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Has there ever been a trend that you thought was really cool, but for whatever reason, decided you couldn't pull it off? I'm on the shorter side and had always dodged culottes, but these photos of short girls wearing culottes and looking confident and beautiful have officially convinced me otherwise. If you've been avoiding culottes because you think you're not tall enough, it's time to think again!
In case you missed it, culottes have had a total revival in 2016. Solange Knowles was spotted totally slaying in a pair of glossy plum culottes, fashion goddess Olivia Palermo has been known to rock a patterned pair, and Alicia Vikander wore a deep magenta pair at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival that gave me #culottegoals.
According to Refinery29, the secret to purchasing the perfect pair of culottes is finding one that hits right above your ankle. Of course, you should ultimately rock the pair that makes you feel the best, whether that means a pair that hits just below the knee or skims past your ankles. You do you, girl!
For major culottes inspiration, scan all the looks below courtesy of these lovely short ladies. Be sure to tag #ootd if you post your own “short girl” culotte pic!
1. Office Chic
Who says you can't be comfy and chic at your nine to five?
2. Pattern Fun
I'm loving the bold culottes print here and the fun pop of red.
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3. Clean & Simple
Icyzone Culottes Capri Pants for Women - Elastic Waist Wide Leg Joggers Casual Lounge Cotton Sweatpants with Pockets. Bloomers (image here, are also known as drawers or knickers) can be adapted from white cotton leggings (avoid lycra which can get hot), white kulots (culottes) or gaucho pants, or white hospital scrub pants cut to capris length (found at Walmart here) to which a lace trim to the cuffs can be added or be left plain. (Scroll down for ideas on. HSSH3603-PCA: Mens Plain Oasis Short Sleeve Shirt - MID BLUE.
I swoon for anything linen, and this look would be perfect for a sunny day in Brooklyn. #Want
4. Drawstring Fierce
Dress up a casual pair of culottes with the rest of your look.
5. Subdued Glam
Culottes paired with a sweater, cut off trench, and pointed toe shoes? Yes, yes, and yes.
6. Retro Classy
You can never go wrong with black and white paired with red lips!
7. All That Denim
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Channel a '70s vibe with denim flair culottes.
8. Monochromatic Elegance
Pair your culottes with a coat of the same color for a streamlined look.
9. Black On Black
Get sleek and mod with high waisted black culottes.
10. Printed Denim
Go bold with a patterned denim print and highlight pops of color with the rest of your look.
11. Night Out Vibes
Bright satin culottes and an embroidered top are just as elegant as any little black dress!
12. Super Mod
Structured white culottes with a shaped top create a sleek sci-fi vibe.
13. Chevron Pop
For a springy look, hunt down a pair of chevron patterned culottes.
14. Dotted Chill
Keep things playful and sweet with dotted culottes and a bright tank.
15. Summer Chic
Rock a cute crop top with your culottes for a bright and sunny glam.
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16. Striped And Sassy
For a dramatic daytime look, reach for striped culottes and pair with a red lip.
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Culottes are an item of clothing worn on the lower half of the body. The term can refer to split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's under-pants; this is an example of fashion-industry words taken from designs across history, languages and cultures, then being used to describe different garments, often creating confusion among historians and readers. The French word culotte is (a pair of) panties, pants, knickers, trousers, shorts, or (historically) breeches; derived from the French word culot, meaning the lower half of a thing, the lower garment in this case.
In English-speaking history culottes were originally the knee-breeches commonly worn by gentlemen of the European upper-classes from the late Middle Ages or Renaissance through the early nineteenth century. The style of tight trousers ending just below the knee was popularized in France during the reign of Henry III (1574–1589).[1] Culottes were normally closed and fastened about the leg, to the knee, by buttons, a strap and buckle, or a draw-string. During the French Revolution of 1789–1799, working-class revolutionaries were known as the 'sans-culottes' – literally, 'without culottes' – a name derived from their rejection of aristocratic apparel.[2] In the United States, the first five Presidents, from George Washington through James Monroe, wore culottes according to the style of the late 18th century.[3][4]
In military uniforms[edit]
European military uniforms incorporated culottes as a standard uniform article, the lower leg being covered by either stockings, leggings, or knee-high boots. Culottes were a common part of military uniforms during the European wars of the eighteenth-century (the Great Northern War, the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, the French and Indian War, and the Revolutionary War).
Historical Japanese field workers and military samurai wore hakama that were sometimes tight at the bottom as French military culottes. Wider bifurcated wrap-skirt hakama were for horse-back riding. Eighteenth and nineteenth-century European women introduced culottes cut with a pattern looking like long hakama, hiding their legs while riding horses. Today Aikido and Kendo masters wear long hakama, to hide their feet from opponents.
Culottes for women[edit]
In modern English, the use of the word culottes can mean a close fitting pair of pants ending at the knees,[5] such as Lady Diana Spencer popularised during the early 1980s. The term is used as such in the United Kingdom and Canada. In this sense, culottes are similar to the American knickerbockers (knickers), except whereas the latter are loose in fit. Culottes can also, in some cases, describe a split or bifurcatedskirt[6] or any garment which 'hangs like a skirt, but is actually pants.'[1] During the Victorian Era (mid- to late-nineteenth century European culture) long split skirts were developed for horseback riding so that women could sit astride a horse with a man's saddle rather than riding side-saddle. Horse-riding culottes for women were controversial because they were used to break a sexual taboo against women riding horses when they were expected to hide their lower limbs at all times. Later, split skirts were developed to provide women more freedom to do other activities as well, such as gardening, cleaning, bike riding, etc. and still look like one is wearing a skirt.[7]
School uniforms[edit]
Culottes are used in school uniforms for girls. They can be used along with skirts, or they may be used as a replacement for skirts. Culottes are worn as part of a uniform mainly to primary and middle schools. Culottes were also part of the uniform of UK Brownie Guides[8] up until recently, when the uniform was modernized and the traditional brown culottes (and the navy blue culottes worn by the Girl Guides) were replaced.
Skorts[edit]
In place of the term culotte, the term skort (a portmanteau for skirt and shorts) is more widely used in some areas. While some garments sold as culottes resemble short trousers, to truly be a skort it needs to look like a skirt. Thus, they differ from trousers or shorts by being much fuller at the bottom (hem) than at the waist. A skort is shorts that have a front covering to resemble a skirt[9] or short pant legs with a same length or longer skirt sewn over the top.[10]
Some culottes have a part sewn over only the front, while some are shorts with a skirt sewn over them. While these may not be completely the same as skorts, they are often called by either name, so either term can apply.
Demi-denims[edit]
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A cut which emerged in the 21st century - a combined silhouette of pants which appear to be made out of two separate garments. They look like slim fit jeans from behind, like a skirt or culottes worn on top of slim fit jeans - from the front.[11]
Contemporary French under-pants[edit]
The term 'culottes' in French is now used to describe women's panties, an article of clothing that has little or no relation to the historic men's culotte breeches, except that in French, calling something 'culottes' is like calling them 'bottoms'. The historical French term 'sans-culottes' which was once the rejection of aristocrats' breeches, is now used colloquially to mean the same as an English colloquialism 'going commando' or not wearing under-pants.[12]
References[edit]
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- ^ abCalasibetta, Charlotte Mankey; Tortora, Phyllis (2010). The Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion(PDF). New York: Fairchild Books. ISBN978-1-56367-973-5. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^Soboul, Albert (1972). The Sans-Culottes: The Popular Movement and Revolutionary Government, 1793–1794. New York: Doubleday. pp. 2–3. ISBN0-691-00782-9. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
- ^Digital History, Steven Mintz. 'Digital History'. Digitalhistory.uh.edu. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ^Whitcomb, John; Whitcomb, Claire (2002). Real Life at the White House: 200 ... – Google Knihy. ISBN9780415939515. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
- ^Calasibetta, Charlotte Mankey; Tortora, Phyllis (2010)The Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion. New York: Fairchild Books: ISBN978-1-56367-973-5.
- ^'WordNet Search - 3.0'.[dead link]
- ^'Culottes Skirt is a Skort'. www.apparelsearch.com.
- ^'Bedfordshire Guiding - History of Brownie Uniforms'. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011.
- ^'Glossary of Fashion Design Terms'. Fashion Design School Guys.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2006.
skort - Shorts that have a front covering to resemble a skirt.
- ^'Customer Service Glossary'. Olsen's Mill Direct. Archived from the original on March 18, 2006.
skort Short pant legs with a same length or longer skirt sewn over the top
- ^Klerk, Amy de (March 2, 2017). 'The most surprising micro-trend of 2017 has arrived'. Harper's BAZAAR.
- ^'sans-culotte', Passons de la sans-soutif de l'Upper East Side à la sans-culotte de Times Square,
And from no bra on the Upper East Side ... ... to no panties in Times Square.