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Pantaloons Defined This terms, of French origin from the late 1820s or early 1830s, defines a culotte with a tight "little boy" leg descending below the crotch and down the thigh, and with a legline above the knee. In older parlance the term is synonymous with the terms pantalon, pantlet, and pantalettes; in the late 1980s parlance it is synonymous with "racer" styles and bicycle pants. In evolutionary terms the pantaloons legline lies above the capri pants and below the shorts. Maillot Pantaloons The pantaloons plays a significant historical role in the 1920s and 1930s as the slowly rising legline of the maillot uncovers the knee and works it way up the thigh. Bicycle Pants In the early 1990s the pantaloons silhouette is reintroduced in the form of a tight-fitting Lycra shorts popularized for exercise, bike riding, and streetwear (HU90031, LI90075, LV912, CP9201-11, CP9305, CP9333). In exercise circles this is sometime worn with a tanga overtop (CP9338, also KP88). Caption Pantaloons have a legline just above the knee. |
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