Caught pants three-quarters up!
These days, many urban fashion-conscious ladies are going for jeans that are slightly folded up at the knee, showing off show more of the naked calf and ankles.
By Titus Serunjogi
These days, many urban fashion-conscious ladies are going for jeans that are slightly folded up at the knee, showing off show more of the naked calf and ankles. The trend has been around for barely months, but all of a sudden, every hip urban woman seems to be picking it up. At the malls, such ‘three-quarter’ pants (aka capris) fly off the shelves like hot cakes. But just why are the three-quarter pants so popular?
Vivian Nakandi of the Loita Fashion House says the capris are ‘happening’ because they can keep the wearer in with the millennial trend of showing off more skin while at the same time retaining a casual look. Little wonder that the three-quarter jeans are the thing, from the catwalks to street walks to the discothèques and other informal workplaces.
At Sylvie’s Boutique, Garden City capris cost sh65,000, while Kagame’s Boutique on Sunset Arcade offers factory-folded jeans at sh45,000. On Nabugabo Road, three-quarter pants will cost you sh11,000. Most of the pants on the market have a faded blue (or stonewash) appeal on the hips and the thighs. You need to rush as capris are always the first thing to fly off the shelves.
Latif Kasumba, a fashion designer and lecturer at Tiner International School says, “Capris are the ideal way of showing off one’s beauty on the street. This is because they leave the calf bare while exaggerating the derriere.†The African ideal for beauty has to do with appearing more curvaceous, rather than sleek and straight like a catwalk model.
So, it is becoming the trend in town to wear tank tops, scarves and wedge-heels along with three-quarter pants.
Nakandi recommends that women who have short stocky legs should go in for other denim styles rather than three-quarter jeans. Skin tight pants highlight every figure disproportion, but chubby girls would appear weirder instead. They can go for the skimpy denim mini-skirt that serves the same purpose as the capri. Infact, capris were originally more popular among tall skinny models from Western Europe.
These days, many urban fashion-conscious ladies are going for jeans that are slightly folded up at the knee, showing off show more of the naked calf and ankles. The trend has been around for barely months, but all of a sudden, every hip urban woman seems to be picking it up. At the malls, such ‘three-quarter’ pants (aka capris) fly off the shelves like hot cakes. But just why are the three-quarter pants so popular?
Vivian Nakandi of the Loita Fashion House says the capris are ‘happening’ because they can keep the wearer in with the millennial trend of showing off more skin while at the same time retaining a casual look. Little wonder that the three-quarter jeans are the thing, from the catwalks to street walks to the discothèques and other informal workplaces.
At Sylvie’s Boutique, Garden City capris cost sh65,000, while Kagame’s Boutique on Sunset Arcade offers factory-folded jeans at sh45,000. On Nabugabo Road, three-quarter pants will cost you sh11,000. Most of the pants on the market have a faded blue (or stonewash) appeal on the hips and the thighs. You need to rush as capris are always the first thing to fly off the shelves.
Latif Kasumba, a fashion designer and lecturer at Tiner International School says, “Capris are the ideal way of showing off one’s beauty on the street. This is because they leave the calf bare while exaggerating the derriere.†The African ideal for beauty has to do with appearing more curvaceous, rather than sleek and straight like a catwalk model.
So, it is becoming the trend in town to wear tank tops, scarves and wedge-heels along with three-quarter pants.
Nakandi recommends that women who have short stocky legs should go in for other denim styles rather than three-quarter jeans. Skin tight pants highlight every figure disproportion, but chubby girls would appear weirder instead. They can go for the skimpy denim mini-skirt that serves the same purpose as the capri. Infact, capris were originally more popular among tall skinny models from Western Europe.