Haven’t you heard? are back. Pedal pushers, , capri pants, the names—like the style itself—are endless. Naturally, we have our reigning queen of all things and noughties to thank for this resurgence.
Capri pants have been steadily gaining traction since Hadid-favourite Jacquemus showed them on the Spring/Summer 2023 runway. Although, technically—as our Fashion Editor pointed —it was Chanel who first re-introduced the divisive style back in 2018. Jacquemus and Isabel Marant (who also showed Capri pants on last year’s Spring/Summer catwalk) had a decidedly more nineties feel, though, and it’s this retro iteration that has the fashion girls hot-footing it to the nearest store.
As is Hadid’s preference, the model styled her Ferragamo co-ord with futuristic and the same curved black mules from the Italian brand’s Spring 2024 runway (where the rest of the look came from). Befitting a style literally named after a holiday destination (German fashion designer Sonja de Lennart named the mid-calf length trousers after her favourite seaside retreat), Capri pants exude a certain summery romance. It’s Audrey Hepburn as a book-obsessed beatnik in (and also Hepburn returning to France in Billy Wilder’s , black Capri’s in tow) or Jackie O sauntering through the sun-bleached pavements of (you guessed it) Capri, circa-1970 with a dizzying array of cropped pants and a seemingly never-ending rotation of and trademark oversized .
Sure, Hadid opted for a more directional ta.
