17 best leather trousers (real and faux) to wear instead of jeans
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Bored of wearing your arsenal of jeans on rotation? Too cold to brave a skirt and tights? Want something more fun than your trusty wide-leg trews? Leather trousers are the fashion set's answer to the woes of winter dressing, and they're about to become yours too.
Aside from the fact that they're one of the most versatile winter capsule wardrobe items, they've also been on quite a journey in their fashion history.
Despite the return of the skinny jean/skinny trouser, recent runways proclaim that as far as leather is concerned, bootcut, wide-leg and even culotte cuts are where it's at for 2026. Junya Watanabe and Maison Margiela styled floor-sweeping pairs with coordinating leather jackets and shirts for the full biker effect, while Hermés adopted the cropped-at-the-knee look for their spring collection.
As for how to style leather trousers yourself? Team Glamour has the tips…
How we tested the best leather trousers
Not to toot our own horn but we are pros at picking the best new season buys, and not just for aesthetic reasons. When it comes to the best leather trousers, we wanted to put styles to the test that tick all the boxes in order to find pairs that look good and that'll last for longer than just one season. We wore them to work, out shopping, and to lunch to check how comfortable they were too – cos there's nothing worse than some ill-fitting bottoms, right? These are the pairs that came out top.
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Curve Love High Rise 90s Relaxed Vegan Leather Pant
Georgia Trodd styling leather trousers with a blazer.
- romina introini/@romilux
- luca wetherby-matthews/@lucawetherbym
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- romina introini/@romilux
- luca wetherby-matthews/@lucawetherbym
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Why you can trust me
In a conscious bid to showcase what leather trousers look like on varying body shapes, sizes and heights, I roped in my fellow colleagues (Sophie Cockett and Mayola Fernandes) and had them test a few new-in styles.
We went out onto the streets of London, each with different plans in mind, to show you how we'd style them, how they move while we're walking, and how they fit in general.
Ahead shop the best leather trousers for 2026 – real, faux and vegan.
- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: 4-22.
- Colours: Cream.
- Material: 100% Cotton Pu Material.
- Machine washable: Machine wash.
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- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: 6-24 in extra short, short/petite, regular and long/tall.
- Colours: Black.
- Material: 100% polyester with a polyurethane coating.
- Machine wash: Machine wash.
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- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: 32-44.
- Colours: Green or black.
- Material: 100% polyurethane.
- Machine washable: Hand wash.
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- Leather type: Real leather.
- Sizes: 4-18.
- Colours: Black or brown.
- Material: 100% leather and 100% polyester lining.
- Machine washable: Specialist clean.
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- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: XS-L.
- Colours: Plum.
- Material: 100% polyester with a polyurethane coating.
- Machine wash: Machine wash.
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- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: 6-14.
- Colours: Chocolate.
- Material: 100% polyester with a polyurethane coating.
- Machine wash: Do not wash.
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- Leather type: Faux leather.
- Sizes: 23-34.
- Colours: Black fog, dark rosin.
- Material: 56% rayon, 25% cotton, 18% polyester, 1% spandex.
- Machine wash: Please read the label.
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