Elastic Belt Casual Pants &Nbsp; Wear Or Not?

When you go to work, do you wear yoga pants?

In the company, this is definitely a topic of no discussion, but nowadays, there are many American.

01 Office

Jocelyn Grinki Herz, 47, is Colin coy's life.

However, you can often see her in company or lunch time, wearing tights and pants pants - she has more than 10 such trousers.

"As long as your overall effect is very good and fashionable, is there any relationship between the elastic belt?"

Ms. Hertz said.

Her trousers are not only of high-end brands, but also of popular style.

From a pair of tight pants worth 150 dollars to 65 dollars to 95 dollars a pair of yoga pants and a pair of cowboy bottoms that she called "processing products", which only cost 8 to 25 dollars.

"Cheap trousers are as good as wear."

She said.

In Broolyn, Lisa Dixon, who pformed from a retail director to a full-time mother, also favored the tighter pants.

She said she basically wore yoga pants from the sports brand shop "Lulu lemon".

"Before I had children, I never understood why some women like to wear baggy casual pants. Now I fully understand," said Ms. Dixon, 33 years old. "These pants are much more comfortable, especially if you have to stand up and bend down all day long."

According to a survey by fashion forecasting agency WGSN, only 4% of women in the United States wear formal business clothes to work, while 31% of women wear very casual clothes in offices.

Due to the popularity of sportswear and the fact that many apparel retailers have turned to online sales, GAP has been heading straight up to bring Athleta, a new sports vice card, and opened its first branch last month.

Lulu lemon also announced its sales in the third quarter of last year, and its sales increased by an astonishing 56%.

On the flyover of the fashion week, we saw Alexander Wang's loose pants ($120), Mike Kerr's high-end sports pants ($1000), and Donna Karen's cashmere tights ($495).

In October last year, the brand of Pago Ma Jones designed a pair of bright tights made of cotton and elastic fibers and looked like jeans.

Steve Grosi, President of Hampton, the advertiser of the brand of PGMA, is selling hundreds of thousands of tights, and sales are up by three digits per month.

"People can hardly get away from it," Mr. Grosi said. "They want to wear these pants wherever they go, whether they go to the movies, eat, do chores or pick up children.

I was told that they should wear clothes to sleep. "

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02 feminist interpretation of casual pants

The United States is becoming a country that advocates tightness.

Stacy Barclay, 40, is the operation director of a professional sports website and works in Atlanta.

She said she would not wear elastic trousers for any occasion except the gym.

"People always wear yoga pants and sports coats to run around the company," she complained. "I'm thinking," what are you doing here? This is a serious occasion. You should wear suits and trousers.

Kate Griffin, 34, agrees that she is an editor of the fashion blog "Corporette" for career women.

"If today is a day off, or you just stay in your office, or if you are pregnant, or you really can not find any other pants, you may be able to accept yoga pants," Ms Griffin said.

Debra Luke king, 55, an architect in Denver, has been practicing yoga since the 80s of last century.

"The popularity of yoga pants has surprised me, because in my experience, yoga pants are not very suitable for wearing yoga when they are practicing yoga," she said. "In many poses of Yoga Qigong, skin is clinging to the skin."

For example, when doing "tree pose" or "Eagle posture", yoga pants will always be in the way.

On the YAHOO search engine, the "Yoga Pants" search volume in 2010 was 10 times more than that in 2009. (surprisingly, 57% of the Internet users who searched this entry last month).

But Jennifer Romorini, editor in chief of YAHOO women's fashion community, believes that people should never wear yoga pants to work.

"I just feel that if you don't take off your yoga pants, no one else will take you seriously," she said. "In this way, women in the workplace can't be taken seriously."

In any case, it is understandable for women to take off their waist and narrow body suits in the past.

Besides, how far is it from 80s when women wore underwear and even voting rights, and how long did they wear pantyhose in the office in the 80s of last century? But now, in 2011, should we not read magazines in a flying car leisurely in silver elastic pants?

The problem of tightness may evolve into feminism.

In Staci London, the crux of the problem lies in women, especially those who have become mothers, sacrificing their dignity for the sake of physical comfort.

London lady is the host of TLC TV's "don't wear anything" program, and is also a fashion reporter for NBC TV's "Today Show".

"Wearing a pair of jeans with zippers and buttons only takes a nanosecond, and it sends a message:" Hello, I am very important. I am not just a child's mother, "said the London lady." you tell the children that you are important, and you are setting a good example for them to tell them that they must always be self respecting, and they should pay attention to their appearance. "

London lady also said that every time she saw a woman with fat in her abdomen instead of wearing proper underwear, instead of using yoga pants or tights, she would be very puzzled.

She believes that such casual pants will give women the curves of their hips and thighs.

"The cut of these trousers is generally not very good," she said. "They are designed for human movement. Even if you have the perfect figure in the world, these pants will magnify every piece of meat and every inch of your body."

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03 improved postmodern pants

However, in the view of the women interviewed, there is a hierarchy between different tights and casual pants, which are classified according to the seriousness of different occasions.

Many women said they would never wear jeans jeans -- the tight pants made of thick elastic cloth, decorated with sutures and pockets on the sides, without buttons or zippers, and the trousers can be pulled directly from the waist to the waist.

"I'm sure I won't wear jeans."

Nancy Trent, 52, said she was president of Trent, a fashion sales and public relations company.

But she doesn't mind wearing tight pants in the office - "when people wear tight pants, they can match good boots and tops."

She says - yoga pants are prohibited.

"Soldiers, policemen, or firefighters on the battlefield have specific uniforms," Ms. Trent said. "Proper clothing can help you think and work better.

It's very important to wear work clothes during office hours. "

For women looking for a compromise and not losing fashion, Ms. London put forward a suggestion: "now there's a new type of pants, a tight belt, but a polyester fabric that looks like wool or word woolen," she says. "These pants are not my first choice, but they are good pants, not sports pants.

This is not the same as the Yoga Pants sold in Lulu lemon.

Starting in 1996, XCVI, a fashion company in California, began designing elastic belts and formal trousers.

"Before that, these pants were all the same. They looked like sportswear," said Daniela Zetaze, director of publicity at XCVI.

"Our idea is to provide clothes that are generally comfortable like home clothes, but create a sense of fashion through textured fabrics."

Most of the half skirts and trousers produced by XCVI are designed with elastic tape, but the cloth is poplin, a cotton cloth or other fabric like a man's shirt, so that they look different from the formal trousers.

"Ladies can wear the same clothes all day," Ms. Zetaze said. "They can take their children to the" play day "or have dinner with their customers.

They can wear high-heeled shoes and flip flops on "play days" at meetings.

Generally speaking, they can use different ways to match comfortable pants, and can do well in any situation.

This "camouflage" casual pants may make some women feel at ease.

Sally Lohan, director of the US division of fashion forecasting WGSN, believes that everyone should be kind to the loose belt.

"Now more and more people are working in their homes, so more and more people take the concept of" leisure Friday "to other workdays," Ms. Rohan said. "I think the popularity of tights and casual pants is more because everyone advocates a natural leisure lifestyle, and the boundaries between work and life are becoming more and more blurred, not because of the reduction of clothing and appearance requirements.

In many companies, jeans and casual pants are all right.

The main thing is to see the collocation ability and the overall effect of clothing.

On the other hand, the trend of the elastic band has no decline at all. In December last year, the top grade trousers brand Hue launched a series of tight pants, including studded nails, corduroy fabrics and even flashing films.

It also introduced the world's first "tight fitting skirt": part of it is skirt, part is tight pants, and according to the Hue brand website, it is "made of very soft man-made fiber, raw material from bamboo" - of course, this "tight skirt" is the elastic belt pants head.

The appearance of this "tight skirt" has also brought a glimmer of dawn to other hybrid species.

When spring comes, we may soon see "tight seven point skirt" - a pair of trousers made up of short skirts and tight seven pants.

These are all coming. Can the postmodern stretch pants be far away?