ewwww . . . guys in those wrap pants harem pants just gross me out
Lagenlook reminds me of a poor man’s (or woman’s) hippie version of Eileen Fisher
I also had not heard of lagenlook so went looking. I have seen pieces that would be classified as 'lagenlook" but had not ever seen the term and agree that the vast majority of people would not look good in those loose baggy pieces even over tights. Funny that the link BB posted calls it “quirky” and I thought Coatigan was appropriate. BB, I could see it an “artsy” older woman who has skinny legs and a big bosom 
alh, I appreciate your descriptions and think they are apt. I too had to look it up.
I’m still chuckling over “farmer romantic” though. I think I know what you meant, but no farmgirl in her right mind would wear those–all I can think of is all that loose fabric getting stuck in a PTO shaft. Or auger.
I hated tie-dye the first time around, and didn’t want to see it again.
Artificially-inflated lips have ruined the looks of some really beautiful women.
I despise tattoos. Sorry. Also anything other than a single piercing of the ear. No other body parts, please.
Tanning-bed tans.
Very high heels and very high wedges.
Visible underwear.
Baby doll tops.
I like the idea that pants in all kinds of lengths and shapes are available to fit all different kinds of body types. I wouldn’t ban any of them.
I can handle a small discreet tat but those ones that crawl up necks down arms coming out of shirts and dresses are just awful. That is a fad that can’t go away soon enough.
Actually that’s a fad that can’t go away at all. At least not without a lot of pain. So we’d better get used to it.
I figure if I make it to my 90s, the tattooistas will start joining me in the old folks’ home, with their sagging tattoos crawling up their wrinkled necks. Well, I’d rather look at them than wear them 
I work in an elementary school and I am so over the younger staff having strands of blue or purple hair. It just doesn’t scream professional which is what they are all trying to be. (at least it doesn’t to me)
@Consolation, if one gets Botox above your upper lip to get rid of wrinkles there it makes your upper lip look inflated. I think that is why it looks like so many women get their lips done.
I dislike how my lips have gotten thinner as I’ve aged, but I’d sure rather have little wrinkles above my lip than a puffed-up, inflated upper lip!
Coatigan? Eileen Fisher? Learning lots of new stuff here!
I was reminded today that I really hate the way a hoodie looks with a baseball cap on top of it.
Count me as another who had never heard of lagenware. I have a friend who floats around in a somewhat toned down Stevie Nicks version of the style and it works well with her aging hippie persona and rail-thin physique, but it’s not for me.
I think the lagenlook is interesting. I think a woman who could pull it off successfully would probably be one that would be an interesting personality to get to know. I am picturing someone in the arts or theater would be attracted to this sort of clothing. But I do think it could be limiting - how do you dress this look up for a wedding or formal dinner out? Or is it more just for casual everyday?
Based on alh’s explanation of the context, I assume a dressed up version of the look could be something like this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-helena-bonham-carter-bring-her-eccentric-style-to-the-oscars/
(Photo of Helena Bonham Carter at awards show).
I’m actually wearing what seems to me a normal cashmere sweater from eileen fisher. What’s weird or dowdy about it? Let me know, I may not get how weird I am. It isn’t hippie in the slightest to me.
Agreed!
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Helena Bonham Carter is a good example of lagenlook (according to my definition, which may not be everyone’s) and wears a lot of Vivienne Westwood as far as I can tell. My kids call that a Mary Poppins look. When I lived in the northeast I used to go to a huge antique clothing and textile show, where one dealer would make Westwood-like wall displays and Japanese women were buying it all to take back for their shops. I used to have to fight them for the best garments. Their shops could sell the really small Victorian pieces that most American women can’t wear.
Since I usually only wear black or white, (and come from a culture that makes it impossible for me to wear black or white to a wedding) I have a gray silk outfit for when I go to weddings: long sleeved gray silk over-dress, over a sheer silk organza ruffled gray knee length slip dress, over a tiny-striped gray/black silk ankle length slip dress with embellishment. If it’s cool, I wear it with a black silk Victorian mourning jacket.
I have lots of black silk and velvet and organza and organdy and gauze, so other dress up occasions are no problem. I even have black silk with beading or sequins. This is a really mix and match sort of dressing. You can wear only two pieces and look more conservative. I can wear the wedding guest gray silk overdress all by its lonesome if I ever want to, but so far I haven’t. If you have a short jacket and long skirt and add a knee length over piece under the jacket = lagenlook. If the skirt is mid-calf, you could put a petticoat underneath it and then you have 4 pieces. You could add a cropped vest to the look. You can mix up all kinds of fabrics and textures as well as lengths. Some women get a formula going that they follow.
@alh – what does your husband wear? Does he wear a male version of the look?
alh - take a picture and put it in your profile picture! I want to see this! Do you have gray hair as well? I can see that looking really neat with all the gray silk / organza you are describing.
pg: even if I wanted to do that, I have no idea how to do it.
and yes, gray turning to white hair
Eileen Fisher is not dowdy. She always uses great fabrics, and her style is drapey. Some of it is more basic than the rest. She does tend toward layering, but not everything has to be worn that way.
I do agree that harem pants are horrendous, though, no matter who makes them!