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Create a Stunning Resort Look with Palazzo Pants
Palazzo pants, those wide-legged pants with the flowing silhouette, look and feel festive even when you wear them at home. Even the name sounds luxurious. In fact, in Italian, palazzo means palace.
Whether palazzo pants are so named because one could wear them in a palace or because the cut is so generous - “palatial”- if you will, is uncertain. What is certain is that these comfortable, elegant pants are perfect for lunches with friends, for evenings out, or for entertaining at home, whether your home is an Italian palace or a Florida condo.
These breezy bottoms may seem too far out of your comfort zone if you haven’t worn a wide pant since the 1970s, but today’s palazzo pants are a staple of the well-dressed woman’s wardrobe.
Why? They are flattering and easy to wear and pack – and so comfortable, you can sleep in them. They’re also a nice alternative to the maxi skirt.
Types of Palazzo Pants with Examples
This season, you'll find a vibrant assortment of palazzo pants available at Anthony's Ladies Apparel. Here are a few palazzo pants worth checking out:
With a double layered construction and decorative buttons, this breezy gauze palazzo pant is available in four different colors for nearly endless outfit options.
Also available in multiple color options, this wide-leg pant by Jess and Jane has a mineral washed finish and pleated styling on the hemline for a unique look.
Perfect for wearing when the weather is warm, this flowy, ankle-length pant is printed with a distinctive tropical leaf pattern in indigo and white. This pant looks great with either a simple tee or a more polished blouse.
Crafted from lightweight burnout fabric with a crinkled texture, this cropped palazzo pant has a pull-on waistband for a comfortable fit that lasts all day. Decked out in a pastel striped motif, this pant will add a pop of color to any look.
Made in Italy from pure linen, this pant has a drawstring waist and is available in five fashionable colors. Whether you dress this pant up or down, you'll look and feel fabulous!
Featuring an exotic floral print in cool, tropical tones, this palazzo pant is ideal for any occasion where both form and function matter. Comfy, elegant, and eye-catching, this pant is a choice addition to your wardrobe.
Regardless of which print you choose, you’ll be delighted by the silhouette since there are elements that make these palazzo pants universally flattering. To wit:
- The wide leg: with a wide opening at the hem which tapers to a narrower silhouette near the waist, the overall visual effect created is a long, graceful figure.
- The gathered, pull-on waist: the gently elasticized waist lies flat and defines the waistline. For anyone without a tiny waist, the bell shape of palazzo pants lends balance, creating the illusion of a slimmer waist.
- The fabric: fluid and forgiving, the lightweight fabrics used in palazzo pants are for any woman, regardless of body type. Furthermore, figure flaws are camouflaged by bright colors and striking designs, creating a smooth appearance without shapewear!
How to Wear Palazzo Pants to a Resort
How should you wear palazzo pants? Whether wearing them at home or to your favorite resort for a destination vacation, let the shape of these colorful, versatile pants dictate the look of your overall outfit by:
- Tucking a solid tee into the waistband, keeping the top to a visual minimum- of course, a tank or knit top works too.
- Tying a blouse at the waist, also keeping the bottom as the focal point of the outfit.
- Keeping sweaters or knits lean and cropped well above the hip so that the top silhouette remains short over the longer pant.
What should you wear with palazzo pants? There are no hard and fast rules since a palazzo pant can also be worn peeking out from under a long tunic. Imagine a long, solid-color column of a tunic with a vividly printed palazzo pant peeking out from the bottom. In this case, the look is a long layer over a long layer. It’s funky but glamorous!
However you choose to wear palazzo pants, and wherever you choose to wear them, they offer the comfort of less formal clothes but the elegance to stand in for other typically more dressy items. So wear them in your own palace or out on the town. Either way, they'll help you look stylish while remaining comfortable.
Plan a Trip to an Anthony's Near You
If all this talk about palazzo pants makes you want to visit a real palace, the Ringling Museum in Sarasota features the stunning mansion of circus magnate John Ringling. It’s colorful and flamboyant and perched on Sarasota Bay. If you blink your eyes, you’ll swear you’re in Venice, Italy. (And while you’re on Florida’s west coast, stop by one of Anthony’s five west coast stores!)
Wherever you roam, palazzo pants are easy, breezy, and beautiful- perfect for our Florida resort lifestyle.
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jane scott
Is your clothing made of sun protective cloth?
Is your clothing made of sun protective cloth?