Carpe Diem Horse Leather Trousers
Hi All,
I am a newbie to this forum, so please be kind if I have any missteps in the first little while.
Sometime in the early 2000s, I walked into one of my favourite shops, Degli Effeti in Rome where I saw these wild new clothes hanging on meat hooks. They reminded me of something that Mad Max would wear. I was immediately attracted to a pair of leather trousers and I was told that they were made of horse leather. They were practically bullet proof, which completely intrigued me. I was further intrigued when one of the guys in the shop told me that Lenny Kravitz had bought a pair of these very same trousers. I had never tried on leather pants in my life until that point, but when I did, I knew that I had to have them, despite the price (which if I remember correctly was about Euro 1800). I remember walking out of the store in these absolutely stiff pants and making my way across the city towards my hotel which was atop the Spanish Steps. Once I got to the Steps, I had to take each step straight-legged, one step at a time. I'm sure all of the teenagers who were lining the steps people-watching, were having a great time laughing at me, but I didn't care because I loved those pants. And I wore them for years even though I never did any other research into Carpe Diem.
Cut ahead to the present day and I pulled the pants out because I haven't worn them for the last few years. I pulled them on and they're now a little bit big for me because I'm in better shape now than I was back then. The pants are probably a 48 and I need a 46. I also no longer liked the width of the leg.
So - and I'll probably be crucified by the purists out there for what I'm about to say - I took it to my local leather specialist and had the legs taken in to be more in keeping with the tight leg look that I favour (more like the silhouette of Bill the Butcher's pants in Gangs of New York). The problem is that although the tailor did an admirable job by equalizing the alteration from both the inside and outside of the leg, due to the construction of the pant, he could only go about midway to the hip on the outside. What I mean is the outside seam is a topstitch from the waist down to about mid-hip (i.e. maybe 5 or 6 inches), where it then transitions to an inner stitch (I hope I'm describing this properly). Thus, even though I have the nice tight leg look, the hip is a little wide which makes it not perfect.
Anyone have any ideas on how to address this? Also, were these pants common (as CD goes)?
Thanks in advance.
Hi All,
I am a newbie to this forum, so please be kind if I have any missteps in the first little while.
Sometime in the early 2000s, I walked into one of my favourite shops, Degli Effeti in Rome where I saw these wild new clothes hanging on meat hooks. They reminded me of something that Mad Max would wear. I was immediately attracted to a pair of leather trousers and I was told that they were made of horse leather. They were practically bullet proof, which completely intrigued me. I was further intrigued when one of the guys in the shop told me that Lenny Kravitz had bought a pair of these very same trousers. I had never tried on leather pants in my life until that point, but when I did, I knew that I had to have them, despite the price (which if I remember correctly was about Euro 1800). I remember walking out of the store in these absolutely stiff pants and making my way across the city towards my hotel which was atop the Spanish Steps. Once I got to the Steps, I had to take each step straight-legged, one step at a time. I'm sure all of the teenagers who were lining the steps people-watching, were having a great time laughing at me, but I didn't care because I loved those pants. And I wore them for years even though I never did any other research into Carpe Diem.
Cut ahead to the present day and I pulled the pants out because I haven't worn them for the last few years. I pulled them on and they're now a little bit big for me because I'm in better shape now than I was back then. The pants are probably a 48 and I need a 46. I also no longer liked the width of the leg.
So - and I'll probably be crucified by the purists out there for what I'm about to say - I took it to my local leather specialist and had the legs taken in to be more in keeping with the tight leg look that I favour (more like the silhouette of Bill the Butcher's pants in Gangs of New York). The problem is that although the tailor did an admirable job by equalizing the alteration from both the inside and outside of the leg, due to the construction of the pant, he could only go about midway to the hip on the outside. What I mean is the outside seam is a topstitch from the waist down to about mid-hip (i.e. maybe 5 or 6 inches), where it then transitions to an inner stitch (I hope I'm describing this properly). Thus, even though I have the nice tight leg look, the hip is a little wide which makes it not perfect.
Anyone have any ideas on how to address this? Also, were these pants common (as CD goes)?
Thanks in advance.
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