Trousers are always an afterthought in summer collections, but these khaki ones are a treasure
I love summer, but I do not love shorts. Some people get to August and are thrilled at the opportunity to wear shorts every day, but I am not one of them. I do wear shorts (on holiday, for exercise, mooching about at home), but unless it is super hot then, to be honest, I’d rather not. Which means I am constantly on the hunt for the elusive treasure that is a nice pair of summer trousers.
Trousers are always an afterthought in summer collections. Clothes shopping in summer means rails of shorts, skirts, dresses and swimwear, and that’s basically it. There are always white jeans, which I love for the way they wink to summer without requiring you to leave the comfort zone of a denim-clad bottom half. But, unless you want to spend half your life doing laundry and the other half fending off the Liz Hurley jokes, you can’t wear white jeans every day. Apart from that, the summer-trouser offering is sparse. There might be some flimsy, shapeless elasticated-waist trousers that look like pyjama bottoms on the rail. Unfortunately, these continue to look like pyjama bottoms when you try them on.
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Jess wears trousers, £55, stories.com. Top and shoes, Jess’s own. Styling: Melanie Wilkinson. Makeup and hair: Alexis Day using Wella and Max Factor
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