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.
A model wearing palazzo-leg pants at the Art Institute of Portland (2009)
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
Palazzo pants
…the ankle, and are therefore different from bell-bottoms, which are snug until they flare out from the knee. Palazzo pants should not be confused with gaucho trousers, which only extend down to mid-calf length. Harem pants are a similar loose style that was popular in the 1980s, but they have a snug cuff around the…
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.