palazzo pants


palazzo pants

pl.n. Lightweight, full-length pants with very wide legs, typically worn by women.
[From palazzo in palazzo pajamas, an outfit consisting of a loose, flowing blouse and wide flaring pants (coined in 1960 by Diana Vreeland after the Palazzo Pitti, a Renaissance palazzo in Florence, Italy, where Russian-Georgian aristocrat and fashion designer Princess Irene Galitzine (1916-2006) staged fashion shows and first introduced such an outfit, and probably also after the Palazzo Pucci, a Renaissance palace in Florence and family home of Italian aristocrat and fashion designer Emilio Pucci (1914-1992), in which he operated his atelier and produced innovative designs influencing Galitzine).]

palazzo pants

(pəˈlætsəʊ) pl n (Clothing & Fashion) women's trousers with very wide legs[C20: palazzo from Italian, literally: palace]