Leo Guarin
US$1,495
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US$1,495
Buy NowThese Trousers are Handmade-to-Order. Please allow 4 weeks for Léo to make yours. 100% Wool Donegal Tweed Triple Forward Pleats On-Seam Pockets Extended Tab Waistband Zip Fly Made in New York City 'Oxford Bags', the wide-legged, trouser craze of the Jazz Age originated among undergraduates at the University of Oxford around 1924.
The trend reportedly began as a clever workaround to university's ban on knickerbockers, the short, baggy pants often worn for sports, when Oxford's resourceful students discovered they could easily slip these massively proportioned trousers over their athletic gear to attend lectures without violating the dress code.
Representing a bold, rebellious shift away from the era's traditional slim-fit tailoring, Oxford bags quickly transcended academic life to become a hallmark of Jazz Age youth culture, gaining popularity across Europe and at American Ivy League universities throughout the mid-1920s and remaining influential into the 1950s. As this item is made to order, we cannot accommodate returns or exchanges.
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