Angie, point taken and appreciated.
catseye, that's fair, my fashion thought processes are sometimes confused! It did seem to me that these tracked with Zara, which was encouraging, but I don't really know from Zara, and whether it is just the color or what may be "modern" changes in how they are worn, so I might want to try to tweak the outfits somehow, but not sure in what direction, though more the idea of me wearing the culottes and not them wearing me. Nonchalant, you know, or maybe effortless, instead of, here come the culottes. Too brrrr right now for a lot of tryons.
