Now, I’m going to let you in on a secret. When I first saw the balloon-leg/harem pants/genie trouser—call it what you will—trend appear across the Spring/Summer 2025 runways, I dismissed it as a fleeting fad. Yes, they exude an effortless kind of cool and are undeniably more interesting than a much-loved wide-leg, but they felt a little too fashion-forward to truly take hold. Oh, how wrong I was...
