DawnM Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=130053 Those aren't "wide-leg crop pants" Those are culottes! ETA: Oh, man, they ARE returning! Say it isn't so! http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/culotte-pants 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Wow. Super ugly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 :w00t: :smilielol5: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Those always make me look like a fat, stumpy troll. I always wonder who they are actually flattering on - I hated them even as a kid. Edited April 18, 2016 by Arctic Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Well, I hear JNCOs are coming back so I was half expecting to get a link to JNCOs. And while I did wear the wide bell bottom type pants, I don't know that I could pull that off again (assuming I ever did) or that we should try. When I hear culottes I tend to think of flowier material. But yeah, I think that sums it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Well, I hear JNCOs are coming back so I was half expecting to get a link to JNCOs. And while I did wear the wide bell bottom type pants, I don't know that I could pull that off again (assuming I ever did) or that we should try. When I hear culottes I tend to think of flowier material. But yeah, I think that sums it up! What are JNCOs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 These look bad on the MODELS, so I can't imagine them looking good on any of us! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 And stirrup pants! Shiny ones! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Noooo!!! Some of the ones on the Nordstrom link look like pants I remember my great grandma wearing circa 1978 or 9 in double knit polyester after they'd already gone out of style. That silk pair that looks like a full skirt, however, those I could get behind. But the Gap ones? You just know they're coming out of the dryer wadded up in a giant ball and will look even uglier than they already are. Requiring ironing of all those folds just adds insult to injury. Seriously, those things look like something I would have churned out in home ec class. What's next?? Front pleats on shorts? Double knit polyester and Peter Pan collars? Groovy. Edited April 18, 2016 by Barb_ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Run everyone, run fast, run far! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoorsy Type Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I don't care how out of style I will be. I'm never ever wearing coulottes again. Never. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I don't care how out of style I will be. I'm never ever wearing coulottes again. Never. I said the same during the (thankfully) brief revival of acid washed denim a couple of years ago. I'm old enough to remember how ugly it was the first go-round. Not getting sucked in a second time. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Sweet mother of NO! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Yes, you too can look like a Hobbit. Don't you want to look like a Hobbit? Who wouldn't want to look like a freaking Hobbit? 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines!Nope. They're not better at all. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nope. They're not better at all. There are lots of flavors of bad. Super short shorts, known to my generation as "hot pants", are spicy bad and hobbit pants are bland bad, but they're both bad. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I actually kind of like them, just not sure how they'd look on me though. Definitely love the length! Also tired of tiny, behind showing shorts 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines!Totally agree with you :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 What are JNCOs? They were really wide legged pants. Most if not all were jeans. I always pronounced it like "Jean Co." I don't agree with how they say it in the video. I couldn't find very good google images. I remember some that looked better than what I found online. https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/6/6/17/enhanced-buzz-5388-1370553435-12.jpg. I may have only had knock offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Now there's something at the Gap I could not pull off even in my 20s. Amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) I did not like them or wear them the first time. They are just wrong. A skort, fine. Fake weird wrong length shorts kind of looking like a skirt, no. I do not, will not, could not wear them anytime. The really long ones and the puffy ones that almost look like a skirt are the least wrong looking. Edited April 18, 2016 by ElizabethB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines! I'm with you! Never worn culottes but I don't think they look terrible on the models. And the top short shorts... Nooooo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 The reason I have worn Culottes in the past is that when we lived in the US, I went to a very conservative Christian school and we were allowed to wear skirts, dresses, and culottes. A lot of us girls thought it was closer to pants, so we liked them. In retrospect, it was still a bad idea. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I know these are coming back in style, but yesterday I saw (from behind) a young lady in very high waist jeans. She was not a large lady, but her rear looked to be about three feet long. Not a good look. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh, Joe, say it ain't so! Seeing those pictures brought back some horrifying memories. Ugh! Bell bottoms and culottes -- two "fashion" trends that need to go the way of the dodo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I loved culottes the first time around. They were so comfortable! Some of the ones in the Nordstrom link don't look so bad to me. Some do look terrible. Depends on the cut, length, and of course the person wearing them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in NY Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) I was just on my dd's campus this weekend, and I swear, it was like the girls had dragged out all the clothes we left behind in the 80's. All the rayon. All the colors. All the cabbage roses. All the high waisted jeans. All the duck boots! Next up: Penny loafers, slouchy socks, and two polo collars turned up. After that, guess what folks? The future/past is grunge! I am sticking with my 'uniform' - black skinny jeans and a black or grey cotton long sleeve tee with a neutral cotton cardi over the top if needed. Never goes out of style. :) Bonus: I can dye it all every once in a while to freshen it up! Edited April 18, 2016 by Jen in NY 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I rather like them. Guess I'm in the minority. I do, too. :o My daughter just bought a flowy pair of black gouchos from a thrift store and they're her favorite shorts/capris. I think they look very cute on her! (Obviously, some of the styles look better than others...) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They were the greatest when I was a young nurse in Florida. We couldn't wear pants to work in the hospital but we could wear culottes. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Most horrifying to me are the prices on some of the Nordstrom ones. $1,350? For culottes?!? Insanity. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I don't like them. But I'm so glad to see a style moving far away from skinny jeans-I want that trend to die 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Hmm, some of the Nordstrom ones look cute. Others look amazing like what I wear to garden in, or what I see old ladies walking around in if it's hot but they don't want to show their knees. Also, some of their shoe choices are really odd, like they were trying to see how many horizontal lines they could put across the lower leg. My lower legs are short and stumpy enough without all that help chopping them up visually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'll confess that I *loved* culottes when I was a teen/young adult. Actually, one of my all time favorites pieces of clothing was a pair of corduroy culottes that were SO comfortable. It's been 25+ years since I wore them and I still think about those culottes. I'm not a fashionista either (obviously!! LOL) and I don't think about my clothes all that often. But, I was much thinner back then and didn't have the perpetual baby bump. I don't think I'd look so good in the pair you shared, Dawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 the 70s were such an ugly decade. they were ugly the first time . . . . . 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Suffice it to say I won't be very stylish this year. Bleck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines! You know...you might have a solid point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I rather like them. Guess I'm in the minority. I liked a few. So much depends on who is wearing them. I thought the skirt-like ones were cute. I look awful in 90% or more of all fashion trends (shaped like a pear with an extra-short torso to boot, fat). I looked awful in 89% of all fashion trends when I was thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Brings back memories of Bible camp with my cousin's church! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The other fashion I can't quite get over right now is all the wildly-printed leggin/yoga pants. I just saw someone at the ballfield wearing a pair like this - horizontal stipres in 14 different colors. So very ugly (to me). Can't quite imagine putting those on and saying, "Yes! This looks so great!" I mean, I can kinda see the "comfortable" argument, but my purple velour PJ pants are also comfortable, but I'm not wearing them to the ballfield! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksr5377 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh my, and I was just horrified when I found these while looking for my daughter: http://www.target.com/p/girls-xhilaration-fashion-pants-ebony/-/A-50450406#prodSlot=_2_12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I don't like. I'm still waiting on baggy jeans and over-sized flannel shirts to come back in style. :laugh: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) These look bad on the MODELS, so I can't imagine them looking good on any of us! That is literally my first elimination criteria of a new fashion. It goes back to when I first saw a bubble skirt in a Neiman Marcus catalog and the models looked fat. A few weeks later someone was trying to get me to try one on, I said, "Those make a Neiman's model look fat." Response, "Nevermind". I agree on the culottes. They look like part of a school uniform. Edited April 18, 2016 by shawthorne44 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'll confess that I *loved* culottes when I was a teen/young adult. Actually, one of my all time favorites pieces of clothing was a pair of corduroy culottes that were SO comfortable. It's been 25+ years since I wore them and I still think about those culottes. I'm not a fashionista either (obviously!! LOL) and I don't think about my clothes all that often. But, I was much thinner back then and didn't have the perpetual baby bump. I don't think I'd look so good in the pair you shared, Dawn. You reminded me of my very red wide-whale corduroy bermuda shorts. Man, I loved this things. They went everywhere! All my stuff was stolen in Spain, them included, and I literally mourned those shorts. I was not old enough to wear them when they were new and fashionable. But, my mother had lost weight pre-pregnancy with me because there was a huge hill and then 3 stories up to their apartment. She bought the bermudas when skinny. Put them away when pregnant hoping to fit into them one day. I found the stash as a teenager and wore most of them. Don't remember the rest. I even thought about making some, but it wouldn't have been the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Very soon I will be in my standard summer "uniform" - skorts and sleeveless or ss tops from the golf department of the sporting goods stores. I'm not a golfer, but the fabrics are cool and comfy, the style is active but modest and when they are on sale I snatch them up. I am never in style! I detest culottes! Edited April 18, 2016 by ScoutTN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I had some culottes when I was about six. We won't discuss how many years ago that was! I would never wear them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Well, it's official. Clothing designers have truly lost their ever loving minds! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Sweater culottes! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/430304939376620199/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh my, and I was just horrified when I found these while looking for my daughter: http://www.target.com/p/girls-xhilaration-fashion-pants-ebony/-/A-50450406#prodSlot=_2_12 I actually think they're neat. Some of the culottes look okay too. I spent the first few years of elementary school refusing to wear anything other than purple corduroy pants (in the early '90s). I don't care whether it's fashionable or not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 They're better than the shorts many girls and women wear that are super-short. I get tired of looking at butt-cheeks and panty-lines! These don't seem as popular here now. Two summers ago the university campus was full of young women with jeans cut so short the back pockets hung down below the cut-offs. And there were a lot of strechy shorts that looked pretty much like underwear or bikini bottoms. I am glad they are not so much in evidence. I am still having a hard time finding shorts at the store that aren't knee length or hotpants though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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