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Culottes

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounCommon term

In fashion & textiles, culottes means: Wide-legged trousers cut to look similar to a skirt.

In Turkish: etek pantolon, kulot pantolon

How it is used

Use for the garment shape; lengths vary, so include the finished length in a production description.

Example sentences

  1. The culottes look like a skirt when the wearer stands with her feet together.

    Wide separated legs create a skirt-like outline.

  2. These culottes need a lighter fabric so the wide legs do not feel heavy.

    Garment volume affects the practical choice of fabric weight.

Common collocations

  • wide-leg culottes
  • culottes pattern
  • garmentA single item of clothing, such as a shirt, dress, coat or pair of trousers, especially when talking about how it is designed, made or sold.
  • seamThe line where two or more pieces of fabric are joined together, usually by sewing, such as the side seam or shoulder seam of a garment.

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