Some call them genie pants, others - bizarrely - call them jeanie pants, a spelling mistake but hey, if it means you find the genie trousers you want when you search online, that's cool! Some people even call them Alibaba pants or Thai pants. For a relatively simple item of clothing, they have so many different names. How to wear your harem trousers Mulvagh, Jane (1992). Vogue history of 20th century fashion. London: Bloomsbury Books. p.19. ISBN 9781854710819. Experience comfort and style with our Hippie-styled rainbow pants range! Our clothes offer a colourful, flowy loungewear solution - perfect for those chill days at home. Get ready to look and feel your best!

At BohoTusk, we understand that every woman deserves to feel confident and unique in her clothing choices. That's why our ladies harem pants come in a range of colours, patterns, and styles to suit every taste and preference. Whether you prefer vibrant prints or subtle neutrals, our collection has something for everyone.Discover comfort and durability with The Karmic Chameleon's carefully crafted rainbow pants. Shop our collection of Quirky, Bohemian loungewear now and enjoy your products for many years to come! Art Bulletin of Victoria, Issues 34-36. Victoria: Council of the National Gallery of Victoria. 1994. p.35. Mulvagh, p. 19, suggests that the jupe culotte was introduced by Poiret, Bourniche and Margaine-Lacroix, while books on Poiret credit it to him alone.

In 1911 the Paris couturier Paul Poiret introduced harem pants as part of his efforts to reinvent and 'liberate' Western female fashion. [4] [5] His "Style Sultane" included the jupe-culotte or harem pant, made with full legs tied in at the ankle. [3] Alternative names for the harem skirt/pants included jupe-sultane (sultan skirt), and jupe-pantalon (trouser-skirt). [4] These designs were seen as controversial as Western women typically did not wear trousers. [1] [4] Poiret's explicit exoticism and references to Middle Eastern styles, using the imagery of harems and sultans to establish his Orientalist style, was widely regarded as immoral and inappropriately sexualised. [3] [4] Poiret himself insisted that he designed harem pants for the chic woman to show off "the harmony of her form and all the freedom of her native suppleness." [3] Adam Geczy suggests that harem pants, as a direct cultural appropriation, represent the point at which Western fashion began seriously challenging traditional cultural claims to their own styles. [6] Despite the fierce criticism from other designers such as Jeanne Paquin who specifically criticised how harem pants slumped rather than tapered at the ankle (unlike the hobble skirt), it was noted that Paquin's own collections showed signs of having been influenced by the new styles. [6] Although Poiret is often credited with single-handedly inventing trousers for Western women, the couturier Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix presented wide-legged trousers in 1910, [7] and a fellow couturier, Bourniche, is also credited with designing such styles at the time. [8] [9] Late 20th century [ edit ] Harem pants shown in Arabian Nights Where did the style arise? Harem pants originated in Arabia and have been around for more than two thousand years. Traditional versions were exceptionally baggy and wide, loose-fitting with a low crotch sometimes more or less at ground level.

a b Geczy, Adam (2013). Fashion and orientalism: dress, textiles and culture from the 17th to the 21st century (1. publ.ed.). London [u.a.]: Bloomsbury. p.147. ISBN 9781847885999. a b c d Davis, Mary E. (2007). Classic chic: music, fashion, and modernism. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp.31–34. ISBN 978-0520245426. a b Cumming, Valerie; Cunnington, C.W.; Cunnington, P.E. (2010). The dictionary of fashion history. Oxford: Berg. p.185. ISBN 978-1847887382. Gunn, Tim; Calhoun, Ada (2012). Tim Gunn's fashion bible: the fascinating history of everything in your closet (1st Gallery Books hardcovered.). New York: Gallery Books. p. 94. ISBN 9781451643862.

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