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<\/a>J Brand Earhart Modern Flight Pants. $238 at Intermix. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n
Slouchy and cropped with elasticized cuffs, the pants gently hint at the classic knickers cut while avoiding the costume-y feel that might result from too-full legs and too-tight cuffs. J Brand named the “flight-inspired pants” after famed pilot Amelia Earhart. Earhart herself often wore long, flowing pants<\/a>, though I’ve seen at least one photo of her wearing jodhpurs<\/a>. Though jodhpurs were ankle-length, in Earhart’s time they were very full in the thigh and tight starting just below the knee<\/a>, so I see where J Brand got the knickers vibe.<\/p>\n Last summer, J Brand had a monster hit with its Houlihan skinny cargo pants<\/a>, so when J Brand does something, it’s worth paying attention.<\/p>\n \n Clowning around in my Houlihans and LOLZ rings for Jennine Jacob of Eat, Sleep, Denim.<\/p><\/div>\n Interestingly, the real Earhart launched a short-lived line of clothes in 1934. In a 2009 article for The Huffington Post<\/a>, writer Gioia Diliberto called Earhart “America’s first celebrity designer.” That same year, Mary Hall, also writing for HuffPo, provided additional details about Earhart’s designs<\/a>. I’m amused that Earhart added shirt tails to women’s shirts, so that shirts didn’t come untucked and expose skin when women bent over. According to Hall, Earhart said, ” I made up my mind that if the wearers of the shirts I designed for any reason took time out to stand on their heads, there would still<\/em> be enough shirt to stay tucked in.”\u00a0 Imagine the shirt tails she’d have to design to cope with some of the low-rise pants we wear nowadays! The tails would be down to our knees.<\/p>\n Are you ready to take on traditional or ultra-toned-down knickers?<\/p>\n *It’s really trademarked! I’m not kidding around this time<\/a>!<\/em> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My “Never Is the Next New Thing\u2122”* fashion theory proposes that the most provocative\/grating\/startling looks — the ones that make you say, \u201cI would NEVER wear that!\u201d — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. We need to be jolted out of our fashion complacency before we move in a new…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/wendybrandes2.jpg\" "\\"wendybrandes2\\"")
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