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Women's knee-length trousers, cut with full legs to resemble a skirt.
‘Until they started to dance, they looked prim and librarian-like in their dark-colored culottes topped by demure, sheer, white blouses.’
‘Don't let those fancy boys in culottes who just played in the Final Four tell you different.’
‘The girl wore khaki culottes and a loose, sleeveless blouse of green gingham.’
‘We also noted two bias-cut rose pink dresses with shoestring straps, culottes, cross-over tops in cotton and T-shirts with shell emblems.’
‘For pants, skirts, shorts or culottes choose the size by the waist measurement unless your hips are much larger than that standard measurement.’
‘The ‘soldier-woman’ with square shoulders and culottes under an overcoat gave way to the ‘flower-woman’ with rounded shoulders, a heightened bust, narrow waist, and immense fan-like skirt 14 metres in circumference.’
‘They did sketches of him in culottes and baggy shorts.’
‘One: denim culottes with one of our moss-green shabby-chic tweed blazers, a huge brooch and green-gold tango shoes.’
‘Knee breeches or culottes were the de rigueur apparel for 18th century gentlemen.’
‘Apparently thongs are old news, with hipster culottes taking over their crown, offering a roomier but still sexy look.’
‘He showed his skill with pantsuits, culottes, pencil skirts and even a pony skin skirt teamed with a chiffon top.’
‘They are just like regular slips but are split with a seam up each leg, so they can be worn under pants, culottes, or skirts.’
‘God knows I must have looked a freak with my 30-inch wide culottes covering shoes with two inch high platforms, but that was nothing to the exposure today.’
‘From sexy swimwear and cute tops to beautifully tailored pants (and culottes and jeans) and killer coats, everyone put forth their best efforts and scored a hit.’
‘No longer will I be a vision in cheesecloth and impetuously purchased clamdigger culottes.’
‘Most of the entries record various types of garments made, including camisoles and culottes (shirts and pants), suits, coats, and gloves.’
‘And here we are in these floor-length indigo-dyed cotton culottes that have 25 pleats in them, and this sort of heavyweight double-stitched cotton top.’
‘The style gurus put their money on culottes, Miss Marple tweed and anything plum.’
‘Yesterday while walking to work I had a revelation that they're awfully similar to culottes.’
‘Her red high-heeled boots were well hidden by navy culottes.’
Origin
Mid 19th century: French, ‘knee breeches’, diminutive of cul ‘rump’, from Latin culus.