stirrup pants

noun

US
: a pair of women's pants that have a strip of fabric on the bottom of each leg that goes underneath the foot

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The all-black look included black stirrup pants, a black turtleneck and a long black cardigan sweater. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 Rather than don stirrup pants — long the de facto uniform on events like pommel horse — Richard opted for shorts with white compression leggings underneath. — Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 From the v-neck to the thumbhole sleeves, throwback stirrup pants, tech-y tubing and Prada's signature red stripe, this thing looks cool. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 June 2026 Unlike leg warmers and stirrup pants, awareness of the song seems to have continued across generations. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Keep the lengthening effect going by adding a pair of heels and stirrup pants. — Natalie Arroyo Camacho, InStyle, 8 Mar. 2026 Another pivotal breakthrough in women’s ski wear arrived in the early ’50s, when German fashion designer and professional skier, Maria Bogner, conceived the brand’s now-legendary stirrup pants in bold, bright colors that were adopted—and popularized—by the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Grace Kelly. — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2024

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