There was a short fad for knickers in the mid to late 1970s for women. Gauchos were another one, loose pants that ended below the knee - sort of like a split skirt. For both, you might wear them with a blouse and matching vest.
Culottes were a skirt/shorts combo, just above the knee. They might have a wide leg or a separate panel for the skirt effect. Sporty, I remember my mom wearing them for golfing. Capri pants are high ankle or low calf length, and are currently fashionable, and were various times back as far as the 1950s. I think of Audrey Hepburn in them. Pedal pushers were long-ish shorts, I think just below the knee? But a regular pants width, not flared and not gathered. I remember them from the 1960s, but could be earlier. -Carol > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Sybella <mae...@gmail.com> wrote: >> In the '80s people called pants that ended just below the knee >> "knickers." > > Assuming you mean 1980s: I recall "Capri pants" for women,not knickers. > >> Before that, they were "peddle pushers." And I think there's at least >> one >> other name for them. "Knee highs," maybe? It seems every time they come >> back into fashion, they are called something else. > > Probably, pedal-pushers as that what my mom called the things they > went bicycling in in the 1950s. > > Also, Knickers strikes me as something an early 20th c golfer or > upperclass sport hunter (male) might wear. > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
