Women’s shorts are the subject of wardrobe, which is always in trend, only styles and design change from year to year. They are sewn from a variety of materials, including natural leather. Leather shorts are out of place in the hot summer, but they are quite suitable for winter and off-season, especially if you are not averse to emphasizing the smooth curves of a slim figure to the extent of provocative and stylish clothing. How to choose and with what to wear leather shorts in the cold season to look spectacular and even elegant, but not vulgar?
How to choose fashionable leather shorts for the winter?
The variety of models and colors of women’s leather shorts allows you to choose the perfect style for almost any shape and case. There are good options for office dress code, and for fun parties, for slim and full girls, for fans of casual styles, sports chic, grunge, punk, and romantic classics.
General recommendations
Autumn and any cold season oblige us to warm, and in this regard, leather shorts are much preferable to mini-skirts in combination with short jackets and coats. When buying, choose products made of genuine leather of good dressing. Artificial material in the cold can crack, moreover, it does not have the ability to stretch and sit on the figure, does not breathe and can cause discomfort. Also, when choosing a leather short for the cold season, the following universal tips should be followed:
- A combination of dark-skinned leather shorts with black tight or classic body tights or dark leggings is considered ideal;
- It is not necessary to combine leather shorts with boots-boots, otherwise can turn out to be vulgar;
- leather shorts are in harmony with different styles in clothes and textures (from leather jackets and knitted sweaters to lace tops and satin blouses);
- It is not recommended to wear micro-shorts in winter in the most tight fitting shape, models with slightly flared or loose legs look much more elegant;
- since in the cold season they wear thick tights, the shorts themselves choose half a size larger, with a small margin;
- black tights can be replaced with leggings, worn over bodily tights;
- In winter and autumn, models with low waist are irrelevant, you risk to freeze and demonstrate to others, instead of a tummy, the top of leggings or tights.
Popular colors and styles
In the cold season, designers and stylists recommend wearing shorts with a high waist, mid-thigh length or slightly higher, besides, such a cut is now in trend. Actual styles such as a flashlight, widening around the hips, models with cuffs, classic high-waisted shorts and versatile shorts, as shown in the photo below, which, if desired, can be easily entered into the office dress code. In the cold season, many people prefer dark-colored clothes, especially black leather shorts that are ideally combined with any images and styles. As an option, consider the models of fashionable bottle-green, emerald, wine, mustard, and dark blue shades. Even mini-shorts in such a range will look elegant and noble, while bright pink, blue and yellow colors should be postponed until spring or reserved for club parties.
Models for figures of different types
Slender girls with long legs and narrow hips will suit any styles of leather shorts. Flirty cuffs attract attention to slender legs; “lanterns” visually give the figure appetizing forms. Models up to mid-thigh and below, high-waisted products in combination with high-heeled shoes and black tights slim, lengthen legs. For skaters, free-cut shorts are suitable, with wide and flared leg, and skirt-shorts go to everyone without exception, from young girls to respectable business-women.
What can I wear leather shorts in winter and autumn?
Although originally shorts belonged exclusively to a summer or sports wardrobe, fashion designers have long rethought this piece of women’s clothing, firing warm knitted, drape, tweed, wool and leather models for the cold season. Choosing the classic and versatile in cut and texture of things, you can easily cope with this task because simple black shorts made of leather and kept in noble muted tones are perfectly combined with most of the images and clothing.
Combinations with outerwear
In the cold season, leather shorts somehow have to be combined with outerwear. In early autumn and warm spring, they can be combined with leather jackets, leather jackets, long knitted cardigans, a coat of wool, faux fur, raincoats, trench coats, elongated sports jackets of direct cut. In the example in the photo, or a cardigan with shorts, not buttoning up, trying to choose models with the smell, not fitted and elongated. Short pants look good and with warm oversized jackets and parks. It is advisable to choose outerwear of the same length as the shorts, or a little shorter.
The perfect match: pick up shoes to leather shorts
In the case of the choice of shoes, it all depends on the season and your style. In spring and autumn, leather shorts are well combined with sneakers, sneakers, moccasins, high heels and low shoes, with loafers and ankle boots. For the cold season, rough lace-up boots, your favorite ugg boots, high boots with fringe or stockings will do. It is better to refuse jackboots in order not to make an image vulgar and too defiant. If you like a bow in grunge or punk style, combine a leather jacket with rivets, short leather shorts with boots on a tractor sole. A romantic image can include an elegant coat, a silk scarf, a hat with a brim, and ankle boots. Dressing in a sport-chic style, choose massive sneakers, a bright sports jacket or a comfortable hoodie, a sporty hat.
Blouses, shirts
If we are talking about an office bow, stop choosing a strict men’s shirt for graduation, a laconic blouse, black tights, shoes and a minimum of accessories. For a walk or a party, you can choose a blouse of bright shades, with a beautiful print, satin or silk fabric, lace, chiffon, cotton. With leather shorts, shirts and blouses can be worn as a jacket and tucked under the belt. Unfortunately, in the cold season, you can only show all the details of the image with skin shorts indoors.
Sweaters, jackets in the cold season
With leather shorts, they wear not only smart and office blouses, checked shirts and polka-dot shirts, but also various sweaters and jackets. If in the case of a cardigan it is worth choosing an elongated version, then for a slender girl it would be appropriate to have a short model jacket with a basque and a fitted shortened jacket in an office style. Under a coat or a down jacket, in combination with warm boots, in the cold season, you can wear a beautiful, beautiful knit sweater, a fluffy woolen sweater of a freestyle, a fitted turtleneck or sleeveless over a beautiful blouse. You can wear colorful and monochromatic sweaters, sweatshirts, long sleeves with a different texture, cut, bright and muted shades with leather shorts of dark shade.
Accessories and other little things
In the cold season, only a small part of costume jewelry remains in sight. As a rule, these are earrings. You can compensate for the lack of jewelry with stylish and bright accessories: colorful scarves and scarves, knitted hats and hats with small fields, handbags, and clutches. It is not customary to combine large and catchy beads, necklaces, bracelets with leather shorts, but they are perfectly combined with small things from the same material: leather and textile pendants, leather gloves, belts. A bag for leather shorts, if they are not completely covered with outerwear, it is better to choose medium-sized, and miniature urban backpacks, and shoulder bags, clutch bags, and purses will fit here.
Choose images and combinations to your liking and combine leather shorts with other items of clothing, drawing on the photo from our selection and your imagination. Good luck and inspiration!