Just in case you wanted to know: Gauchos VS. Culottes

Gauchos: A wide, calf-length trousers modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos (cowboys). They usually have a high waist cut and loosely tapers from the thigh until a few inches below the knee. These have been in fashion since the 1950s when women wanted a little more room for their legs while maintaining some sense of style.

Culottes: Women’s trousers, usually knee-length or calf length. They have a full cut to resemble a skirt. Culottes are a garment that hangs like a skirt, but is actually a pair of pants. Can be described as a split or divided skirt. During the Victorian Era (mid-to late-19th century), long split skirts were developed for horseback riding. Later, to offer women more freedom to do activities such as gardening, cleaning, bike riding, etc. and still look like she was wearing a skirt.

dievca has been wearing Culottes this past Winter, Spring and Summer — not Gauchos (they remind her of the jersey ones for the 2000’s worn with high-wedge flip-flops…)  dievca’s latest pair of Culottes are the H&M Green Cotton Eyelet pair that should carry her into Autumn (photo above). dievca knows, she knows–so much green in her closet…

What do you think?

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