The fashion industry keeps looking back
Explore the classic and reintroduce it
Low waist pants as a popular element in the 2000s
It has been rediscovered and endowed with new fashion connotation by fashion designers
Once again, it becomes a fashion element leading the trend
Low waist pants, also known as "lowriders" or "rap pants", are pants with a low waist or lower than the buttocks. The waist line is usually lowered 8 cm below the navel. The mention of low waist pants is often accompanied by Y2K and Millennium style in the 2000s, but it was born earlier than expected.
Hip hugging pants, the earliest predecessor of low waist pants, were designed by Irene Kasmer in Los Angeles in 1957 and became popular in the mid-1960s with the fashion subculture and the hippie trend at the end of the 20th century. The 1960s. Bell bottoms and hip hugging pants are usually paired with light cotton, paisley print tops or Nehru collar jackets, and are welcomed by rock idols such as Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Robert Plante. In the 1970s, Hip hugging pants It has become the main content of popular culture and often appears in discotheques.
However, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as the wide bell bottoms were gradually replaced by straight jeans, the waistline also became higher. From the 1980s to the 1990s, as more and more women entered the corporate jobs, the high waist design gradually occupied the leading position.
The revival of low rise jeans in the 1990s can be attributed to the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who showed his famous low rise "bumster" pants for the first time in the "Dante" series show in 1996. A fashion commentator once commented: "For me, bumster is the definition of McQueen. It was this design that caused multiple controversies that made him famous.
After McQueen, the trend of low waist pants gradually spread. From the end of 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century, low waist pants penetrated into R&B and hip-hop music.
The climax of the fashion of low waist pants appeared in 2000, especially among young people. Britney Spears, who often wears low waist pants, has become a representative of this era.
After 2004, as the waist line of low waist pants became lower and lower, stars gradually became tired of aesthetics, and the public also gradually hated the fashion that caused body anxiety. Until 2008, the fashion of low waist pants almost faded and was gradually replaced by more comfortable pants.
Fashion is a reincarnation, and no trend will disappear forever. Now, with the resurgence of Y2K and Millennium style in 2000, low waist pants have also returned to people's vision. The unique design of low rise pants and the characteristics of displaying body curves have brought people new choices and opportunities to wear, and have aroused people's interest and attention to fashion again.
As a female star who often acts as the leader and creator of fashion trends, she also often wears low waist pants representing rebellion and personality in daily street trips to show her body beauty confidently.
The low waist pants that Bella Hadid wore when she walked out of the street boldly showed her perfect figure. The hollowing design on both sides of the hip not only allowed the waist line of the low waist pants to move down without dropping, but also further shrunk the waist, visually adjusted the body proportion, highlighted the posture and lines, and created a unique personality style.
Emily Ratajkowski, who also has a strong body, is also a loyal fan of low waist pants. The low waist pants she wore on the street in New York recently perfectly present her abdominal muscles. The practicality of tooling style combines with the trend elements of low waist pants, giving a fashionable and comfortable experience. It not only emphasizes the curve of the body, but also gives the overall shape a fashionable and stylish charm.
When she attended the competition in May, she chose to match Jennifer's Body T-shirt with baggy low waist jeans. The design of jeans with the waist turned outwards shows individuality and sexiness, and the matching T-shirt is more suitable for daily life. The comfort and fashion are handled simultaneously, showing a sense of street with full personality.
The trend of returning to low waist pants can be attributed to the fashion industry's enthusiasm for the retro trend, people's nostalgia for the past fashion elements, but also the pursuit of individuality and distinctive expression. The unique design of low rise pants and the characteristics of displaying body curves have brought people new choices and opportunities to wear, and have aroused people's interest and attention to fashion again.
Glenn Martens has always subverted consumers' perception of 'jeans'. In the autumn and winter series of Y/Project, we continue the tradition and create new patterns of tannin fabrics. The folded low rise jeans, the deconstructed suspender tops, and even the torn jeans as the raw materials for embroidery all show the exquisite workmanship and bold creativity of the brand. Few brands will use such exaggerated stacking, twisting and even double-layer design to play with low waist pants. Glenn Martens has subverted people's infinite imagination of the street and the pioneer again and again.
Y/Project Fall/Winter 2023 Collection
In the Diesel Autumn and Winter 2023 series, the interpretation of low rise jeans is innovatively combined with tulle fabric. Gradual color denim is covered with gauze to create a form of "wear" and "decomposition", which is creative and avant-garde while showing extreme sexiness. The impact aesthetics of the low waist pants is reshaped by using graphics and destruction to present the fashion atmosphere of the doomsday wasteland.
Diesel Fall/Winter 2023 Collection
The interpretation of low waist pants is not linked to jeans. In the autumn and winter 2023 series of Blumarine, low waist wide pants show another sexy charm. Nicola, the designer, continues the design aesthetics of Y2K and adds metal industrial elements to it, which brings out the indomitable boldness and self-confidence in the doomsday city. On the basis of the brand's consistent sexy style, the silver fabric with a sense of volume is interwoven with the tight silhouette. The folds of the low waist pants reflect the light like bronze statues. The multi strap decoration design also appears frequently, creating a low waist shape like a power armor, highlighting the super aura.
Blumarine Fall/Winter 2023 Collection
Fashion is not just external decoration
It is the expression of inner attitudes and thoughts
Individuality and freedom presented by low waist pants
It is a kind of rebellion against the shackles of tradition
A pursuit of independent thinking and bold expression
