoid having too many focal points. “I think that a strange element in the silhouette mixed with classical daily clothes is always good to achieve adequate balance and prevent costumes from being seen,” she says.
Back in London, designing Beckham pants with a black t -shirt and a clean black blazer, I find that a skin flash gives my look a soup of emotion, a touch of rebellion and individualism in a set in another indescribable way. They were not the most practical solution for a day of 6 ° C ventoso, there was a constant fresh breeze in my right leg, but I could see that the additional ventilation was useful in a sweaty tube at the end of spring.
Sitting in him FOOT Office canteen, however, I realized how much naked skin was flashing when the leg of the pants lost its structure and grouped around my right calf. Perhaps my statement was too daring for the relatively conservative surroundings of this particular media organization. But I can see how they could be perfect for a Dînatoire (The new fashion dinner favorite format) or a cocktail in a dark bar.
Just when I’m getting to the idea, Victoria Beckham Press tells me that the pants will not go into production. Commercial versions will be modified to have a “deep fold” in their place. Still, there is always Coperni leg pants If you feel bold (£ 440), or Currèges‘Asymmetric crepe style, which gives more effect of a Maxi Swishy skirt (£ 1,200).
“Sometimes, a concept may seem dumb, but most new silhouettes come from what initially looked like silly ideas,” says Tejedor. “Fashion must try to explore codes and break them too.” Or tearing them in the lateral seams, if you dare.
Model, Laura Savy en elite. Casting, Piergiorgio del Moro and Helena Balladino in DM casting. Hair, Hiro Furukawa. Makeup, Sacha Giraudeau at home. Photographer assistant, Kévin Théard. Production, home