Monday, March 9, 2009

Boyfriend Fashion!

What is the Boyfriend Fashion? Boyfriend is any style for woman's clothing that was modified from a corresponding men's garment. Examples include boyfriend jackets and boyfriend jeans, which are more unisex in appearance than most woman's jackets or trousers while they are still designed for the female form. It all started when Katie Homes walked out wearing Tom Cruise's jeans. Funny as it sounds but she made a fashion statement and now we have stores selling the Boyfriend jeans. It is basically you wearing your BF's jeans with a belt so that it fits your hip and folds in the bottom. It is baggy and straight fit like jeans for men usually are.

So i finally bought one from American Eagle yesterday to try it out. They have made it so that it is tighter at the waist and slouchy in the leg just because guys are naturally taller and they do not have the curvy butt like women have;) No offense guys!
It is very similar to a true boot cut except that it is not tighter at the thighs. To add to the feminine look you can wear a tight top and heels totally your choice. So far i am liking it but not sure how the market is going to respond to it. Only a few top brands carry it and now American Eagle. But the marketing strategy is not bad because if it was called a Regular fit or a Free fit or Straight fit then i would have not stopped and tried it. So we will see how it works in today's Recession world.
It seems Katie Homes was wearing that jeans for 3 straight days in NY and then she "dumped the boyfriend jeans" and went on a cruise:)



There are also different styles in the Boyfriend Favorite- Destroyed wash, Indigo wash, Faded wash. The boyfriend pants are getting popular Victoria Backham , Lindsay Lohan and many others are wearing them. It does look even better if you are skinny like them.

2 comments:

  1. very informative...all this while i thought gurls just wore stuff tht was bought off the mens section...

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  2. personally i never bought anything from mens section and now i don't even have too:)

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