Hip-huggers

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Hip-hugger jeans

Hip-huggers are a style of pants worn by both men and women, generally made of denim and fitted tightly around the hips and thighs, while flaring out towards the lower leg.

Hip-huggers are worn in a variety of different styles, sometimes "riding" low to expose the buttocks to varying degrees. There are also variations of hip huggers created with a material designed to stretch and tighter fitting stretch materials that vary in color. Hip-hugger jeans have been popular in the past during the 1960s and into the early 1980s. The hip-huggers of the 60s and 70s can be distinguished from those of the 90s by the tightness of the knee.

Hip-hugger jeans are not to be confused with Hip Hugger underwear, a form of female panties or swimwear that fit snuggly around the hip reducing visible panty line.

Hip Huggers were first designed by Cal Vainstein in 1964 for his women's clothing line OOPS! of California. His inspiration for the hip hugger design came from growing up in the Bronx where it was fashionable for young men of the time to wear their pants low on their hips.