'Leg sleeves' on trousers are the hottest winter fashion trend this year

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Pants with cuffed hems resting on the ankles are set to be best-sellers this winter
Comfortable and versatile, the trousers can be worn with sneakers or stilettos
The style is being sold by Australian labels Bec & Bridge, I.Am.Gia and Tiger Mist
Fast fashion retailers like Pretty Little Thing are also stocking the design

By Alice Murphy For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:45 EDT, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 21:39 EDT, 5 May 2020

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Pants with 'leg sleeves' will be the best-selling style of trousers among Australian women this winter, a Sydney fashion label has predicted.

Trend watchers at Bec and Bridge issued a newsletter for the brand's latest collection on Tuesday morning, declaring sleeve-inspired silhouettes will dominate over the next three months.

But none more so than cuffs, a style of trouser with a turned up hem cropped just above the ankle that flatters every body shape.

Usually stitched onto high-waisted trousers which hang loose around the legs before tapering in at the ankle, cuffed silhouettes elongate the body, making you appear taller and slimmer.

Comfortable and versatile, cuffed trousers can be styled with sneakers for a casual look or towering stilettos as part of a sleek, sophisticated ensemble, making them a perfect investment piece to take you from working at home, back to the office.

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Italian businesswoman Chiara Ferragni wears bubblegum pink cargo pants with cuffed hems from her eponymous fashion line, Chiara Ferragni collection on May 2, 2020

Seeing double: Two styles of beige trousers with 'leg sleeves' or ankle cuffs on sale now, from Australian streetwear label I.Am.Gia (left) and Sydney fashion label Bec and Bridge (right)

The style is being sold by some of Australia's most popular fashion labels, with chic black and tan coloured trousers for $280 from Bec and Bridge and fluorescent lime cargo pants currently reduced to $40 from streetwear brand I.Am.Gia online.

Fast fashion retailers are also stocking cuffed pants, with a rainbow of colours available from Pretty Little Thing and a similar range from Missguided for as little as $27.

Italian businesswoman Chiara Ferragni was one of the first to spot the blossoming trend, including cuffed trousers in striking shades of pink, purple, blue and green in her eponymous fashion line, Chiara Ferragni Collection, as far back as 2018.

The mega-influencer has been wearing a uniform of printed crop tops and cuffed trousers almost everyday for the past two months, as she continues to isolate in her Milanese penthouse with rapper husband Federico Lucia and their two-year-old son Leone.

A model wears a pair of beige cargo pants with cuffed hems from I.Am.Gia

Glam and casual: White, high-waisted leather trousers with cuffed hems from fast fashion website Pretty Little Thing (left) and lime green cuffed cargo pants from I.Am.Gia (right)

Alongside cuffed trousers, draped skirts, fringed bags and flat shoes are expected to dominate winter fashion Down Under.

Elle Australia market editor Samantha Wong said skewed proportions will also be popular, like tiny crop tops paired with knee-length skirts, over-sized blazers and mid-calf boots.

Ms Wong said ponchos will be a must-have for the style set this year, as well as headbands and slouchy, off-the-shoulder jumpers, which haven't been fashionable since the late Noughties.