Your Most Stylish Friends Will Soon Be Wearing These Cool Gaucho Pants

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You’ve probably mastered styling your skinny jeans, but there’s another (somewhat trickier) pant style we’ve been seeing fashion girls wear. We’re talking about gaucho pants. These trousers might not sound “cool” at first, but we promise you’ll want to wear them. They check all the boxes for the season’s trends—cropped, wide-leg, high-waisted—and are surprisingly versatile and flattering. On top of that, they can also be worn year-round, depending on how you style them.

To figure out the best ways to wear them, we looked to street style stars and learned a few key tips. Olivia Palermo wore hers with a statement top with voluminous sleeves—half tucked into her pants— and the two pieces struck the perfect balance of proportions. Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert adopted the same styling trick, adding a balloon-sleeve top to her look but also layering a wide belt to define her waist. Their simple styling ideas prove the pants are easier to wear than you might think. Want to see how other street style stars are styling the tricky pants?

Keep reading to see six cool outfit ideas and then shop our favorite gaucho pants.

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Tuck a striped shirt into gauchos for a polished look.

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Try out a denim-on-denim look.

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We love this sophisticated pairing of the loose blouse and gaucho pants. 

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You can’t go wrong with striped trousers and red heels.

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Try a monochrome outfit.

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We’re loving this bold green color. 

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White trousers are easy to wear with any top. 

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This post was published at an earlier date and has been updated.

Associate Director, Special Projects

Kristen Nichols is the Associate Director, Special Projects at Who What Wear with over a decade of experience in fashion, editorial, and publishing. She oversees luxury content and wedding features, and covers fashion within the luxury market, runway reporting, shopping features, trends, and interviews with leading industry experts. She also contributes to podcast recordings, social media, and branded content initiatives. Kristen has worked with brands including Prada, Chanel, MyTheresa, and Luisa Via Roma, and rising designers such as Refine and Tove, and her style has been featured in publications including Vogue.com, Vogue France, WWD, and the CFDA. Before Who What Wear, Kristen began her career at Rodarte, where she worked on assistant styling, photo shoots, and runway shows, and at Allure, where she moved into print and digital editorial. She graduated from the University of Southern California, where she studied art history and business, and currently lives in New York.