Culottes - do they ever look good?

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www.icebreaker.com/en-gb/womens-pants-leggings/merino-culottes/0A56B7.html?dwvar_0A56B7_color=001

Are they ever a good substitute for a skirt, or do they always look weird? What footwear? Bare legs or tights/leggings?

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But mine are all more tailored/structured than those. And longer. Do you have a link?

I looked for a link but unfortunately my favourite two pairs have been discontinued. But this is similar to the type of thing I have: www.toa.st/products/flat-front-denim-culottes-olive-leaf

Mine are probably a bit shorter than those look so a midi length rather than nearly ankle length. I have one corduroy pair and one cotton twill. They are very comfortable and I do think they actually look reasonably smart.

These are the cord ones I have though not in stock: www.johnlewis.com/toast-lexi-cord-culottes-soft-blue/p5151602

Can't find a link to the twill ones, sorry.

They can do, but often don't. Depends on colour and the height of the woman wearing them.

The styling on the link is dreadful

I wear ones that look like a skirt

I live in them but mine are longer (mid calf) and hang nicely - those are terrible. I wear them with knee high boots in the winter or ankle boots and knee high black socks/tights. In the summer I wear them with converse.

They sort of say 'I've given up'

I’ve one linen pair from Uniqlo that I love but in general they are really tricky, harder than wide legged cropped trousers which I also love. Though dont quizz me on where a culotte endsand where a cropped wide leg starts…

The ones in the picture look make me feel a bit sad about what the merino could have been used for.

Not those ones but I've seen some gorgeous brown fabric ones with pleats that swished when she walked and the women wearing them looked outrageously good

Oh gosh those pictures bring back flashbacks of when I wore black knee length culottes with black fish net tights and black pumps 15 years ago. What was I thinking!

Nowadays I prefer longer culottes with bare legs and sandals or pumps. But never black.

Yes I actually like culottes! A few years back I had a couple of lightweight crepey ones for summer, one khaki and one a sort of Aztec pattern in rich tones.

As it was summer I wore body suits with them with strappy sandals / heels.

In colder months I’d probably go for a roll neck, I’d definitely go tailored / tight on top to balance the bagginess. Shoe wise, a chunky platform loafer or mule?

Omg the price of them

None of those look like clotted to me, they're obviously trousers, this is what I think of as culottes www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Culottes-Fruit-Print-Berry-St-Michael-90s-M-S-High-Waist-Midi-Cropped/144218297890?chn=ps&norover=1&mkrid=7101533165274578&mkcid=2&itemid=144218297890&targetid=4584826055637459&device=t&campaignid=412354546&mkgroupid=1299623041023876&rlsatarget=pla-4584826055637459&abcId=9300541&merchantid=87779&msclkid=fb5aacb334cd10907502ce9935431ef4&pageci=f61e307d-a83d-4a6f-ad31-047c164f8c42&redirect=mobile

It seems terminology has changed, see also tank tops

The ones in your link look like something an off duty basketball player would wear.
These, on the other hand, look divine.

@GettingStuffed, to me a tank top is a sleeveless jumper
In the USA a tank top is a shell top

I have lovely denim ones that I wear with strappy sandals. Those in the link remind me of grandads on the beach when I was a child with socks and sandals - just need a knotted hanky! They would look nice if they were styled differently.

I love cullottes wear them lots but the ones in the link are hideous !

No. They remind me of an ex headmistress I worked with who used to stalk the corridors in hers.

Not with those socks and sandals!

They usually make people look like a 1930s games mistress. Or a 1930s lady hill walker. That kind of vibe.

Also finding it very hard to judge as can't get past the awful sandals and socks combo. What were they thinking 😆

No
Ugly things

No

I think they are hideous oddly-proportioned things that don't look good on anybody.

I owe my sanity to culottes! When I was 7, leaving infants and starting juniors, I adamantly informed my mother I was not going to wear skirts or dresses any more. My school uniform was supposed to be a skirt. Mam - a dressmaker - knocked me up some cullottes that looked just like a school skirt and I wore them every day for 4 years to school (they knew, they were fine with it).
My advice, of course, would be to wear exactly what you please and what you feel comfortable in.

Not on me, but they’re so comfy!

I’m 5ft on the dot and all the ones I’ve brought are like ankle skimming wide leg trousers 🤣

I have worn culottes every few years all my life. In winter, with tights and Doc Martens. In the summer, with bare legs and sandals. I wear them to work and not. And they are not ageist...