We’re in our rollover-pants era

My favorite part of fashion is when a new style impulse (not quite a trend, more like a tendency) starts to take heed at such a degree of magnitude that it becomes a trend, but also not because by the rules of whatever this thing is, the best way to participate is on your own terms, with your own stuff.

Last week I wrote a little about what it takes for fashion to feel alive. The gist is: new ideas that both stimulate our creativity and give us the sense that we could participate in these ideas without necessarily buying whatever is stimulating the creativity.

This is where the agency is.

Where fashion can feel like freedom, or an unlock (you can use what you have to look how you want!) as opposed to a prison of inadequacy (you’ll never be good enough until you have X).

Example: this look from Auralee’s Men’s Spring 2025 show which just presented in Paris —

Encouraged this one from me —

LMND’s shirts are best to make a peplum (the side curves help), Dehanche belt, Liberowe shorts (any pair of borderline or not borderline hot pants are good), Gimaguas x Havaianas flip flops (you can make your own with this base, or just wear a pair of flat t-straps), Hunting Season’s ‘Opera’ clutch, Ray-ban classic wayfarers

And required no new thing to make it work because it was more about a fresh pairing of items as opposed to a specific thing. It got me thinking that when you pair good clothes with a good stylist (as in the case with Michael Rider’s Celine or Jonathan Anderson’s Dior), you get these fertile constellations that birth unique and satisfying, recreatable expressions.

But you can bring this idea in even deeper and whittle down the expression to something very tiny.

For example, low rise bottoms have been swimming through fashion’s consciousness for the better half of the last couple of years

Hi Adwoa! I think we’re re-entering our busting-button-down era. I keep returning to this one from Versace. Great ripped jeans (Levi’s) are here. The Row’s square toe t-strap flats be good.

but as we’re also having a surf summer, they seem to be reaching a fever pitch —

The infamous sequined suit, styled with these pants. Not quite a roll-over, but certainly adjacent

This expression comes on the heels of a decade that found us in mostly high and mid rise things. So how do you participate in this trend without also throwing the bathtub into the water or whatever?

Pls enter the fold over!!!

I like the fit on this simple black suit from Eterne, and absolutely hate myself for loving this

Aflalo top (there’s a good sale on), Madesome shorts (see also: these)

Don’t know who she is, but she cute.

Me this morning. 5:35 am! In an Anemos bikini top (as bra), All Three’s ‘Naomi’ pants, The Row’s ‘Tyler’ loafer as opposed to bootie, a gold Cano coin choker and Anni Lu’s pearlescent flower

You take your old pants and you fold them over until you feel more connected to your pubic bone. It works especially well when you consider that on the other side of a surf girl summer is a “fisherman aesthetic” summer — defined by the classic fold over trouser most recently made popular by Matteau —

Alaire top (comes like this too), Matteau pants (I don’t hate the yellow; one pair size 1 left here and 40% off)

But you can feign your own fold over and give your pants new life. A few examples of how are below —

Trousers

Outtake from a partner story w Gucci that went up on IG yesterday for the bag. (But it’s a good tank.) Sometimes the best way to alter a pair of pants is to just roll them over

The roll-over narrows out hips on pants too, it’s a really solid DIY-hem job. And the bag is, tbh, great too

Drawstring pants

Soeur hat (I’m circling this right now), All Three tank, Aflalo pants, Havaianas flip flips and as of today, you can finally buy this necklace!!!

An elastic waist band

Khaite sunglasses, Marisa Klass necklace, MOC button halter top (she cute in brown too), Maccapani pants (these from Etro also exist), The Row flat sandals (these too are warming up to me)

Slow roll close up. Get it or na

Dorsey necklace, Trois the Label black halter, All Three ‘Naomi’ pants rolled several times, Sach Atelier mirror band-belt (think last letter of rec may have sold her out, but this one’s probably more versatile?), The Row black lace up sandals (these are the great $$ alt, but you know what? Let’s all of us just get these)

It’s like an unfussy fuss

Zip-and-fly

Not to be confused with kiss and fly! Mango sarong as top, H&M shorts (try these or these, plus look at this color), The Row suede loafers

Close up of the “top,” which you can tape or tie back (or tbh just actually buy as a halter instead of sarong) depending on what works better for you. The sunglasses are Ray-ban (I really love the range from Jimmy Fairly), the jewelry (earrings, necklace) is by Julietta

The infamous bodysuit, which is now gone. Not the same thing at all, but this one from Tove is so good, and this one from Khaite is wear-tested and among my most trusted top layers — it’s rigid, so the shoulders make your chest look broad (in the best way), and last one if you want to stick to the “leather” look; Levi’s denim cut offs, The Row loafers (they come in black too), Gucci bag

Cordera hat, Khaite sunglasses, and here’s a necklace that can play the same role

Velcro-and-fly

Khaite sunglasses, Aflalo top, Madesome shorts

And some sandals that could work well for you are here too.

That concludes this week’s episode of my talk show.

But also, unsolicited advice, which you can take or leave: don’t drive with a watermelon in your lap.

It is an unnecessary and very literal path of resistance.

God speed,

Leandra