Love or Loathe: Culottes
While watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off the other day, I kept admiring Sloane's culottes. Yes, her culottes. (No, I don't have a brain fever. Proof: her fringe jacket and whatever the hell that vest thing is on Ferris strike me with fashion terrors. Although, I'd wear Cameron's buckle suspenders in a heartbeat.)
I don't understand why women hate culottes. It seems to me to be another thing people hate because of the decade it's from rather than because of the look and functionality of the clothing. I have big thighs. Chances are very good that many of you have big thighs. When I wear normal shorts, they creep up and transform into short-shorts. Not cool. Not comfortable. While I adore dresses and skirts, they're not always the best thing for summer roller coasters and playing on the swings. Pants, meanwhile, are too warm for the season. Behold! There's a short that is cut loose like a skirt! Why are you booing?
There's no denying some of them are a bit momish with elastic waistbands and a walking-short cut. Others scream private school casual. But I love the loose, is-it-a-skirt version. What say you?
I don't understand why women hate culottes. It seems to me to be another thing people hate because of the decade it's from rather than because of the look and functionality of the clothing. I have big thighs. Chances are very good that many of you have big thighs. When I wear normal shorts, they creep up and transform into short-shorts. Not cool. Not comfortable. While I adore dresses and skirts, they're not always the best thing for summer roller coasters and playing on the swings. Pants, meanwhile, are too warm for the season. Behold! There's a short that is cut loose like a skirt! Why are you booing?There's no denying some of them are a bit momish with elastic waistbands and a walking-short cut. Others scream private school casual. But I love the loose, is-it-a-skirt version. What say you?
Culottes pictured are available in black or pink at ASOS.
Comments
But what decade do you think they are from, you young whippersnapper? People were wearing them in the '60s and '70s -- are those "hated" decades???
While the word "culottes" brings up bad memories, I really like the idea of long loose shorts. Sadly, I've seen very few cute pairs in stores, and they tend to cost a bit too much.
Susanelle, I don't think people as a whole associate them with the 60s and 70s. Like when people complain about shoulder pads, they reference the 80s but give the 40s a pass.
And their culottes weren't flowy enough.
Our volleyball team uniform consisted of a jersey and black culottes made from some hideous polyster material. They were below the knee and flared WAY out. Imagine a poodle skirt. Now imagine it being pants. Yeah.
Oh, and I grew up in metro Detroit! High-five.
I'm relieved. My short shorts are always riding up and look awkward and I always wondered how everyone else keep them not riding up. I also like floaty skirts but they don't do well in summer wind. And now you just proposed a solution to my prob.