Divinity Girl wants to know what’s up with the “new” genie pants. Are they made to accommodate adult diapers or what?
Oh, Div Girl. You must be so young. You do not remember MC Hammer (do I hear the faint guitar riffs of “U Can’t Touch This?”). You did not live through the 1980’s as PeaceBang did, an era when she was much smaller and actually wore genie pants. Hers were red and fitted from the knee to the ankle and she wore them with a gauzy white Indian shirt and sandals and went on many dates with boys. They were silly and cute and great to dance in.
These, however, are scary. Maybe it’s that the model so obviously needs a sandwich. Maybe it’s the long stretch of bare leg and then the unhappy surprise of the shoe-bootie on the foot:
Whatever it is, these genies should be stuffed right back into the bottle. And no clergyman or women should even think about wearing genie pants. In case you were wondering, and I know you weren’t. ‘Cause you ain’t dumb.
BOW-bow-dow-dow, can’t touch this!
Ahhh a case of ‘it’s Hammer time’: meaning in this context – get the hammer out and smash these horrors to smithereens and the strange shoes too?
Dadnabit PB, that song is going to stick with me for the rest of this evening now…argh! 🙂
I saw these ALL over Italy… even in denim. Itw as a sad time. They were also wearing fanny packs. My husband and I just referred to them as “poop pants.”
thanks for the commentary, peacebang! i actually did live through the 80’s and dance (badly) to many a song by mc hammer. i seemed to have blocked the genie pants component though in favor of that era’s spandex mini skirt or something. and in response to amanda’s comment, why would anyone need genie pants AND a fanny pack? isn’t there enough storage space in the pants?
Are you sure those heels aren’t just supposed to point at the ceiling?
Wow, I have never seen knee-length parachute pants before. I’m so glad to see you back in action, PB.
I swear, just when I thought the worst of 80s fashion had been trotted out, here come the genie pants. Seriously?!?!
divinitygirl here. i just wanted you to know that i tried on some of these pants in a BCBG outlet store last week. they were white and linen and very cute (can you believe i’m saying this?). anyway, they were too big, which enhanced the saggy diaper look, but i can kind of see now how they could be becoming. am i losing my aesthetic compass?