Ah, I remember my New Romantic days, those wonderful black velvet
knickerbockers and frilly white blouse! But in the UK, certainly
modernly, it's always knickerbockers. Knickers are female underwear,
only. The idea of (male) baseball players routinely wearing knickers is
hilarious!
Jean
On 20/03/2013 21:11, Sybella wrote:
Yes, I did mean the 1980s and "capri" is another one, Cynthia! And Carol
may be right, where my memories blended '70s with the '80s...but I do
distinctly remember asking Mom to take me shopping for a pair of knickers,
pants that came to a gather just below the knee, during my childhood.
Honestly, it's something I'd rather not admit to so I'll trust you all to
keep it a secret! ;)
Like I said, every time they come back into fashion, there's a new name for
the same recycled style! LOL!
'Bella
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:06 PM, <aqua...@patriot.net> wrote:
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
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