Current Events > Anyone else remember zip off pants being popular?

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I'm talking like early 2000s. It seemed like there were zip off /convertible pants everywhere. You can still get them, but they're typically hiking oriented.

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This is basically the response to "can you over engineer a piece of clothing". Shorts don't take up that much space, pants with a 360 zipper on the legs introduce a massive point of failure that didn't exist until you made this silly ass short/pants frankenstein.

You exchange a miniscule a small amount of space in your backpack for a less comfortable version of shorts/pants that also has a significant chance of you cussing out your own pants because the zipper got caught on itself as you are trying to make this "magical" transition between pants and shorts.

I remember them existing as fashion wear then, but people at my school didnt wear them.

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Alteres posted...

I remember them existing as fashion wear then, but people at my school didnt wear them.

I would find them on discount constantly, maybe they never caught on really.

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I remember having a pair when I was in middle school. The PE teachers were really anal about some kids zipping off the legs for gym class because it wasn't a change of clothes.

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ForsakenHermit posted...

I remember having a pair when I was in middle school. The PE teachers were really anal about some kids zipping off the legs for gym class because it wasn't a change of clothes.

Had the same experience.

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ForsakenHermit posted...

I remember having a pair when I was in middle school. The PE teachers were really anal about some kids zipping off the legs for gym class because it wasn't a change of clothes.

had them in middle school too, though we also had gym uniforms so there wasn't an issue in PE.

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I remember them existing, but I don't recall that they were popular. Like crocs, they've always been a joke, despite being an obviously superior item of clothing.

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I had some in middle school and thought they were super cool... But no one else really wore them.

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I thought the idea was cool and had a pair when I was little, but I didn't get the point since I would still need to take my shoes off to get rid of the extra bits of pants so it was like "why not just change?"

Proto_Spark posted...

I thought the idea was cool and had a pair when I was little, but I didn't get the point since I would still need to take my shoes off to get rid of the extra bits of pants so it was like "why not just change?"

you leave the zip off section around your ankles to look like you're wearing anime socks

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I always thought those were stripper clothing...

Ruvan22 posted...

I always thought those were stripper clothing...

For what? Knee fetishists lol

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I had a pair for backpacking and they were terrible. I kept them as pants b/c I was in the mountains.

Would not buy again.

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