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"In the spring of 2002, my sorority sisters and I went to Florence, Italy, where I bought the most amazing pair of black leather pants that fit me like a second skin. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m going to wear these to my 30th birthday party!&amp;quot; I announced. Um, that&amp;#x27;s still 2+ years away and I can barely get my right ankle into &amp;#x27;em. But I&amp;#x27;d already become so obsessed with the idea of wearing them again this season that I decided to take a deep breath and splurge on another pair. See what I&amp;#x27;ll be wearing mine with, after the jump. A look from Matthew Williamson fall 2009--see the full collection at style.com Leather was everywhere on the fall runways--Gucci, Balmain, Roberto Cavalli, and Matthew Williamson, to name a few--and we&amp;#x27;ve got a few tips for making it wearable here in the real world. A few words about leather pants: I find black to be easiest color to wear (they&amp;#x27;re slimming, they go with everything, and they don&amp;#x27;t require careful spot treatment like a lighter leather). The fit also needs to be impeccable. Over time, they&amp;#x27;ll stretch out in the knees, tush, and if they&amp;#x27;re super-skinny, the ankles. They may feel a little tight when you buy them, but it&amp;#x27;s better to get a pair that&amp;#x27;s a bit snug and truly break them in than to have a sagging pair after only a few months. And lastly, if you&amp;#x27;re a friend to the animals and don&amp;#x27;t feel comfortable wearing the real thing, there are some cool vegan options out there, too. Here are a few pairs I&amp;#x27;m really loving, at every price point: Want more great getting-dressed advice? Here&amp;#x27;s how to get it! Once you&amp;#x27;ve found your perfect leather pant, you can wear it just about anywhere this fall (except your strict-with-the-dress-code office, if that&amp;#x27;s the kind of place you work in--sorry!). For weekend afternoons, I love the idea of a model-off-duty look: slouchy vintage T-shirt, piles of tough-looking jewelry, and ankle boots (or even sneakers!) that will channel Agyness Deyn and The New York Dolls: Leather pants can also be a key component to a great date outfit--sexy but not slutty, edgy and fashion-y but still guy-friendly (trust me, there&amp;#x27;s not a man on the planet who doesn&amp;#x27;t want to see his date in black leather pants). The key is to keep the rest of your look very feminine and sort of subdued, so you don&amp;#x27;t look like you&amp;#x27;re channeling Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft: If you&amp;#x27;re headed to a cocktail party where you think they&amp;#x27;ll be hordes of women in Little Black Dresses, a sleek pair of leather pants is a great way to stand out from the crowd. Pair them with a sparkly top, a great pair of stilettos, and a tailored blazer that you can leave on or take off, depending on how dressed up everyone else is: Tell me dolls, do you own a pair of leather pants? Are you planning on getting a pair for fall? What do you wear yours with? Have you gotten any new ideas here? Discuss! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Photo: courtesy of style.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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