I noticed that several of the women were wearing "wide" leg jeans. No, not "baggy", these were form fitting in the region of the derriere and then flared very subtly below the pockets.
Totally unlike yoga pants which leave NOTHING to the imagination, the fabric of the wide-leg jeans is flowing and has a wee bit of flutter. Nothing slutty...just a come-hither motion like the feathers of a well-fished marabou jig.
I totally get that these slacks only work for women with certain kinds of body shapes...but it is heartening that some fashion-conscious, young women are buying slacks that are not ripped to shreds or shrink-wrapped to their forms.
***Full disclosure: I think slit skirts and flamenco dresses are high-fashion.***
When I was in junior high during the 70's, there were some very wide 'bell bottoms' termed 'elephant ears'. Disco era. What I see above appears similar to 'Relaxed Fit'
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely some similarities. The modern version has the looser fit going higher up the leg and so there is more length of fabric rippling and swirling.
DeleteThey almost look like dungaree pants... sigh
ReplyDeleteMaybe. But more attention is paid to fitting them to the body inside....and it is a G!RL inside that fabric.
DeleteSeems I remember my old girl having pants like that in the early '70. I'd ask her but I can't. I'll look through some old pictures.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to the jeans we wore in the 70's. But then the style was to wear them longer, long enough that the hem on the back of the legs got worn from dragging/getting walked on under the heels.
ReplyDeleteJesus never wore pants. So there. I have yet to see a picture with Jesus in jeans.
ReplyDeleteI have reliable data that John the Baptist said Jesus wore a thong...so there is that.
DeleteA measurable quantity of joy will leave my life when yoga pants (on the right women) go out of style
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