Culottes were undoubtedly one of the most sought after fashions of the sixties and seventies. A lot of active housewives loved them for their versatility. It was the movement, look, and dressiness of a longer skirt with the modesty of pants. Not only could you drop little Jane off at school in it, but also attend an exercise class, run errands, and all without changing your clothes or worrying about revealing too much because culottes kept everything covered at the same time making the wearer of the culottes look a little more “put together” than if she wore say for instance a sweat suit or jeans and a t-shirt. For sure, culottes had a more dressy quality.
This trend by the eighties had cooled significantly and this shorter version of pants was rather seen as a dated look. In fact a number of women were afraid to wear culottes because of the stigma attached to them. Culottes were seen as a”courageous” fashion choice. For those women who wore culottes were seen perceived as rather frumpy. Women whose styles were still stuck in the sixties and seventies sported them. While for most women for a long time wanted nothing to do with culottes.
For sure, designers don’t really like to let any out dated style rest in peace. For any older style, a designer most certainly have the ability to resurrect that style. In time every style is brought back by someone who romanticizes that era. Likewise this was the case with culottes.
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