Wide-legged and flowing, they are causing a storm on social media, with people posting videos of the fabric getting caught in escalators and causing painful trips.
Have skirts not been a thing before?
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2026
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Some people's parents didn't teach them to fear and respect the escalator.
I hope her pants get caught and a bloodbath ensues!
This a symptom of a society who didnt see LiveLeak escalator accidents growing up
Usually people don't drag their skirt on the ground like the cuffs of those pants. It's a stupid design, the way to make them work is to model them after Japanese Hakama pants, but use lighter material.
Uh, you are aware that until recently, skirts actually had a hem, a removable/replaceable section of cloth at the bottom, specifically meant to touch the ground so a woman's feet weren't visible, right?
There are also entire cultural/religious outfits that to this day still touch the ground that are worn daily.
Just because its not a common sight where you are doesn't mean it isn't a thing any were else.
Until recently, when escalators became more of a thing, because it's a stupid fucking design to be dragging your clothes on the ground.
There are also entire cultural/religious outfits that to this day still touch the ground that are worn daily.
No, there are still clothing designs that incorporate hems that touch the ground.
So what exactly is happening when people wear these danger-pants? Apparently the voluminous fabric gets wrapped around itself, as well as the wearer’s ankles and feet, causing them to trip.
Surely that’s always going to be an issue with this kind of very baggy design? That’s what stylist Clare Chambers told the Metro. “The wider the leg, the more likely it is to get caught and wrapped around the opposite leg/foot causing the wearer to trip and fall,” she said.
...get caught and wrapped around the opposite leg/foot...
I see. The tripping issue comes from the interior leg fabric. That makes a little more sense.
Not sure but usually a skirt does not touch the floor.
Back in the day they did though, when it was fashionable
Yess death to the flowy extra baggy ridiculous trash bag pants.
The tldr;
- someone face-planted on a gravel driveway.
- someone else tripped on a pavement and cut her arm
- someone else fell, broke her wrist and cut her face.
- someone else broke her phone and grazed her knee
- someone else’s hem got caught in the teeth of an escalator and it pulled the trousers down to her thighs.
These are only examples, there are many more videos on social media of people tripping and been left battered and bruised.
Do you prefer to not get injured? Do not buy the Zara death pants.
Do you enjoy seeing people get hurt, search your favourite video platform for 'zara death pants'.
I don't think I could have kept a straight face if the escalator one happened in front of me.
I'm laughing just thinking about it.
This is stupid. My JNCO Jeans back in the 90's would drag behind me everywhere I went. Water from puddles, bits of crap from the ground, literal crap from the ground, my JNCO Jeans picked it ALL up. I carried that shit with me, I didn't care, I looked cool as shit. When I went to the mall (Mall; noun: an ancient place of commerce) and got on the escalator, I hiked my jeans up so that the puddley excrement skimmed against my bare shins, and I wouldn't get sucked down by the demons.
Fashion is cyclical I guess, but stupidity remains constant.
While we're on fashion, I will see your JNCOs and raise you Iori Yagami's pants complete with straitjacket strap connecting both legs:
...Because when the hell else am I ever going to be able to trot out that piece of trivia? You know, perfect for a guy who kicks people for a living.
I still miss my JNCOs, though. Imagine my surprise to learn that they're apparently still around.
I still miss my JNCOs, though. Imagine my surprise to learn that they’re apparently still around.
They're having a real comeback with the youths right now!
Oh my god haha. Just hem them so they aren't too long and treat them like a long skirt.
Seriously. I'm a man but my mother and grandmother decided to teach me to sow as a kid for reasons they never explained in life. The first thing I thought was that this is just a skirt with extra seams, act accordingly. The second was that these women aren't getting their clothes fitted and hemmed, as one should always do.
Basic sewing is such an important skill! Everyone should at least know how to sew a hem and replace a button.
I am saddened by the steep decrease in sewing machine quality. I wish I had kept my mother's and grandmother's Singers after they passed. Built to last multiple lifetimes without snapping a thread or missing a stitch.
Keep an eye out for used machines. There's plenty out there.
Same here, my mother had one of those Singer machines that folded down into a desk when it was not in use. Beautiful piece of equipment!
Maybe these pants just attract fucking idiots...
I wore UFOs back in high school, maybe 2002 or so. I wore one pair in particular, very lightweight, to woodshop one day, and stood too close to the fan for the surface planar, and it sucked my pants right in. The teacher had a heart attack, but fortunately I was unharmed, but basically pantsless.
This article is probably an ad.
They look pretty fuckin nice, admittedly.
Found the Gen X or, alternatively, Gen Z
😄🫶
That 30–40 year fashion cycle never fails
But yeesh, I think they look like dogwater. Clothes look best when they fit the shape of the human, imo. Anything else just looks like a walking curtain to me.
Lmao close but not exactly
Well now you got me curious 😄
I guess these people film themselves doing mundane things so often that they happened to catch these accidents.
Is it possible they just bought the pants too long?
Women's pants usually come in only one type of size (e.g. small, medium or large) and you can't adjust for height, unlike with men's pants. So if you're a woman and you start getting fat, you'd better also growing upwards too!
Why is the article formatted that way
Reason: Trying out something new.
Idk these are basically a long skirt. So the risks are the same as a skirt.
I’ve done this with fairly standard wide leg pants, nothing like what’s shown, I think the silky fabric is what the actual problem was. I sprained two fingers and ate it hard in front of probably hundreds of people at a concert
Buy my Death Pants... Suckers!
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