I Was This Pant Trend's Biggest Foe—Now, It's All I Want to Wear for Summer

I've converted.

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I am notoriously not the biggest fan of pants. I am not the kind of girl who gravitates toward jeans or shorts or trousers. I just feel much more like myself in a skirt. Recently, though, I've been pulled to the other side all thanks to a singular pair of pantaloons.

Cou Cou intimates is a British brand that makes essentials like pointelle tank tops and dainty little skirts made of 100% organic cotton. Every single thing it makes feels like a trip to the French countryside. When I went to its pop-up in New York earlier this month, I tried on its new pantaloons and fell in love.

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According to Cou Cou, the pantaloons are inspired by "vintage petticoats and Victorian underpinning." They're relaxed and loose with a drawstring waist and ruffled trim that has an adjustable side tie. They remind me of coquette capris and are more fairytale than Sex and the City. I'm convinced they're the perfect pants, particularly in white.

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White pants have never been in my summer wardrobe before, but the Cou Cou Intimates pantaloons have opened up my eyes, and now I can't imagine packing for vacation without them. White pants just bring a lightness to an outfit. They feel like the physical manifestation of a lovely breeze. They add a daintiness to a look that I've only ever felt was achievable through wearing a skirt. And I like that they would also work just as easily with a bikini at the beach as they would a gingham halter top for dinner outside. So consider me converted. You'll catch me in my white pantaloons all summer. And I have a handful of similar options that are sitting my cart below.

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Tara Gonzalez
Tara Gonzalez
Senior Fashion & Social Editor

Tara Gonzalez is a senior fashion and social editor at WhoWhatWear. where she is interested in exploring the intersection of fashion and culture and why we are drawn to wearing the things we wear and what that says about the world we live in. Previously she worked as a senior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar. When she isn't writing trend deep dives for WWW, she's working on her newsletter on Substack, Cult Classic, which explores the very best fashion in film and television. She has a degree in creative writing from The University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and pug Bjork, the later of which has a very extensive collection of dog-sized Sandy Liang sweaters.