Mens Harem Pants – Cross Dressing Style Innovated from the Arab Culture

As the trendy and barefaced young mean try to innovate more styles into their line of clothing, cross dressing style is quite common, and one among those that hit the fashion industry in the recent years is the harem pants.

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Mens Harem Pants - Great Choices for the Daring Man

Although worn by women mostly, harem pants are favored by men, and have been adapted from the Arabian belly dance costumes. Harem pants are baggy across the crotch area and tight fitting near the ankle. The top half drapes and flows into the bottom half that appears tapering, along with elasticized hemline. Mens harem pants showcase the same effect and are not available in plenty. There are some websites that make mens harem pants available, seasonally.They are great for the bold headed men who are ready to try out the future trends, and who would not mind trying a hand in cross dressing styles. Mostly available in cotton, they are also made available in jersey. Some mens harem pants are available with a bagginess across the crotch are and the hips, that tapers towards the ankle without providing a tight fit at the legs. These are commonly known as Aladdin pants, and feature elastic hemlines.

Black Harem Pants - the Most Coveted

Black is always a style statement, and hence black harem pants are the most sought after, be it men’s harem pants of women’s. One best way to deviate from the cross dressing look that the harem pants bring along for men is to wear the black harem pants, as it creates a unique look paired with ultimately matching shirt or t shirts. For women, harem pants in black are great while worn with multi colored tops or plain short tops. The ideal fabrics are cotton, georgette, and velvet. If full length, pair them up with flats. Cropped harem pants can be teamed with high heels.

Belly Dance Harem Pants - the Traditional Dance Costumes

The Turkish belly dance harem pants deviate slightly from the ones that the present generations wear. They showcase stone embellishments and beaded works that sway beautifully while they swing. Mostly made of some see through material, they even showcase some cutouts and keyholes in the pants on the sides. Designer made belly dance harem pants get into more detailing in terms of the embellishments used. The side slits are often connected with beaded strands or metallic ribbons. The Egyptian belly dance costume is quite towards the conservative side with using a skin colored cloth as the base. Though decorations are minimal, sequins cover the entire costume that has slits all over, while the harem pants are worn inside.Photo Source : flickr.com/16662833@N00/