All fashionistas carry it: it is the start of the school year! Comfortable and elegant, this pants are absolutely adopted.
Each school year, one wonders what new outfits to wear. If some people are determined to change their wardrobe and completely reinvent themselves, others simply look for one or two trendy rooms to add to their dressing room. And as you know now, this fall is under the sign of bohemian chic style. A style that was mainly brought up to date by Chloé or Isabel Marant, among others.
After the fluid blouse or the suede bag, another piece returns to the front of the stage. All the fashionistas brought it during the Fashion Week in Copenhagen, which took place from August 4 to 8. Comfortable, ample and feminine, this piece straight from Jasmine’s dressing room, has an interesting story.
Initially borrowed from Persian and Middle East fashion, notably by Paul Poiret, it was, at the start, not well received in the Western countries that saw it “A challenge to social and political standards” And “potentially dangerous appropriation of male prerogatives“, according to Mary E. Davis in Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism.
We are talking about balloon pants here! It is found under different names: Sarouel, Harem Pants or Balloon Pants in English. The Bloomer, very trendy this summer, is a type of balloon pants. Presented during the Zimmermann Fall/Winter 2025-2026 and Alaïa spring/summer 2025 parades, this fluid garment, adjusted to the size and tightened with ankles, was modernized. He gives a romantic and light silhouette, perfect for being comfortable while being chic back to work.
You can wear it with a corset, a body or a t-shirt on the body to accentuate the puffy shape of the pants. But you can just as easily adopt it with a wide t-shirt and an oversize blazer to push the silhouette even further!
