Ceci n'est pas une culotte?

I know, 

I promised I wouldn't...

What am I talking about!?

Well, after I told one of my colleagues that I wanted to make myself a pair of 'culottes',

she replied that NO ONE EVER looks good in culottes.

So I kind of promised her that I would never wear them...

And I am one that keeps a promise!

Now let's see how we can get past that... ;-)

What IS a culotte?

Literally it's everything that has 'split' legs.

That means everything from underpants to regular trousers.

Surely she didn't mean I could never wear trousers again (or underwear for that matter)?

Fashion-wise it is a modern version of a 'skirt trouser'.

So they are (cropped) pants that look like a skirt.

The length varies from just above the knee to ankle length.

Do they have split legs? Yes, they do!

Do they fit the definition length-wise? Yes, they do! 

(Hmmm, don't like where this is going...)

Do they look like a skirt? No, they don't!

They look like wide legged pants.

See, promise kept.

(Just to be sure, I'd better not be wearing these to work...)

A pity really, because I really like wearing them.

They're comfy, easy to style and very versatile.

You can either wear them dressed up or down.

Besides, they are ridiculously easy to make!

I drafted the pattern myself.

With a little help of miss Marlene Mukai

I discovered her site a while ago and, 

since I'm mostly drafting my own patterns nowadays,

I think it is great!

I used these as a guideline for drafting this culottes pattern (oops...).

So, what's your opinion on culottes?

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