Hotpants or hot pants are extremely short shorts. The term was first used by Women's Wear Daily in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics such as velvet and satin for fashionable wear, rather
Brocade hotpants modelled by Larysa Poznyak for Bebe, 2008
Rear view of a young woman wearing red hotpants, with the words "It's not gonna spank itself" on the seat, at Pride in London 2026
Philadelphia Phillies Hot Pants Patrol uniform, 1975
A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader wearing uniform hotpants, 2011
Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the le
Hotpants
…Hotpants or hot pants are extremely short shorts. The term was first used by Women's Wear Daily in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics such as velvet and satin for fashionable wear, rather…
Two women wearing shorts (Toronto, Canada, 1937)
Woman in bermuda shorts, 1952
Wrestler John Quinlan in boxing shorts (2010)