What are Stirrup Pants?
Stirrup pants are leggings or jeans that have an elastic strip of fabric that you slip on over your foot. These were popular when I was in middle school, in the mid-to-late 80s. Girls usually wore them with a sweater and a chunky sock over the stirrup and the lower leg of the pant.
Stirrup pants are tight-fitting women’s leg wear which have a stirrup-like strap at the bottom of each pant leg. The stirrup band, which usually contains elastic material, is placed under the arch of the foot. Like leggings, stirrup pants are close-fitting and often worn with long, flowing blouses or over-sized sweaters. Generally, the fabric used for stirrup pants is cotton knit or a combination of rayon viscose, nylon, polyurethane, and cotton. Though unusual, denim and satin have also been used as stirrup pant material as well. Colors can be found in basic black, blue, and white and many other solid colors. For the fashion-adventurous, printed patterns, including leopard and zebra prints, are available in thrift or vintage retail stores.
