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'''Slim-fit pants''' or '''skinny jeans''' (when made of [[denim]]) are '''tight trousers''' that have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" in circumference, depending on size.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHMbJQ50iZoC |date=1996-09-15 |title=The gendered object |isbn=978-0-7190-4475-5 |author=Mary Schoeser |chapter=Legging It}}</ref> Other names for this style include '''drainpipes''', '''stovepipes''', '''tight pants''', '''cigarette pants''', '''pencil pants''', '''skinny pants''', '''gas pipes''', '''skinnies''', and '''tight jeans'''. |
'''Slim-fit pants''' or '''skinny jeans''' (when made of [[denim]]) are '''tight trousers''' that have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" in circumference, depending on size.<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHMbJQ50iZoC |date=1996-09-15 |title=The gendered object |isbn=978-0-7190-4475-5 |author=Mary Schoeser |chapter=Legging It|publisher=Manchester University Press }}</ref> Other names for this style include '''drainpipes''', '''stovepipes''', '''tight pants''', '''cigarette pants''', '''pencil pants''', '''skinny pants''', '''gas pipes''', '''skinnies''', and '''tight jeans'''. |
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''Skinny pants'' taper completely at the bottom of the leg, whereas ''drainpipes'' are skinny but then the lower leg is straight instead of tapering and so they are often slightly baggier at the bottom of the leg than skinny jeans. In some very skinny styles, [[zippers]] are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet because the leg opening is so small. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% [[spandex]], may be used to allow jeans to have a "super-slim fit". Skinny jeans come in a variety of colors and styles.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124683780090998061 |
''Skinny pants'' taper completely at the bottom of the leg, whereas ''drainpipes'' are skinny but then the lower leg is straight instead of tapering and so they are often slightly baggier at the bottom of the leg than skinny jeans. In some very skinny styles, [[zippers]] are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet because the leg opening is so small. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% [[spandex]], may be used to allow jeans to have a "super-slim fit". Skinny jeans come in a variety of colors and styles.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124683780090998061 |
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===The early 19th century=== |
===The early 19th century=== |
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[[File:Eugène Delacroix - Louis-Auguste Schwiter.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Regency era]] [[dandy]] wearing [[tailcoat]] and tight-fitting pantaloons]] |
[[File:Eugène Delacroix - Louis-Auguste Schwiter.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Regency era]] [[dandy]] wearing [[tailcoat]] and tight-fitting pantaloons]] |
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Tight-fitting trousers were fashionable from 1805 until 1850, being descended from the loose work trousers worn as a political statement by [[Sans-Culottes]] during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/522646/sansculotte Sans-Culottes]</ref> These "[[trousers|pantaloons]]," popularised by [[Regency era]] Englishmen such as [[Beau Brummel]], were worn high on the waist and tailored to accentuate the leg like the [[breeches]] previously fashionable among the upper class.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8QTwxJ5hwwC&pg=PA142|page=142|year=1998|title=Nineteenth-century costume and fashion|isbn=978-0-486-40292-5|author=Oswald Curtis}}</ref> Pantaloons were tied (or buttoned) around the ankle and commonly put into boots. |
Tight-fitting trousers were fashionable from 1805 until 1850, being descended from the loose work trousers worn as a political statement by [[Sans-Culottes]] during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/522646/sansculotte Sans-Culottes]</ref> These "[[trousers|pantaloons]]," popularised by [[Regency era]] Englishmen such as [[Beau Brummel]], were worn high on the waist and tailored to accentuate the leg like the [[breeches]] previously fashionable among the upper class.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8QTwxJ5hwwC&pg=PA142|page=142|year=1998|title=Nineteenth-century costume and fashion|isbn=978-0-486-40292-5|author=Oswald Curtis|publisher=Courier Corporation }}</ref> Pantaloons were tied (or buttoned) around the ankle and commonly put into boots. |
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===Decline, 1890–1940=== |
===Decline, 1890–1940=== |
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Pants, which had come to mean tight-fitting trousers, but now just a synonym, fitted more loosely from the 1840s onwards as mass-production replaced tailoring. Beginning in the [[Edwardian era]] and continuing into the 1920s, [[baggy pants|baggy "Oxford" or "collegiate" trousers]] and [[plus fours]] were fashionable among the younger generation. As the name suggests, [[Oxford bags]] originated at the UK's elite universities, where young upper class men pursued an active, sports-centred lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsheridanclub.co.uk/newsletters/Newsletter_81.pdf |title=Oxford Bags |access-date=2013-07-27 |archive-date=2020-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204074258/http://www.newsheridanclub.co.uk/newsletters/Newsletter_81.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
Pants, which had come to mean tight-fitting trousers, but now just a synonym, fitted more loosely from the 1840s onwards as mass-production replaced tailoring. Beginning in the [[Edwardian era]] and continuing into the 1920s, [[baggy pants|baggy "Oxford" or "collegiate" trousers]] and [[plus fours]] were fashionable among the younger generation. As the name suggests, [[Oxford bags]] originated at the UK's elite universities, where young upper class men pursued an active, sports-centred lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsheridanclub.co.uk/newsletters/Newsletter_81.pdf |title=Oxford Bags |access-date=2013-07-27 |archive-date=2020-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204074258/http://www.newsheridanclub.co.uk/newsletters/Newsletter_81.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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===1950s=== |
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[[File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elvis Presley]] wearing drainpipe jeans. In the 1950s; the waist was higher than on modern skinny jeans.]] |
[[File:Elvis Presley promoting Jailhouse Rock.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elvis Presley]] wearing drainpipe jeans. In the 1950s; the waist was higher than on modern skinny jeans.]] |
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Drainpipe trousers re-emerged in the 1950s, with popular [[Western (genre)|Western]] stars such as the [[singing cowboy]] [[Roy Rogers]], The [[Lone Ranger]], [[The Cisco Kid]], [[Zorro]] and [[Gene Autry]] and actresses [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Sandra Dee]] wearing their pants very slim to the ankle from 1955 onwards.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/style/what-jeans-looked-like-the-year-you-were-born/ss-AAnMaX6?ocid=spartanntp#image=9 What Jeans looked like the year you were born]</ref> Tapered jeans became most notable with [[country music]] stars and with the birth of [[rock and roll]] in the 1950s, when [[Elvis Presley]] donned slim-fitting jeans and shocked the country. |
Drainpipe trousers re-emerged in the 1950s, with popular [[Western (genre)|Western]] stars such as the [[singing cowboy]] [[Roy Rogers]], The [[Lone Ranger]], [[The Cisco Kid]], [[Zorro]] and [[Gene Autry]] and actresses [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Sandra Dee]] wearing their pants very slim to the ankle from 1955 onwards.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/style/what-jeans-looked-like-the-year-you-were-born/ss-AAnMaX6?ocid=spartanntp#image=9 What Jeans looked like the year you were born]</ref> Tapered jeans became most notable with [[country music]] stars and with the birth of [[rock and roll]] in the 1950s, when [[Elvis Presley]] donned slim-fitting jeans and shocked the country. |
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===1960s=== |
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In the early 1960s, drainpipes were worn by numerous rock bands and musicians, including [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]] and [[Bob Dylan]]. Fashion icon [[Audrey Hepburn]] also raised the popularity of drainpipe jeans. Slim fitting pants and jeans were worn not just by members of the teenage [[Mod (subculture)|Mod]] or [[greaser subculture]] but also ordinary people. By 1962, [[Sears]] were selling tight jeans made from "stretch" denim that incorporated [[elastane]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sears catalog 1962 |url=https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/FD77/production/_93778846_2131980480_a774c5e5f1_o.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221000740/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/FD77/production/_93778846_2131980480_a774c5e5f1_o.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2018 |website=BBC |access-date=21 December 2018 |ref=Sears}}</ref> The trend lasted until the end of the 1960s when "[[hippie]]" culture gave rise to flared pants and [[bell bottom]] jeans. |
In the early 1960s, drainpipes were worn by numerous rock bands and musicians, including [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]] and [[Bob Dylan]]. Fashion icon [[Audrey Hepburn]] also raised the popularity of drainpipe jeans. Slim fitting pants and jeans were worn not just by members of the teenage [[Mod (subculture)|Mod]] or [[greaser subculture]] but also ordinary people. By 1962, [[Sears]] were selling tight jeans made from "stretch" denim that incorporated [[elastane]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sears catalog 1962 |url=https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/FD77/production/_93778846_2131980480_a774c5e5f1_o.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221000740/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/FD77/production/_93778846_2131980480_a774c5e5f1_o.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2018 |website=BBC |access-date=21 December 2018 |ref=Sears}}</ref> The trend lasted until the end of the 1960s when "[[hippie]]" culture gave rise to flared pants and [[bell bottom]] jeans. |
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In the early 1970s, [[glam rock]] and [[rockabilly]] bands reviving the [[Teddy Boy]] look popularised drainpipe jeans in contrast to the [[flared trousers]] worn by hippies. Red [[tartan]] drainpipe jeans (as they were then called) were popular in the [[punk subculture]] of the late 1970s, and were worn by many bands and scene leaders such as [[Ramones]], [[The Clash]] and [[Sex Pistols]]. |
In the early 1970s, [[glam rock]] and [[rockabilly]] bands reviving the [[Teddy Boy]] look popularised drainpipe jeans in contrast to the [[flared trousers]] worn by hippies. Red [[tartan]] drainpipe jeans (as they were then called) were popular in the [[punk subculture]] of the late 1970s, and were worn by many bands and scene leaders such as [[Ramones]], [[The Clash]] and [[Sex Pistols]]. |
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===1980s=== |
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[[File:Poison.JPG|thumb|right|1980s [[glam metal]] band [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] wearing stonewashed drainpipe jeans]] |
[[File:Poison.JPG|thumb|right|1980s [[glam metal]] band [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] wearing stonewashed drainpipe jeans]] |
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Skin-tight [[acid-wash]]ed jeans were also popular in the 1980s with most [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands, and in particular those in the [[thrash metal]] scene, such as [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Megadeth]], [[Metallica]] and [[Slayer]]. This was the trend for those who did not wear [[spandex]], which was popular with the dominant heavy metal scene at the time. They were often worn with white [[high-top|high-top sneakers]] or basketball shoes like [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]]. By the late 1980s, drainpipe pants were largely superseded by [[straight leg jeans]] like [[Levi 501]]s, but remained popular among fans of [[hard rock]] until the 1990s. Tight-fitting jeans were also worn by pop stars like [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Freddie Mercury]]. The 1980s also saw the revival of "stretch jeans," pioneered and popularized in the United States by Steven Kohn and Sal Parasuco. |
Skin-tight [[acid-wash]]ed jeans were also popular in the 1980s with most [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands, and in particular those in the [[thrash metal]] scene, such as [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Megadeth]], [[Metallica]] and [[Slayer]]. This was the trend for those who did not wear [[spandex]], which was popular with the dominant heavy metal scene at the time. They were often worn with white [[high-top|high-top sneakers]] or basketball shoes like [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]]. By the late 1980s, drainpipe pants were largely superseded by [[straight leg jeans]] like [[Levi 501]]s, but remained popular among fans of [[hard rock]] until the 1990s. Tight-fitting jeans were also worn by pop stars like [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Freddie Mercury]]. The 1980s also saw the revival of "stretch jeans," pioneered and popularized in the United States by Steven Kohn and Sal Parasuco. |
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===1990s=== |
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By the early [[1990s fashion|1990s]], many glam metal bands such as [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Bon Jovi]], and [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], abandoned spandex and wore form fitted jeans. Tight jeans were also worn by members of the [[casual subculture]] from the late 80s until the mid 90s, including [[Ewan McGregor]] in ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Spud to Slimane: how Trainspotting helped invent the skinny jean |date=2017-01-31 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715213600/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jan/31/from-spud-to-slimane-how-trainspotting-helped-invent-the-skinny-jean |archive-date=2023-07-15 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jan/31/from-spud-to-slimane-how-trainspotting-helped-invent-the-skinny-jean}}</ref> However, with the rise of [[grunge]] and [[hip-hop]] music in the mid 1990s and the [[post thrash]] movement, drainpipe jeans quickly went out of fashion in favor of baggy [[carpenter jeans]], as worn by hip-hop/rap acts such as [[Kris Kross]], [[Another Bad Creation]], and [[Snoop Dogg]]. Flared jeans also made a comeback from the mid-1990s onward, furthering the move away from the drainpipe styles. |
By the early [[1990s fashion|1990s]], many glam metal bands such as [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Bon Jovi]], and [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], abandoned spandex and wore form fitted jeans. Tight jeans were also worn by members of the [[casual subculture]] from the late 80s until the mid 90s, including [[Ewan McGregor]] in ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Spud to Slimane: how Trainspotting helped invent the skinny jean |date=2017-01-31 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715213600/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jan/31/from-spud-to-slimane-how-trainspotting-helped-invent-the-skinny-jean |archive-date=2023-07-15 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/jan/31/from-spud-to-slimane-how-trainspotting-helped-invent-the-skinny-jean}}</ref> However, with the rise of [[grunge]] and [[hip-hop]] music in the mid 1990s and the [[post thrash]] movement, drainpipe jeans quickly went out of fashion in favor of baggy [[carpenter jeans]], as worn by hip-hop/rap acts such as [[Kris Kross]], [[Another Bad Creation]], and [[Snoop Dogg]]. Flared jeans also made a comeback from the mid-1990s onward, furthering the move away from the drainpipe styles. |
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===2000s=== |
===2000s=== |
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[[File:Scene kids2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Scene (subculture)|Scene kids]] wearing skinny jeans, late-2000s]] |
[[File:Scene kids2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Scene (subculture)|Scene kids]] wearing skinny jeans, late-2000s]] |
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The 2000s saw the continued rejection of slim-fitting pants and jeans throughout the early and middle years in mainstream fashion. However, in 2005, fitted pants were reintroduced to the mainstream market for women. This new style of pants was called "skinny jeans". During its first year, skinny jeans were only sold online, and they were not available in stores. Initially, they were not well received by the public, though there were some early adopters. It was not until 2006 that skinny jeans gained more steam in fashion world, and by this time skinny jeans were being sold at shopping malls.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny legs and all: Jeans get slender|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-04-16-skinny-jeans_x.htm|publisher=usatoday|access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> Throughout 2007<ref name="ADDFashion">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/arts/all/aughts/62499/ |title=Blink and You Missed It |access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> skinny jeans received more mainstream exposure as fashion trends started moving away from the [[bell-bottoms|bell bottoms]] and [[wide leg jeans|baggy pants]] which had been dominant for the previous 10 years.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2011254_2014381_2014372,00.html |title=Skinny Jean |magazine=Time |date=20 December 2006 |access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref> Men's skinny jeans were introduced in |
The 2000s saw the continued rejection of slim-fitting pants and jeans throughout the early and middle years in mainstream fashion. However, in 2005, fitted pants were reintroduced to the mainstream market for women. This new style of pants was called "skinny jeans". During its first year, skinny jeans were only sold online, and they were not available in stores. Initially, they were not well received by the public, though there were some early adopters. It was not until 2006 that skinny jeans gained more steam in fashion world, and by this time skinny jeans were being sold at shopping malls.<ref>{{cite web|title=Skinny legs and all: Jeans get slender|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2006-04-16-skinny-jeans_x.htm|publisher=usatoday|access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> Throughout 2007<ref name="ADDFashion">{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/arts/all/aughts/62499/ |title=Blink and You Missed It |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref> skinny jeans received more mainstream exposure as fashion trends started moving away from the [[bell-bottoms|bell bottoms]] and [[wide leg jeans|baggy pants]] which had been dominant for the previous 10 years.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2011254_2014381_2014372,00.html |title=Skinny Jean |magazine=Time |date=20 December 2006 |access-date=19 June 2014}}</ref> Men's skinny jeans were introduced in the late 2000s and became the norm by 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124683780090998061 |
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|title=Tight Squeeze: Making Room For a New Men's Fashion |last=Smith |first=Ray A. |
|title=Tight Squeeze: Making Room For a New Men's Fashion |last=Smith |first=Ray A. |
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|date=July 6, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York| access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604044903/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683780090998061.html|archive-date=2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/06/jerkin-jeneration.html|title=Jerkin' Jeneration|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> |
|date=July 6, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York| access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604044903/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683780090998061.html|archive-date=2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/06/jerkin-jeneration.html|title=Jerkin' Jeneration|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> |
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===2010s=== |
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[[File:Skinny jeans street style à Strasbourg octobre 2013.jpg|thumb|center|500px|{{center|Skinny jeans for men, [[street style]] in [[Strasbourg]], France, October 2013}}]] |
[[File:Skinny jeans street style à Strasbourg octobre 2013.jpg|thumb|center|500px|{{center|Skinny jeans for men, [[street style]] in [[Strasbourg]], France, October 2013}}]] |
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Skinny jeans first spread to men's fashion in 2009.<ref>[http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/apparel/levis-skinny-511-jeans.html Men's skinny jeans]</ref> This has continued into the 2010s, entering the mainstream fashion in 2011. |
Skinny jeans first spread to men's fashion in 2009.<ref>[http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/apparel/levis-skinny-511-jeans.html Men's skinny jeans]</ref> This has continued into the 2010s, entering the mainstream fashion in 2011. They eventually became one of the decade's defining fashion pieces for both men and women. Many men expanded their wardrobe to include tight-fitting [[chino trousers]] coming with variety of colors, but often in khaki, brown or white.<ref>[http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/apparel/dockers-alpha-khakis.html Dockers khakis]</ref><ref>[http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/interview_500/568c_the-new-gap.html New gap]</ref> Women's skinny jeans also came in various colors, often neutral colors like khaki and white. Starting in the mid-2010s, high-waisted women’s skinny jeans became stylish.{{fact|date=April 2024}} |
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In the late 2010s, skinny jeans declined in popularity. Stay-at-home orders during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] accelerated a trend toward more comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and [[athleisure]] apparel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/11/1241145778/fashion-skinny-jeans-trends-vogue-quiet-luxury |title=So long, skinny jeans. See you in the next cycle |date=April 11, 2024 |author=Kai McNamee |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> |
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Starting in the Mid 2010s, women’s skinny jeans saw the high-waist trend coming back in style. Like men's, women's skinny jeans came in various colors, often in neutral colors like khaki and white. |
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2015 Temporary slow decline in popularity of skinny jeans among men and women 2016 [[Athleisure]] |
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The popularity of sports pants increases |
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===2020s=== |
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The beginning of the decade saw the decline in popularity of skinny jeans on both sexes particularly in Europe and North America. |
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Research has found that as people gradually return to their old social lives, they prefer jeans over sweatpants at home. It is estimated that by 2026 and 2027, the global denim market size will reach recover. |
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==Medical problems== |
==Medical problems== |
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In modern times, some physicians believe tight trousers may cause numbness due to compression of [[nerves]]. For example, this may affect the outer thigh in the condition [[meralgia paraesthetica]].<ref>{{citation|pmid=6700050|title=Meralgia paresthetica and tight trousers|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|year=1984|volume=251|issue=12|page=1553|doi=10.1001/jama.1984.03340360021010|last1=Boyce|first1=J. R.}}</ref> |
In modern times, some physicians believe tight trousers may cause numbness due to compression of [[nerves]]. For example, this may affect the outer thigh in the condition [[meralgia paraesthetica]].<ref>{{citation|pmid=6700050|title=Meralgia paresthetica and tight trousers|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|year=1984|volume=251|issue=12|page=1553|doi=10.1001/jama.1984.03340360021010|last1=Boyce|first1=J. R.}}</ref> |
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A recent study by Korean doctors suggests that skinny jeans can cause [[varicose veins]].<ref>{{cite web| title = 스키니진이 우리에게 미치는 악영향| author = Kim So-hee | publisher = medicaldaily | date=2013-04-06 |url =http://pann.news.nate.com/info/254535426 | access-date = 2013-04-06}}</ref> Among men, tight trousers may also cause [[dyspermia]] due to overheating of the [[testes]].<ref>{{citation|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2605.1995.tb00400.x|title=Tight underpants and trousers and risk of aspermia|author=F Parazzini, M Marchini, L Luchini, L Tozzi, R|journal=International Journal of Andrology|year=1995 |
A recent study by Korean doctors suggests that skinny jeans can cause [[varicose veins]].<ref>{{cite web| title = 스키니진이 우리에게 미치는 악영향| author = Kim So-hee | publisher = medicaldaily | date=2013-04-06 |url =http://pann.news.nate.com/info/254535426 | access-date = 2013-04-06}}</ref> Among men, tight trousers may also cause [[dyspermia]] due to overheating of the [[testes]].<ref>{{citation|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2605.1995.tb00400.x|title=Tight underpants and trousers and risk of aspermia|author=F Parazzini, M Marchini, L Luchini, L Tozzi, R|journal=International Journal of Andrology|year=1995|volume=18|issue=3|pages=137–140|pmid=7558376|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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A study in 2015 documented the case of skinny jeans causing [[rhabdomyolysis]], bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fashion victim: rhabdomyolysis and bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies as a result of squatting in 'skinny jeans'|url=http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2015/05/27/jnnp-2015-310628.full|journal=Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry|year=2016 |pmid=26105172 |access-date=23 June 2015|last1=Wai |first1=K. |last2=Thompson |first2=P. D. |last3=Kimber |first3=T. E. |volume=87 |issue=7 |page=782 |doi=10.1136/jnnp-2015-310628 |s2cid=207007418 }}</ref> |
A study in 2015 documented the case of skinny jeans causing [[rhabdomyolysis]], bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fashion victim: rhabdomyolysis and bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies as a result of squatting in 'skinny jeans'|url=http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2015/05/27/jnnp-2015-310628.full|journal=Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry|year=2016 |pmid=26105172 |access-date=23 June 2015|last1=Wai |first1=K. |last2=Thompson |first2=P. D. |last3=Kimber |first3=T. E. |volume=87 |issue=7 |page=782 |doi=10.1136/jnnp-2015-310628 |s2cid=207007418 }}</ref> |
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==Bans and violence== |
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Some opposers of skinny or tight pants believe that they are immoral, immodest, overtly sexual, or a threat to local traditions.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41783620/should-women-in-pakistan-be-told-what-to-wear Skinny jeans banned at Pakistan university]</ref> In the United States and some other western countries, it was often linked to [[homosexuality]] as of the 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When did Guys wearing Skinny Jeans become Acceptable? |url=https://www.messycloset.com/fashion/skinny-jeans/1080/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |department=www.messycloset.com |publisher=Fashion News and Blog}}</ref> |
Some opposers of skinny or tight pants believe that they are immoral, immodest, overtly sexual, or a threat to local traditions.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-41783620/should-women-in-pakistan-be-told-what-to-wear Skinny jeans banned at Pakistan university]</ref> In [[bible belt|conservative regions of the Southern United States]] and some other western countries, like Russia, it was often linked to [[homosexuality]] as of the 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=When did Guys wearing Skinny Jeans become Acceptable? |url=https://www.messycloset.com/fashion/skinny-jeans/1080/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |department=www.messycloset.com |publisher=Fashion News and Blog}}</ref> |
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A number of schools around the world have banned students from wearing overly slim pants like "skinny jeans".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willingham |first=A. J. |date=2016-05-19 |title=Banning skinny jeans in school? NC students lash out |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/health/nc-skinny-jeans-ban-proposed-trnd/index.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Savva |first=Anna |date=2017-08-07 |title=Parents furious after skinny jeans and leggings banned by school |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/skinny-jeans-leggings-been-banned-13443763 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=CambridgeshireLive |language=en}}</ref> In the United States, the ban in [[Brigham Young University–Idaho]] caught the attention of mainstream media in 2011; the ban was lifted in that college the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SNOW |first=RACHEL |title=University's issue with skinny jeans goes national |url=https://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/news/universitys-issue-with-skinny-jeans-goes-national/article_4c1bc700-2131-11e1-8764-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Standard Journal |language=en}}</ref> In one case, a student was banned from taking an exam for wearing skinny jeans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-08 |title=BYU Student Banned From Exams For Wearing Skinny Jeans |url=https://jezebel.com/byu-student-banned-from-exams-for-wearing-skinny-jeans-5866239 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Jezebel |language=en-us}}</ref> In [[India]] some colleges have advised against or prohibited tight pants for female students, citing their own safety.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=February 8 |first1=Nick |last2=Pm |first2=2017 at 3:49 |title=India: the rapist's veto? |url=https://freespeechdebate.com/discuss/india-the-rapists-veto/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Free Speech Debate |language=en-US}}</ref> In [[Tanzania]] it was reported a female parliament member was asked to leave the parliament for wearing "skin-tight pants", with the parliament speaker calling it 'non-parliamentary attire'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-03 |title='Go Dress Up Well': Tanzanian Woman MP Asked to Leave Parliament for Wearing 'Tight Pants' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/tanzanian-woman-mp-asked-to-leave-parliament-for-wearing-tight-pants-3806657.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> There have also been reported incidents in the world of court defendants being turned away for wearing such "unappropriate" slim pants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=INews |date=2019-06-03 |title=Jamaica: Tight clothes-wearing defendants irk judge |url=https://www.inewsguyana.com/jamaica-tight-clothes-wearing-defendants-irk-judge/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=INews Guyana |language=en-US}}</ref> Female police officers in [[Mexico]] have reported becoming victims of sexism for outfits which included tight pants.<ref>{{cite news |date= |title= |
A number of schools around the world have banned students from wearing overly slim pants like "skinny jeans".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willingham |first=A. J. |date=2016-05-19 |title=Banning skinny jeans in school? NC students lash out |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/health/nc-skinny-jeans-ban-proposed-trnd/index.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Savva |first=Anna |date=2017-08-07 |title=Parents furious after skinny jeans and leggings banned by school |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/skinny-jeans-leggings-been-banned-13443763 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=CambridgeshireLive |language=en}}</ref> In the United States, the ban in [[Brigham Young University–Idaho]] caught the attention of mainstream media in 2011; the ban was lifted in that college the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SNOW |first=RACHEL |title=University's issue with skinny jeans goes national |url=https://www.rexburgstandardjournal.com/news/universitys-issue-with-skinny-jeans-goes-national/article_4c1bc700-2131-11e1-8764-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Standard Journal |date=7 December 2011 |language=en}}</ref> In one case, a student was banned from taking an exam for wearing skinny jeans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-08 |title=BYU Student Banned From Exams For Wearing Skinny Jeans |url=https://jezebel.com/byu-student-banned-from-exams-for-wearing-skinny-jeans-5866239 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Jezebel |language=en-us}}</ref> In [[India]] some colleges have advised against or prohibited tight pants for female students, citing their own safety.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=February 8 |first1=Nick |last2=Pm |first2=2017 at 3:49 |title=India: the rapist's veto? |url=https://freespeechdebate.com/discuss/india-the-rapists-veto/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Free Speech Debate |language=en-US}}</ref> In [[Tanzania]] it was reported a female parliament member was asked to leave the parliament for wearing "skin-tight pants", with the parliament speaker calling it 'non-parliamentary attire'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-03 |title='Go Dress Up Well': Tanzanian Woman MP Asked to Leave Parliament for Wearing 'Tight Pants' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/tanzanian-woman-mp-asked-to-leave-parliament-for-wearing-tight-pants-3806657.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> There have also been reported incidents in the world of court defendants being turned away for wearing such "unappropriate" slim pants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=INews |date=2019-06-03 |title=Jamaica: Tight clothes-wearing defendants irk judge |url=https://www.inewsguyana.com/jamaica-tight-clothes-wearing-defendants-irk-judge/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=INews Guyana |language=en-US}}</ref> Female police officers in [[Mexico]] have reported becoming victims of sexism for outfits which included tight pants.<ref>{{cite news |date= |title='I trained to be a police officer, not a showgirl': Mexican cops claim attractiveness review |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/09/i-trained-to-be-a-police-officer-not-a-showgirl-mexican-cops-claim-attractiveness-review/ |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> |
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In the 2010s, several [[religious fundamentalist]] governments, especially [[Islamic extremism|radical Islamists]], disapproved of tight trousers. In [[Saudi Arabia]], the police were reportedly instructed to arrest teenagers who dress this way because the tight jeans are seen as [[un-Islamic]] and, when worn by men, a sign of homosexuality.<ref>[http://www.novafm.com.au/article/emo-girls-arrested-being-emo Girls arrested for being emo]</ref> In the [[Gaza strip]], [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] youths caught wearing skinny jeans have been arrested and beaten by the [[Hamas]] police.<ref name="yahoo">[http://uk.news.yahoo.com/gaza-hairstyle-crackdown-sees-heads-shaved-015833484.html#fZWkVKi Gaza hairstyle crackdown]</ref> Incidents of wearers being imprisoned or fined have been reported in places including [[Sudan]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7659060.stm|title=Sudan outrage at trouser arrests|author=Peter Martell|date=8 October 2008 | work=BBC News}}</ref> and in territories that were controlled by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] in 2015.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2015/04/03/isis-bans-skinny-jeans/ Isis bans skinny jeans]</ref> In [[Israel]], a number of [[Rabbi]]s signed a decree prohibiting devout Jewish men from wearing tight pants.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marilus |first=Itamar |date=2012-08-29 |title=Rabbis launch battle on men's skinny jeans |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4271702,00.html |access-date=2022-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghert-Z |first=Renee |title=Thou shalt not wear tight pants |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/thou-shalt-not-wear-tight-pants/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |date=20 March 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Some people wearing them have been met with violence, such as in 2012 when unknown individuals [[Emo killings in Iraq|murdered]] between twelve and one hundred people in [[Iraq]]—among them were "[[emo]]s" of both sexes wearing tight clothes and emo hairstyles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Massacre of emos in Iraq goes to core of a damaged society {{!}} Scott Long |date=2012-03-18 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228172538/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/18/iraq-massacre-emos-killing-gay |archive-date=2023-02-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/18/iraq-massacre-emos-killing-gay}}</ref> There has also been a case in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] where security officers attacked a number of women who were wearing tight pants.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Joint Committee Print 109-33 - COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2004 VOLUME I |url=https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/109th-congress/joint-committee-print/99700?s=1&r=63 |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> |
Some people wearing them have been met with violence, such as in 2012 when unknown individuals [[Emo killings in Iraq|murdered]] between twelve and one hundred people in [[Iraq]]—among them were "[[emo]]s" of both sexes wearing tight clothes and emo hairstyles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Massacre of emos in Iraq goes to core of a damaged society {{!}} Scott Long |date=2012-03-18 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228172538/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/18/iraq-massacre-emos-killing-gay |archive-date=2023-02-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/18/iraq-massacre-emos-killing-gay}}</ref> There has also been a case in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] where security officers attacked a number of women who were wearing tight pants.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Joint Committee Print 109-33 - COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2004 VOLUME I |url=https://www.congress.gov/committee-print/109th-congress/joint-committee-print/99700?s=1&r=63 |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> |
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In May 2021, [[North Korea]] banned "skinny jeans" and a number of other fashion items for its citizens, citing it as "capitalistic".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=North Korea bans skinny jeans as symbol of 'capitalistic lifestyle' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/26/north-korea-bans-skinny-jeans |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> |
Since the [[Cold War]], many Communist dictatorships have disapproved of skinny jeans. In Russia, they were associated with [[anticommunist]] [[juvenile delinquent]]s like the [[Stilyagi]] [[beatnik]]s during the [[1950s fashion|1950s]] or the [[mod subculture|so-called "hairies"]] [[1960s fashion|during the 1960s]]. In [[Cuba]] during the late 2010s and early 2020s, law enforcement have used tight pants as a marker for male homosexuality in the context of arresting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rice and Beans with a Side of Queer: Socio-Legal Developments in the Cuban LGBTQ+ Communityin the Cuban LGBTQ+ Commun |url=https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1576&context=wmjowl |access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref> In May 2021, [[North Korea]] banned "skinny jeans" and a number of other fashion items for its citizens, citing it as "capitalistic".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=North Korea bans skinny jeans as symbol of 'capitalistic lifestyle' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/may/26/north-korea-bans-skinny-jeans |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> |
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Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans (when made of denim) are tight trousers that have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" in circumference, depending on size.[1] Other names for this style include drainpipes, stovepipes, tight pants, cigarette pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, gas pipes, skinnies, and tight jeans.
Skinny pants taper completely at the bottom of the leg, whereas drainpipes are skinny but then the lower leg is straight instead of tapering and so they are often slightly baggier at the bottom of the leg than skinny jeans. In some very skinny styles, zippers are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet because the leg opening is so small. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% spandex, may be used to allow jeans to have a "super-slim fit". Skinny jeans come in a variety of colors and styles.[2]
History
Origins
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Before the 18th century, European men wore breeches and hose. In Tudor times, these breeches were loose-fitting, but by the 1660s, tight breeches were fashionable. These were popularised by Frenchmen at the court of Louis XIII, as part of the three piece suit that also included a type of frock coat called a Justacorps, a tricorne hat, a powdered wig, and a long waistcoat. During the Restoration era, the tighter breeches were introduced to England, and the rest of Europe, because the cut was deemed more flattering to the leg.[3]
From the 16th until the 19th century, the Mughlai nobility attired themselves in tight-fitting churidars which were worn tied below the knee. These trousers, and other elements of traditional clothing like the shalwar kameez, were often worn by Englishmen working in India, especially officers of the East India Company.[4]
The early 19th century
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Tight-fitting trousers were fashionable from 1805 until 1850, being descended from the loose work trousers worn as a political statement by Sans-Culottes during the French Revolution.[5] These "pantaloons," popularised by Regency era Englishmen such as Beau Brummel, were worn high on the waist and tailored to accentuate the leg like the breeches previously fashionable among the upper class.[6] Pantaloons were tied (or buttoned) around the ankle and commonly put into boots.
Decline, 1890–1940
Pants, which had come to mean tight-fitting trousers, but now just a synonym, fitted more loosely from the 1840s onwards as mass-production replaced tailoring. Beginning in the Edwardian era and continuing into the 1920s, baggy "Oxford" or "collegiate" trousers and plus fours were fashionable among the younger generation. As the name suggests, Oxford bags originated at the UK's elite universities, where young upper class men pursued an active, sports-centred lifestyle.[7]
1950s
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Drainpipe trousers re-emerged in the 1950s, with popular Western stars such as the singing cowboy Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, Zorro and Gene Autry and actresses Marilyn Monroe and Sandra Dee wearing their pants very slim to the ankle from 1955 onwards.[8] Tapered jeans became most notable with country music stars and with the birth of rock and roll in the 1950s, when Elvis Presley donned slim-fitting jeans and shocked the country.
1960s
In the early 1960s, drainpipes were worn by numerous rock bands and musicians, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Fashion icon Audrey Hepburn also raised the popularity of drainpipe jeans. Slim fitting pants and jeans were worn not just by members of the teenage Mod or greaser subculture but also ordinary people. By 1962, Sears were selling tight jeans made from "stretch" denim that incorporated elastane.[9] The trend lasted until the end of the 1960s when "hippie" culture gave rise to flared pants and bell bottom jeans.
1970s
In the early 1970s, glam rock and rockabilly bands reviving the Teddy Boy look popularised drainpipe jeans in contrast to the flared trousers worn by hippies. Red tartan drainpipe jeans (as they were then called) were popular in the punk subculture of the late 1970s, and were worn by many bands and scene leaders such as Ramones, The Clash and Sex Pistols.
1980s
Skin-tight acid-washed jeans were also popular in the 1980s with most heavy metal bands, and in particular those in the thrash metal scene, such as Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer. This was the trend for those who did not wear spandex, which was popular with the dominant heavy metal scene at the time. They were often worn with white high-top sneakers or basketball shoes like Converse. By the late 1980s, drainpipe pants were largely superseded by straight leg jeans like Levi 501s, but remained popular among fans of hard rock until the 1990s. Tight-fitting jeans were also worn by pop stars like Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury. The 1980s also saw the revival of "stretch jeans," pioneered and popularized in the United States by Steven Kohn and Sal Parasuco.
1990s
By the early 1990s, many glam metal bands such as Poison, Mötley Crüe, Kiss, Bon Jovi, and Slaughter, abandoned spandex and wore form fitted jeans. Tight jeans were also worn by members of the casual subculture from the late 80s until the mid 90s, including Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting.[10] However, with the rise of grunge and hip-hop music in the mid 1990s and the post thrash movement, drainpipe jeans quickly went out of fashion in favor of baggy carpenter jeans, as worn by hip-hop/rap acts such as Kris Kross, Another Bad Creation, and Snoop Dogg. Flared jeans also made a comeback from the mid-1990s onward, furthering the move away from the drainpipe styles.
2000s
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The 2000s saw the continued rejection of slim-fitting pants and jeans throughout the early and middle years in mainstream fashion. However, in 2005, fitted pants were reintroduced to the mainstream market for women. This new style of pants was called "skinny jeans". During its first year, skinny jeans were only sold online, and they were not available in stores. Initially, they were not well received by the public, though there were some early adopters. It was not until 2006 that skinny jeans gained more steam in fashion world, and by this time skinny jeans were being sold at shopping malls.[11] Throughout 2007[12] skinny jeans received more mainstream exposure as fashion trends started moving away from the bell bottoms and baggy pants which had been dominant for the previous 10 years.[13] Men's skinny jeans were introduced in the late 2000s and became the norm by 2009.[14][15]
2010s and 2020s
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Skinny jeans first spread to men's fashion in 2009.[16] This has continued into the 2010s, entering the mainstream fashion in 2011. They eventually became one of the decade's defining fashion pieces for both men and women. Many men expanded their wardrobe to include tight-fitting chino trousers coming with variety of colors, but often in khaki, brown or white.[17][18] Women's skinny jeans also came in various colors, often neutral colors like khaki and white. Starting in the mid-2010s, high-waisted women’s skinny jeans became stylish.[citation needed]
In the late 2010s, skinny jeans declined in popularity. Stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a trend toward more comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and athleisure apparel.[19]
Medical problems
Victorian doctors theorised that tight trousers caused an outbreak of apoplexy in New York. However, the veracity of this claim is questionable, given the often speculative nature of early modern medicine.[20]
In modern times, some physicians believe tight trousers may cause numbness due to compression of nerves. For example, this may affect the outer thigh in the condition meralgia paraesthetica.[21]
A recent study by Korean doctors suggests that skinny jeans can cause varicose veins.[22] Among men, tight trousers may also cause dyspermia due to overheating of the testes.[23]
A study in 2015 documented the case of skinny jeans causing rhabdomyolysis, bilateral peroneal and tibial neuropathies.[24]
Bans and violence
Some opposers of skinny or tight pants believe that they are immoral, immodest, overtly sexual, or a threat to local traditions.[25] In conservative regions of the Southern United States and some other western countries, like Russia, it was often linked to homosexuality as of the 2000s.[26]
A number of schools around the world have banned students from wearing overly slim pants like "skinny jeans".[27][28] In the United States, the ban in Brigham Young University–Idaho caught the attention of mainstream media in 2011; the ban was lifted in that college the same year.[29] In one case, a student was banned from taking an exam for wearing skinny jeans.[30] In India some colleges have advised against or prohibited tight pants for female students, citing their own safety.[31] In Tanzania it was reported a female parliament member was asked to leave the parliament for wearing "skin-tight pants", with the parliament speaker calling it 'non-parliamentary attire'.[32] There have also been reported incidents in the world of court defendants being turned away for wearing such "unappropriate" slim pants.[33] Female police officers in Mexico have reported becoming victims of sexism for outfits which included tight pants.[34]
In the 2010s, several religious fundamentalist governments, especially radical Islamists, disapproved of tight trousers. In Saudi Arabia, the police were reportedly instructed to arrest teenagers who dress this way because the tight jeans are seen as un-Islamic and, when worn by men, a sign of homosexuality.[35] In the Gaza strip, Palestinian youths caught wearing skinny jeans have been arrested and beaten by the Hamas police.[36] Incidents of wearers being imprisoned or fined have been reported in places including Sudan[37] and in territories that were controlled by ISIL in 2015.[38] In Israel, a number of Rabbis signed a decree prohibiting devout Jewish men from wearing tight pants.[39][40]
Some people wearing them have been met with violence, such as in 2012 when unknown individuals murdered between twelve and one hundred people in Iraq—among them were "emos" of both sexes wearing tight clothes and emo hairstyles.[41] There has also been a case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where security officers attacked a number of women who were wearing tight pants.[42]
Since the Cold War, many Communist dictatorships have disapproved of skinny jeans. In Russia, they were associated with anticommunist juvenile delinquents like the Stilyagi beatniks during the 1950s or the so-called "hairies" during the 1960s. In Cuba during the late 2010s and early 2020s, law enforcement have used tight pants as a marker for male homosexuality in the context of arresting.[43] In May 2021, North Korea banned "skinny jeans" and a number of other fashion items for its citizens, citing it as "capitalistic".[44]
See also
- 2000s in fashion
- 2010s in fashion
- Bell-bottoms
- Breeches
- Hose (clothing)
- Jeggings
- Tights
- Wide-leg jeans
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