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# Slicked-Back Silhouettes
Heidi Mount Rocks Sultry Snakeskin Pants in this Hedi Slimane Shoot

By Venessa Fisher | Published 2010-01-23 | Fashion
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snakeskin-pants
References: [fashionising](http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/s--Heidi-Mount-by-Hedi-Slimane0-4916-1.html) & [hedislimane](http://www.hedislimane.com/)

Photographer Hedi Slimane recently shot Heidi Mount in a seductive and side-baring pictorial. The shoot featured snakeskin pants, fishnets, and [oversized angled shoulder pads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/auteur-studios-fall-2025). Mount holds a come-hither pout and slicked back hair for all the hot pics.

The form-fitting zebra jacket is my favorite, and apparently [bras are optional](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mariemurs-judge-me-guilty). Check out the ultra-glam snakeskin pants in the pictorial gallery above.

**Implications** - Heidi Mount's poses are extremely sensual and manage to portray her as a Medusa-like temptress throughout the pictorial. Her broken doll arms highlight the fashions she dons while drawing attention to her face. Her facial expressions display the nonchalant attitude of a classic femme fatale. Heavy makeup brings the attention to her smouldering eyes.

Check out the ultra-glam snakeskin pants in the pictorial gallery above.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.1/10
- Popularity: 73% | Activity: 42% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 10% men, 90% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Sensual Fashion Photography:** There is an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the fashion photography industry to embrace sensual and provocative themes, like the one featured in this article.
- **Bold Shoulder Pads:** Fashion designers should consider incorporating oversized angled shoulder pads into their designs as a means of bringing back the bold and empowering fashion from the 80s and 90s.
- **Animal Print Apparel:** There is an opportunity for designers to experiment with a variety of animal print patterns on different types of clothing - from jackets to pants to skirts - to create bold and eye-catching looks.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Fashion Industry:** The fashion industry can embrace provocative themes and bold, empowering fashion trends to entice new customers and shake up the status quo.
- **Fashion Photography Industry:** Fashion photographers can experiment with sensual and provocative themes to create bold, eye-catching photos that stand out from the rest and appeal to fashion-forward consumers.
- **Textile Industry:** The textile industry can work with designers to create a variety of animal print patterns on different types of fabric to meet the demand for bold, eye-catching fashion apparel.

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