https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:12:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548935 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:02:12 +0000 catgirl 1548935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I posted a similar question a while back.&nbsp; I just ordered these to try with a Nordstrom Note because whatever they are,&nbsp;I think this length will work best on me as a short-statured person:</p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/leith-knit-crepe-culottes/3978961?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&amp;contextualcategoryid=0&amp;fashionColor=&amp;resultback=0" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/leith-knit-crepe-culottes/3978961?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&#038;amp" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/le.....t&#038;amp</a>;...</a></p> <p>They will be a cheap experiment if they fit.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548909 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:38:23 +0000 Suz 1548909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Denise</b>, I think you're right. But in my own mind, culottes look a bit wider and more skirt like; cropped pants are a slimmer version. (How much slimmer might be a matter of debate). &nbsp;All are somewhere between bottom of knee and above the ankle length. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548859 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 06:38:20 +0000 CocoLion 1548859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is this kind of a potato/po-tah-to... tomato/tom-mah-to kind of questions? &nbsp;Or 6 of one, half dozen the other? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548844 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 04:05:09 +0000 Anonymous 1548844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548786 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:05:29 +0000 deb 1548786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, with my legs together all pants look like skirts, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548772 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:38:49 +0000 Anonymous 1548772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wore culottes and gauchos. Some are slimmer than others but we're often lined. I agree with Angie that all these look like culottes except #6. If the model's legs were together, these would still look like pants. My gauchos looked much like #4. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548765 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:26:46 +0000 Suz 1548765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hang on, I'm really confused. To my eye, #6 looks more like a split skirt (i.e. culottes) and the rest &nbsp;of these examples look like cropped pants of some kind.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548747 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:01:50 +0000 deb 1548747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, what makes #6 different? I really do not see it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548737 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:04:31 +0000 Angie 1548737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Amy said, Deb. Culottes are split-skirts. Here is a rundown of culottes in case you missed the post:&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://youlookfab.com/2015/04/07/making-sense-of-culottes/">http://youlookfab.com/2015/04/.....-culottes/</a></p> <p>Diana is dead right about these ALL being cropped pants, but culottes are looser and wider on the hem than regular cropped pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anna is right about the length being well above the ankle. Longer, and we have Palazzo pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jenn, gauchos were technically culottes.&nbsp;</p> <p>And Deb, all your examples are culottes apart from #6 - the pair by HL.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548723 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:28:38 +0000 Diana 1548723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think technically they are ALL cropped pants. However, for the way the terms seem to be generally used in stores, online, etc, I would agree with Anna and Amy's definitions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548710 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:58:49 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1548710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Anna and Amy. &nbsp;The culottes of decades gone by were full enough to be mistaken for a skirt and usually were at or a little below the knee. &nbsp;If you take it literally, cropped pants would be pants that were cropped off shorter than regular pants so the leg would be consistent with a pant but short and not tapered.</p> <p>That is more of a dictionary definition and very literal. &nbsp;I am interested in whether it is consistent with the fashion definition. &nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for asking this Deb. &nbsp;I am a bit confused by the terminology too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548657 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:31:34 +0000 Amy 1548657@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My impression is that culottes are also looser than cropped pants, almost skirt like. Gauchos are modeled after the bottoms wore by South American cowboys and look a lot like culottes, but have a high waist and only go a couple of inches below the knee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548651 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:14:17 +0000 annagybe 1548651@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not Angie but I think of culottes as mid calf to just below the knee. So the last patterned pair. The first pair is borderline.<br />Cropped pants below mid calf to above ankle. Personally I think above the ankle is key, any lower and it just looks off. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548630 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:03:23 +0000 Jenn 1548630@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also interested in what differentiates culottes from gauchos, if you'd be so kind, Angie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-cropped-pants-vs-culottes---the-difference#post-1548624 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:49:56 +0000 deb 1548624@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OK, what is the difference between cropped pants and culottes? I am so confused. On my thread <a href="http://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/to-hack-or-not-to-hack-that-is-the-question" rel="nofollow">here</a>, I asked about hacking these pants in to cropped pants and Angie you posted this "I think you mean culottes Deb, and not cropped pants." &nbsp;When I think of culottes I think back to the 70's with culottes actually being a full skirt split and just below the knee. Here is a collection I did from the Nordstrom site. What do you think?&nbsp; </p>