Black Satin Trousers

Ever since I managed to make my first pair of trousers last year, I've been wanting to make myself a pair of voluminous, neo-Victorian-esque trousers. I was looking through an old Burda Style magazine and came across these satin evening trousers that I figured would work pretty well for the concept.

UK Burda 1/2016 119 B Trousers

Now I generally find with Burda that you have more luck following their patterns if you already have a pretty good idea of what you're meant to be doing. So if you've only ever made two pairs of trousers, you might find yourself getting quite lost and frustrated when reading their instructions... So I did go a bit wrong at points, but I think I managed to cover it up (from the outside world at least, but not from me).

I decided to whip up a quick cravat out of the same fabric to complete the semi-neo-victorian look, and this is how it all turned out: