I equate stirrup pants as an early 90s trend. There aren't many early 90s styles I like. I've never liked stirrup pants... but never hated them too much either. You can get away with boots with stirrup pants, but any sort of pumps or flats or sandals are definite no-nos with these pants. Some of you may remember me posting something on a friendly Korean lady who is the manager (I believe) of the deli across the street from my community college. I noted her in talking about how she mostly wears these old Volatile platform sandals around the restaurant. Well sometimes, she wears these black stirrup pants with some black platform lace-up boots. I think one time, she didn't wear those boots with stirrup pants. That's how I figured they were probably stirrup pants. It's for these reasons why I say that you can get away with boots with these pants. Otherwise, you'd look a bit foolish with these pants.
As for if these pants aren't too far behind, my answer is... maybe. I say maybe because of all the super-skinny stuff that's been the rage lately. I was okay with skinny jeans for ladies who had such skinny legs. I've willingly loathed leggings under denim miniskirts until I gradually matured over leggings. I wouldn't be surprised if stirrup pants were on the horizon considering the recent success of leggings among ladies of all ages. I personally don't like stirrup pants because of simply how the pants attach to the feet. It's why I say that you HAVE to wear boots with these, or you'll look like a 21st Century girl stuck in the [early] '90s. I think you could wear legwarmers to get over the unsightly stirrup part of the pants. But even then, you'd run the risk of looking overdressed, which was my primary criticism of layering fashions. And good luck putting together a great look with these pants. These are almost as bad as the "peep-toe tights" in another thread.
Down the road, something is still going to tell me that you may just need to stick to traditional pants and jeans. Something functional and warmer than these leggings and other pants. I would go with leggings if it were up to me if I had to choose between leggings and stirrup pants. Even then, I'd still stick to traditional jeans and pants and not really pay too much mind to these legging-type pants of various kinds. It's not to say that it's impossible to pull off sensational looks with these, just that I haven't personally loved leggings and legging-type pants too much to recommend them in putting together a look (except for tunic + leggings).
As for if these pants aren't too far behind, my answer is... maybe. I say maybe because of all the super-skinny stuff that's been the rage lately. I was okay with skinny jeans for ladies who had such skinny legs. I've willingly loathed leggings under denim miniskirts until I gradually matured over leggings. I wouldn't be surprised if stirrup pants were on the horizon considering the recent success of leggings among ladies of all ages. I personally don't like stirrup pants because of simply how the pants attach to the feet. It's why I say that you HAVE to wear boots with these, or you'll look like a 21st Century girl stuck in the [early] '90s. I think you could wear legwarmers to get over the unsightly stirrup part of the pants. But even then, you'd run the risk of looking overdressed, which was my primary criticism of layering fashions. And good luck putting together a great look with these pants. These are almost as bad as the "peep-toe tights" in another thread.
Down the road, something is still going to tell me that you may just need to stick to traditional pants and jeans. Something functional and warmer than these leggings and other pants. I would go with leggings if it were up to me if I had to choose between leggings and stirrup pants. Even then, I'd still stick to traditional jeans and pants and not really pay too much mind to these legging-type pants of various kinds. It's not to say that it's impossible to pull off sensational looks with these, just that I haven't personally loved leggings and legging-type pants too much to recommend them in putting together a look (except for tunic + leggings).
Like, they won't ride up my leg.
