Pants, Pants, Pants...
By Roni Rabl In 1933 WWD raised a controversial question: will women ever wear trousers? Pants was not yet an existing word as only men wore them. It was around that time that the limelight was turned to this phenomenon and trousers for women became a trend. Actresses Katharine Hepburn and Greta Garbo lent it glamour and World War 2 made industry rely on women as their working power instead of the masculine majority who were at war. That is how the masculine wardrobe became a legitimate source of inspiration for working women and those who wished to upgrade it into their daily wear. It started simply with women raiding their men’s closets to find a comfortable outfit for their...