The One Pant You Need In Your Closet
About six years ago, at Halloween, I begrudgingly dressed up as a pink lady with my then eight-year-old daughter. I hate dressing up for Halloween, but I agreed to Blair's request since I could just order a jacket and wear leggings and a t-shirt underneath. This is the night I first met Megan Brown, who was dressed as Dirty Sandy from Grease. I had been to her studio, and we had mutual friends, but it wasn't until that fateful night at Tricia Holley's house we were introduced. We became friends and a few years later were in a business group together. It was then that we started going to Soul Cycle every Thursday with Nicole Jones, and we all became fast friends. Well, they were already friends; they just let me in their clique.
One day we were driving to Georgetown and talking about clothes, and Megan asked what I considered my "style." I replied with Grandma Chic. She laughed and said her style was Ho Chic. I tend to like oversized sweaters, blazers, and loafers, and she likes things a little tighter and shorter. The funny thing is, despite us having very different styles, when it comes to clothes, we often have similar tastes. A few years after The Hive was open, I introduced her to Tibi. Specifically Tibi joggers. She fell hard and fast for them. I, too, am a lover of the Tibi jogger. That was my first Tibi pant obsession, then I added the Stella pant in both nylon and wool to my collection, and, well, the list goes on and on from there. Megan is the same way. She once called me in a panic that she couldn't find her chalky drape joggers.
Simply put, you can dress them up, you can dress them down, and no matter where you wear them, you look and feel great. However you decide to wear them, they look amazing, and you feel confident and put together. They are the perfect post-covid pants; you are still comfortable but dressed.
Since we are doing a trunk show on Tibi Fundamentals, I asked Megan to model all the amazing Tibi pants we have in stock for the event and for spring. These are not basics - that would not be doing the pants justice. There is nothing basic. The other day on Instagram, Amy Smilovic perfectly described what makes these pants different than the other ones in my closet and why I gravitate to them:
“When you see brands offer ‘the basics, the classics’ – that’s just it. They tend to be basic. And if that is supposed to form the foundation of your style - be the easy thing you throw on every day, then ultimately you end up feeling ‘basic’ – every day. A shirt with average proportions, a pant that has no point of view other than ‘plainness’ or a ‘meek’ blazer – well, wear them every day and you feel average, plain, and meek. That’s not how I, and it turns out thousands of others, want to feel.
Fundamentals were created to be easy enough to wear everyday but pushed enough to have a point of view. To have the functionality of a basic but to be anything but.”
