Culottes
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Culottes are an item of clothing worn on the lower half of the body. The term can refer to either split skirts, historical men's breeches, or women's underpants. The culotte is an example of a fashion
Sketch of culottes
King Louis XVI (1754-1793), dressed in culottes.
James Monroe (1758-1831), the last U.S. president who dressed according to the style of the late 18th century, with his Cabinet in 1823. The president wears knee breeches, while his secretaries (including the future president John Quincy Adams, sitting first from left) wear long trousers.
A view of a white knife-pleated culotte skirt with black waistband, and an aerial view of the garment interior showing the shorts-leg division.
Palazzo pants
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Palazzo pants are long unisex pants cut with a loose, extremely wide leg that flares out from the waist.
Culottes
…not want to wear the skirt styles that were then in fashion. Some women opted to circumvent restaurant bans on women in pants by wearing culottes or palazzo pants as evening wear. Culottes became associated with Princess Diana during the 1980s…
A model wearing palazzo-leg pants at the Art Institute of Portland (2009)