I dream of Genie pants, take 2
“Harem Pants”, from La Redoute
Ok. I must have been living under a rock this past season. It turns out that The Poopy Pant I mentioned in a previous post was an all-out crazed fashion fad this year.
Called “Harem Pants” or “Hammer Pants”, also known as “The Poopy Pant”, “The Diaper Pant”, and other interesting appellations, I present to you, all the variations I have seen off the catwalk, and on the floor of the milongas in Buenos Aires.
I just had to do this, if only to remember the stupefaction I felt upon seeing what I can only describe as a couple of Star Wars characters doing perfectly executed triple back sacadas at practica.
The horror….
La Redoute
H&M
Top Shop
Rick Owens
Unknown
The following examples are particularly interesting and incomprehensible, and yes, I did see tangueras sporting these. I wonder… Wouldn’t these bother the leader with the constant brushing against thick fabric? Wouldn’t the follower feel like Barney the purple dinosaur during giros?
The Poopy Bell – Top Shop
The Poopy Bubble (on right)
The dinosaur in question:
And the following is not exactly a Poopy Pant, since the seat is fitted to where it should be, but are an interesting variation on the Tango Genie Pant, because it morphs into a triangle-shape during pivots and boleos:
The Flying Batwings
To each her own…
Ok, so back to the adorable non-poopy Tango Genie Pants, Elizabeth of Working Artist has skillfully made her own in 45 minutes, with a pair of knit pyjama bottoms from Target. Priced $14.
Bravo!
Yes, well, fashion is not always right or even pretty… sometimes in the quest to be new, different and fresh… you end up… odd. I have seen the poopy pant, and still I prefer the harem or bali pant without question, because it does not look like I am wearing a few adult diapers beneath my pants! I mean, if it makes a 6′ 100 lb model look dumpy… it can’t do much for those of us who are real and have a female form….
Oh well, at least it is something to keep us amused while we have some water at the milongas!
:-)
Debbi
26 September 2008 at 1:51 pm
hi debbi! i agree… there is no such thing as right or wrong in fashion. but there is good and bad, which varies according to individual taste. just like tango…
i think some of the above are kind of cute. i would wear them to a costume party, or as lounge pants at home alone, or maybe to a yoga class or something. i wouldn’t be caught dead wearing them to a milonga though!
La Nuit Blanche
26 September 2008 at 2:01 pm
I cannot think of any piece of clothing being more essentially anti-tango than this contraption.
Frances R
26 September 2008 at 2:03 pm
I don’t really remember seeing anything more hideous then the diaper pants. Ever.
Sorin
26 September 2008 at 3:49 pm
The thing is that harem pants or Genie pants have nothing in common with poopy pants, because they flatter the figure with voluminous fabric around the ankles, not the crotch. Those can look ok dancing tango, if you don’t impale them on your stiletto. Plus they make your legs look longer, especially when combined with the afore mentioned stilettos.
As for me, I prefer skirts.
Cherie
26 September 2008 at 4:51 pm
hi cherie,
actually, i think they have very much in common. other than the fact that the fabric spills out in different places, they are worn in similar ways (under short dresses, long shirts, with tank tops, corsets, etc.), are both gathered at the ankles, and are similar in silouette, being very different from regular trousers or jeans.
and i love skirts like most women, but i’ve snagged my stilettos on those as well.
like i said, to each her own. :-)
La Nuit Blanche
26 September 2008 at 5:12 pm
As a belly dancer,I wouldn’t not call those harem pants. Ahem. :-) Harem pants (at least the ones that are part of a belly dancing costume) do not have a poopy crotch ;-) Or at least they shouldn’t.
The technical name for the poopy-pants, I’ve heard, is drop-crotch pants. Which to me is apropos because they can catch droppings ;-) ewww.
I simply do not understand why any woman would find those poopy drop crotch pants flattering enough to exchange valid currency for them.
Tina
27 September 2008 at 10:38 am
Imagine the sight today. The rasta dread faux hawk mullet. plaid (did I spell that right?) sleeveless flannel lumber jack shirt and striped shit catchers and converse high tops green on a man. It was colourful!
miss tango
28 September 2008 at 12:52 am
I’m reminded of the gangsta jeans – actually shorts – where the waistband is at the bottom of the butt cheek (with boxers sticking out above), the back pockets are at the back of the knees, the crotch is just below that, and the hem at the bottom is more or less just above the ankle or mid-shin…
I gotta get me some of those…how do you ladies think they would look with my black suede wingtips? Or better with the brown pebble grain cap toes?
Alex
2 October 2008 at 5:57 am