Bell bottoms are a hot topic in the Fashionista offices, and while we’ve all voiced our support of the flit and flare version, baby bells have been less-discussed.
So when news of J.Brand‘s Gigi landed in our inbox on Friday, we spent the weekend pondering whether or not we’d actually go for a pair of cropped kick-flares.
I saw Meredith Melling Burke wearing a similar pair at an event a month or two ago paired with Alexander Wang’s leopard-print wedges. She looked good, but it’s not a look I’d want to attempt. (Despite the fact that I love her Index pages in American Vogue, I don’t typically take style queues from the enviable Ms. Burke.)
Britt–the originator of our bell bottom discussions–trusts Burke, so I assumed she’d try this look on for size. However, she tells me, “I see them on MMB and want to buy a pair, but then i think about it, and it’s probably not the best idea.”
Right now–at this moment in time–Leah says she would not wear a pair.
Personally, I see myself wearing these with a pair of flats and one of my old Mayle blouses. There’s something very 2002 about baby bells. And I mean that in the most positive way.
Want a pair of your own? The Gigi retails between $158 and $196 at JBrandJeans.com.
Tags: Bell Bottoms, J Brand, Mayle
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I have a pair from Hudson that I absolutely live in. I think the key is to get a flare and not a bell bottom, and also get them slightly slouchy, so the volume at the bottom isn't aggressively deliberate. xoxoxo
I say no. It's a mindfuck for proportion and silhouette. The only way to wear cropped is tight.
i am a little scared by it. i have a tushy and hips
No thanks. Also, Lauren, I think you mean “cues” not “queues.”
I'm not too sure about these, even though I think MMB is great, inside and out!
This shape was around a few years ago and I dubbed them the “Captain Kirk's” because they have that bad Star Trek pants shape! These are flattering on no one.
oh, no no.
I don't understand why fashion journalists are treating these as being some sort of a novelty. They're the exact same cropped pants that were popular when I was in college, circa 2002-2003, except mine were from Express and Abercrombie, and we referred to them as “capris.” Now that J Brand makes a pair less than a decade later, they're somehow “new.”