https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:25:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1327008 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:22:19 +0000 Anonymous 1327008@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looking at the photo with a critical eye, I would say that if the overall width at the hemline level of the silhouette is a little wider then the width at hip level, regardless of dress size then I think the silhouette lends itself to being called culottes.</p> <p>&nbsp;I feel that the look of the garment in your photo is more of a trouser and less of a culotte, as they seem a tad narrower at hemline.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326999 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:12:38 +0000 Anonymous 1326999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree - I think it's &nbsp;a matter of semantics to get caught up in the labelling of such a pant as "cropped wide legs&nbsp;", "culotte" or whatever. &nbsp;I have to admit that to me,&nbsp;&nbsp;the picture above isn't doing the model any favours- the pants look too long to work with that shoe - makes her legs look shorter than they need to.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326993 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:06:06 +0000 Beth Ann 1326993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Feel free to call them culottes!&nbsp; Or gauchos (my personal favorite)!&nbsp; Just wear what you love and what works best for you.&nbsp; I'm most attracted to culottes as more of a split skirt -- partly because I'm ready for the A-line skirt to make a comback. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326621 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 00:18:52 +0000 unfrumped 1326621@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think there is overlap in modern advertising but I also think of them as fuller and more A- line. I think the forum has shown some straighter.<br /> The item you showed is getting pretty straight, wide and long for culottes and more than the name, they tend to be harder to make look flattering. I do think that monochromatic tights and boots change the dynamic of all bottoms because that can mitigate all kinds of length&amp; leg line issues. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326583 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:22:25 +0000 Emily 1326583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It looks to me like they taper a bit at the ends, or are cut really, really straight. Ditto rachylou- I think of culottes as a split skirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326564 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:09:47 +0000 rachylou 1326564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think of culottes as looking like an A-line skirt, split. These to me look like wide, straight pants cut short.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2013/02/culottes-womens-fashion.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefashionpolice.ne.....shion.html</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326544 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 22:57:45 +0000 Thistle 1326544@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think there is a difference between wide leg crops and culottes other than marketing. But I could be wrong . . . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-these-not-culottes#post-1326501 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 22:19:14 +0000 frannieb 1326501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always always loved the culotte look. A woman at church rocks them all winter long - Black tights and black booties - Gorgeous I tell you.&nbsp;</p> <p>So help educate me - thinking of getting the pants below. Looking back at Angie's pics for culottes - some look like these with a more narrow leg. &nbsp;</p> <p>These are advertised as wide leg crops. Help me understand.&nbsp;</p> <p>Side note I think they are styled terrible with the boots they have them paired with. &nbsp;Agree or disagree? </p>