The perfect wide leg trousers (and some thoughts on the new brand ARKET)

May 14, 2018 | 2 comments

I love wide leg pants: like anything else I have in my wardrobe, I think they are very versatile and easy to dress up and down. I lov combining them with a pair of white sneakers and a tee, or with a pair of heeled sandals and a lace cami for a night out. I’ve had a pair of wide leg pants from Asos laying around for a long time, but since they have both become too big and the fact that they are not in a very nice quality, has made me long for a new pair for my all-year basic wardrobe for a long time.

Jeg elsker bukser med brede ben: som med stort set alt andet i min garderobe, så synes jeg de er super anvendelige og nemme at dresse både op og ned. Jeg er især vild med, at kombinere dem med et par hvide sneakers og en t-shirt, men til fest er de også smukke med et par åbne stiletter og en strop-top med blondekant. Jeg har haft et par ældre bukser liggende fra Asos længe, men da de desværre er blevet for store til mig (og desuden heller ikke er i den bedste kvalitet), så har jeg længe været på udkig efter et nyt par til min basis garderobe.

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pants – Arket / tee – Cos / sneaks – & Other Stores / jacket – secondhand via Trendsales (old H&M) / bag – Adax

I discovered this pair on a colleague not so long ago, and I fell in love with both the fit and quality of the fabric – so I had to ask where they were from. They turned out to be from the new brand ARKET, which is a new sustainable/transparent brand within the H&M Group. I know many people shake their heads (especially those who – like me – has a beating heart for sustainable fashion) whenever something has the slightest connection to H&M. And my response to this is pretty simple; I’d rather place my money and thus my vote on a brand like ARKET, than boycutting completely. A huge part of the problem with fast fashion is the amount we as consumers buy anyway, so I’d rather buy less but better from a sustainable brand, to support a more green and slow fashion future. I have this dream that the conventional brands will eventually be shut down, and that everything will be moved to these sustainable brands instead. If ARKET is really as good as they say I don’t know yet, but I choose to believe until the opposite is proven. Otherwise you’ll end up making yourself dizzy, and in my opinion that’s not a way to live your life either. Well, anyway.

Jeg så ovenstående par på en kollega for ikke så længe siden, og blev forelsket i både pasform og kvalitet – så jeg var jo nødt til, at spørge hvor de var fra. De viste sig at være fra det nye brand ARKET, som er det nyeste skud på stammen inden for H&M gruppen, men som er et transparent og bæredygtigt tiltag. Jeg ved mange mennesker stejler (især de, hvis hjerte – ligesom mit – brænder for etisk og bæredygtig mode), så snart man overhovedet nævner noget der har forbindelse til H&M. Hertil må jeg simpelthen sige, at jeg som forbruger hellere vil lægge min stemme på de bæredygtige tiltag de nu engang laver, end jeg vil boycutte helt. Desuden ligger en stor del af problemet jo igen i vores forbrug og den mængde af tøj vi køber fra især ikke-bæredygtige brands, så jeg vil hellere købe lidt men godt fra de mærker, der baner vejen for bæredygtig produktion og så håbe det en dag bliver normen mere end undtagelsen. Så de konventionelle brands måske ville lukke ned, og arbejdskraften i stedet kunne blive flyttet til de bæredygtige af slagsen. Om ARKET rent faktisk er 100% fin i kanten ved jeg ikke, men jeg tror på det til det modsatte er bevist. Ellers kan man gøre sig selv helt rundtosset, og det er i min optik heller ikke en måde, at leve sit liv på. Nå, anyway.

The wide leg pants are made in wool, and that seemed to cause a bit of worry among you guys when I shared THIS video, because it says on the website that they are not to be washed regularly. I wash both my blazers and other items that are indicated to only be handled by a dry-cleaner, on the gentle wool program in my own washing machine. I even turn down the temperature to only 20 degrees to make it even more gentle. I’ve done this several times with a couple of my blazers, and this is also how I intend to wash these pants. It works like a charm, and I’ve never experienced anything shrinking or getting destroyed. Just remember to iron or steam these items afterwards, so that they get that sharp, neat look back – and remember you don’t need to wash these items very often either. Because the pants are made in wool, you need to be prepared that they have sort of and itch to them. Not a lot (I’m usually really sensitive about things like that), but a little bit. If you’re more into a wide leg pant that is NOT made in wool, I’ve found a pair in tencel which is one of the most sustainable materials out there, and they are from another favourite sustainable brand of mine -find them right HERE*.

Bukserne her er lavet i uld, og en del af jer var bekymret for dette i DENNE video, fordi der i anvisningen står, at man ikke må vaske dem. Jeg vasker både blazere og andre items der egentlig er angivet til, udelukkende at må vaskes på renseri, på det mildeste program jeg har på vaskemaskinen; uldprogram. Jeg plejer sågar at skrue temperaturen helt ned på 20 grader, for at gøre det endnu mere skånsomt. Dette har jeg gjort gentagne gange med flere af mine blazere, og det er også den måde jeg har tænkt mig, at vaske disse bukser på. Det virker upåklageligt, og jeg har aldrig oplevet at noget er blevet grimt eller er skrumpet. Bare husk, at stryge eller dampe items som netop blazere eller bukser som disse bagefter, så de får deres skarpe udtryk tilbage – og husk også, at dette er ting du ikke behøver vaske særligt ofte. Fordi de er lavet i uld skal du være opmærksom på, at de kradser en lille bitte smule. Ikke ret meget (jeg er som regel meget sart med den slags), men lidt. Hvis du er mere til denne type bukser fx i tencel, som er ét af de mest bæredygtige typer af kvaliteter, så er HER* et lignende par, fra et andet af mine favorit (bæredygtige) brands.

 

2 Comments

  1. Lucía

    “I have this dream that the conventional brands will eventually be shut down, and that everything will be moved to these sustainable brands instead.” I’m right there with you, girl. If only! I’m from Argentina and it’s actually extremely hard here to find labels that work with natural fibers (and don’t even get me started about pants). Instead, we have mostly overpriced synthetic stuff *facepalm*. However, I’m very slowly starting to find some local sustainable brands which were hidden somewhere on Instagram, so at least there’s that. I will keep on looking!

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  2. Gitte

    De er flotte de bukser, de er også på min ønskeseddel. Næste gang du komme til København bør du besøge Arkets butik i det gamle posthus i Købmagergade; det er en virkelig lækker indrettet butik, som er meget æstetisk og inspirerende.

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