"A lower heel paired with cropped skinny pants and a menswear jacket is a very chic proportion, " said Ms. Pimentel.

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Feminine beaded tops over boy shirts were paired with punky skinny pants adorned with zippers as Taylor explored Frank Lloyd Wright and the Lower East Side of the 1980s.

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Your warts could be bright red leather boots that make you feel like a million dollars when everyone else is wearing the current shades of brown and black with their skinny pants.

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Cintamani, 36, interrupts the discussion on Singapore's economic environment, drawing attention to two men one in a three-piece black suit, and another in a futuristic-looking white top embellished with silver at its collar and reaching past his knees over skinny white pants with platform shoes and a woman in a white two-piece, loose-fitting suit with silver heels.

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Her one pair of trousers, black, with a slightly high waist, were the perfect antidote to the super-skinny or super-slouchy pants you find everywhere: a great-fitting, straightforward pant.

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Earlier this summer LOFT, which is owned by Ann Taylor, posted photos on its Facebook page of a new pair of pants worn by a skinny model.

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Although tight pants still dominated at skinny-suit stalwarts Paul Smith and Dior Homme, designers elsewhere are starting (thankfully) to give the dressed-up man's legs room to breathe.

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If you prefer pants to a skirt, choose a skinny stretch golfing pant instead.

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Each day begins with well-established routines: He eats breakfast at the exact same time while catching up on the news and donning his uniform a tailored black suit with tapered pants, slim-fit white dress shirt and skinny black tie.

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