Calf-length trousers
"Three fourths" redirects here. For other uses, see
3/4
.
Capri pants
(also known as
three quarter legs
, or
capris
,
crop pants
,
man-pris
,
clam-diggers
,
[1]
flood pants
,
ankle pants
,
jams
,
highwaters
, or
toreador pants
[2]
) are pants that are longer than
shorts
, but are not as long as
trousers
.
Capri pants
can be a generic term for any cropped slim pants, and also used as a specific term to refer to pants that end on the ankle bone.
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History
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Capri pants were introduced by fashion designer
Sonja de Lennart
in 1948, and were popularized by her and English couturier
Bunny Roger
.
[4]
The name of the pants is derived from the Italian isle of
Capri
, where they rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
[5]
The actress
Audrey Hepburn
was among the first movie stars who wore capris, and the pants quickly became synonymous with her classic style. The French actress
Brigitte Bardot
famously wore capri pants at a time when trousers were still a new fashion for women.
[6]
Marilyn Monroe
always traveled with capri pants.
[7]
Capri pants were popularized in the United States in the 1960s television series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
. The character Laura Petrie, the young housewife played by
Mary Tyler Moore
, caused a fashion sensation ? and some mild controversy ? by wearing close-fitting capri pants throughout the show's run
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[9]
[10]
(capris that were later referred to as 1950s hausfrau
[11]
).
By the mid 1960s, capri-style tight-fitting
cargo pants
became popular among teenage boys; a good example was the superstar teen actor of that era,
Luke Halpin
, who wore them in some episodes of the popular
Flipper
.
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citation needed
]
After a drop in popularity during the 1970s through the 1990s, capri pants returned to favor in the mid 2000s.
[12]
Spanish tennis player
Rafael Nadal
wore capri pants in the majority of his matches
before 2009
following a deal with Nike to wear sponsored capris, a deal that
Roger Federer
had turned down before him.
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[14]
Jodie Whittaker
wore Capri Pants when she appeared on
Doctor Who
.
Kate Middleton
wore capri pants for outdoorsy events.
[15]
In 2017, the superintendent of the
Douglas County School District
in
Georgia
sent out an email qualifying capri pants as inappropriate garments for the school environment, thus raising the question of what pants length remain acceptable.
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Gallery
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Model
Erni Mangold
wearing
Sonja de Lennart
Capris, 1949
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Model
Mady Rahl
wearing Sonja de Lennart Capris, 1949
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Female in capris (2007)
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Male in cropped jeans (man-pris) (Stevenage, 2009)
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Loose-fit, black, bike capris
See also
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References
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External links
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