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Capri pants
Capri Pants front view.jpg
Designer Sonja de Lennart
Type pants

Capri pants are a type of pants that are shorter than regular trousers but longer than shorts. They usually end around the middle of the calf or at the ankle. People also call them three-quarter legs, crop pants, or clam-diggers.

The name "Capri pants" comes from the beautiful Italian island of Capri. These pants became very popular there in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Story of Capri Pants

Capri pants were first created by a fashion designer named Sonja de Lennart in 1948. She helped make them famous, along with an English designer named Bunny Roger.

Many famous people started wearing capri pants. The actress Audrey Hepburn was one of the first movie stars to wear them. Her classic style often included capris. Another French actress, Brigitte Bardot, also famously wore capri pants. This was at a time when pants were still a new fashion choice for women. Even Marilyn Monroe always took capri pants with her when she traveled.

In the United States, capri pants became even more popular in the 1960s. This was thanks to a TV show called The Dick Van Dyke Show, where characters often wore them.

By the mid-1960s, tight-fitting capri-style cargo pants became popular with teenage boys. For example, the teen actor Luke Halpin wore them in some episodes of the TV show Flipper.

After being less popular for a while, capri pants made a comeback in the mid-2000s. You might have seen Jodie Whittaker wearing capri pants when she played the Doctor on Doctor Who. Even Kate Middleton has worn capri pants for outdoor events.

In 2017, a school leader in Douglas County School District in Georgia sent an email saying capri pants were not right for school. This made people wonder what length of pants was okay for students to wear.

Images for kids

  • SonjaDeLennart 1949 Erni Mangold modelt Wintermodell der Caprihose

    Model Erni Mangold wearing Sonja de Lennart Capris, 1949.

  • SonjaDeLennart 1949 Mady Rahl modelt Sommermodell der Caprihose

    Model Mady Rahl wearing Sonja de Lennart Capris, 1949.

  • Capris

    A person wearing capris (2007).

  • Candid 052 (5299485989)

    A person in cropped jeans (Stevenage, 2009).

  • Cycling-knickers-capri-pants

    Loose-fit, black, bike capris.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pantalones capri para niños Clothing

  • Culottes
  • Fashion
  • Knickerbockers
  • Pedal pushers
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