Leg Work: The New Season Trouser Edit

Leg Work: The New Season Trouser Edit

A great pair of trousers can change the trajectory of an evening. They can make a familiar blouse feel newly purposeful, give a jacket its proper counterpart, and offer a quietly confident alternative to the assumption that formal dressing must begin and end with a dress. In short: they do the leg work.

Our new-season trouser and jumpsuit collection is built around that versatility, combining elegant tailoring with luxurious fabrics for refined occasion dressing. The proposition ranges from sharply cut cigarette trousers to fluid palazzo silhouettes and tailored jumpsuits - all proof that eveningwear and smart daywear is more interesting when it offers more than one answer.

The cigarette trouser remains the foundational shape. Slim, tailored and cropped around the ankle, it draws on the poised, graphic dressing of the 1950s and 1960s, but feels as fresh now as it did when it first became a favourite of screen icons and European modernists. Pair it with a silk shell and a tailored jacket or waistcoat for a cocktail invitation, then add heels and statement jewellery to turn some heads.

For a softer silhouette, palazzo trousers offer movement, length and a little theatre. Their wide leg skims rather than clings, making them particularly compelling in the fluid silk georgette fabric we have created them in. Wear them with a more fitted top or a cropped jacket to keep the proportions balanced. A palazzo trouser asks for a little confidence, but generously supplies some in return. Similarly, our Lounge Trousers offer a more structured straight-leg shape but still with that same fluid movement.

 
 
 

Then there is the jumpsuit: the closest thing formalwear has to an all-in-one solution. A well-cut example provides the impact of a dress with the practicality of tailoring, and can be styled up or down depending on the accessories. Add an elegant evening coat or velvet jacket when the temperature drops, and the effect is complete without feeling overworked.

The point is not to retire dresses. It is simply to recognise that trousers can be just as glamorous and often more adaptable. With the right cut, cloth and companion piece, they offer a smarter way to answer almost any evening invitation.

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