It may be the heat of summer, but we’re already looking ahead to the fall. The jump from shorts and lightweight dresses to heavy-duty trousers and raw denim, however, doesn’t happen overnight. Enter: the skant.
While wearing pants underneath skirts and dresses is a perfectly viable option for the transseasonal wardrobe, over the last year or so, I’ve become particularly interested in the skant—a pair of pants with a built-in overskirt. Last summer, I invested in a pair from Paloma Wool (perhaps the foremost skant producer)—a sheer brown pair with a matching miniskirt. On muggy summer days, I pair it with a tank top and sandals, but when the weather cools down, it works just as well with a cardigan.
I’m not the only one who sees the value of a skant—celebrities are into it, too. Just last week, Jennifer Lawrence went out to dinner in a pair of sheer navy trousers overlain with a below-the-knee skirt, a hole-ridden tee, and strappy Prada kitten heels. The breezy skant was the perfect middleman between Lawrence’s ultra-casual T-shirt and her dressier sandals.
Kaia Gerber has also used the skant to add some visual intrigue to an otherwise standard outfit. Late last year, the model livened up a navy crop top and black ballet flats with a gray miniskirt atop straight-legged trousers, also Paloma Wool (are you sensing a pattern?). The Spanish brand isn’t the only skant connoisseur, though: Collina Strada, MM6, and ASOS have also offered their take on the doubled-up look.
And for anyone who wants to try a different look, consider a dress over pants set. Last October, Kendall Jenner wore a KNWLS minidress over flare pants. Skants or dress, a coordinated look is a low lift method for elevating your transseasonal wardrobe.
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