Pants khaki color - a universal and practical thing, for all cases of everyday life. Pants color khaki perfect for office, narrowed model - ideal for walking, military style pants - for a hike or picnic. Therefore, they firmly joined the basic wardrobe of many girls. Classics are marsh-green pants khaki, but for several years now in the trend and brown-beige color.
The history of the appearance of khaki trousers
This color found a response in fashion, thanks to the military uniform, but how did it appear in principle? - The concept of khaki as a color introduced by the British in 1867 during the fighting against India. Until that time, the bright British uniform was too noticeable on the battlefield. And to fix this, it was decided to "dress up" the soldiers in the shape of the color of dust.
In the women's wardrobe clothes of this color entered the 1920s as one of the "consequences" of the Second World War. On the podium the clothes of khaki color were released by Giorgio Armani - back in 1965, and the first pants of this shade in 1986 were released by Levi's.
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Branded female khaki trousers
Now branded female khaki pants can be found at a number of well-known clothing manufacturers, such as Jennifer, Outventure, American Eagle Outfitters.
Among fashion designers, female khaki pants were seen in the shows in 2016 from Greg Lauren, Michael Kors, Nina Ricci. Basically these are ensembles in the style of casual, but there are also more strict models of trousers - for example, narrowed khaki trousers.
Athletic khaki pants are now produced by Nike and Kenzo.
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Why wear khaki pants?
It will be ideal to combine female khaki pants of any style with a white top: shirt, blouse, tunic, shirt. Suitable tandem fabrics: linen, cotton, knitwear, jute and even silk (but not chiffon!). On a cool day, you can supplement the image with a brown sweater or a leather jacket of black or brown color.
The versatility of such a garment gives freedom in the choice of shoes. Here's what to wear khaki pants:
- ballet shoes;
- heels;
- sneakers;
- sandals;
- shoes on the platform.
And with color solutions you need to be more careful. To the marsh-green pants suit the clothes of saturated colors: brown, olive, green, blue, yellow, red. With light khaki, on the contrary, muted colors are combined: beige, cream, peach pale yellow and light brown. Of the deep colors, only black will be fine.
As an accent, it will be interesting to look quite a large decoration in eco- or ethno-style, a thin strap of contrasting color, a bag over the shoulder or a backpack.
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