In ten years, these will be on VH1's "Worst of the 2000's" show. After everyone laughs at these, they will talk about Snuggies.

Every decade has bad fashion. Some people just want to be liked, and everyone else wears jeans and tshirts. Making fun of these or any other clothing style won't stop them...(but for gods sake, don't join them!)

@bohemian: I had these too, in the 80s. Jeans bunched around the knee above a boot was unacceptable! Haha.

I'm searching and looking for a word, something like redundant.

Those look just like bed sheet straps:

[www.made-in-china.com]

I had some boot straps 25 years ago when I was skinny enough to wear skinny jeans with my low top boots (and probably still have them tucked away in a long-ago-forgotten storage box). Mine had some sort of alligator-style clips though, not a garter belt clip.

Maybe they invented garters too? LOL

@subtlefrog: I had completely forgotten about stirrup pants from the 80s. I was happily living the delusion that the worst fashion disasters were narrow ties and izod shirts.

Cripes, I've tried jogging tights which have stirrups and they're annoying beyond belief. How could anyone wear pants like that, with the feeling that the stirrups are going to cause your pants or tights to slip down to your hips?

@GreatWhiteNorth:
well, except skinny people, right?
I mean, they're SKINNY jeans.

It seems to me that the author of this article does not wear jeans tucked into knee-length boots, like I do, during the winter. If she did, she would realize this is the

Greatest. Invention. Ever.

All it is doing is holding in your jeans, cords, which tend to ride up when you sit or bend. When you wear tights or hose, not a problem, or when you wear pants over your boots. But I like my jeans in the boots, so I am going to say YAY! for this product.

@misslisa: What you have described is not fashion, it is function. "Needing" to tuck pants into boots in poor weather is simply being practical, as opposed to tucking them in for fashion purposes when there is nothing to "wade" in (and there is very little accumulation in NY, so not much wading goes on). In addition, we are talking about cute boots here, not snow boots, and I certainly wouldn't wear my Michael Kors in poor weather. Manhattan and LA are the fashion centers of the US, setting trends that the rest of the country eventually picks up. Of course style is different in warmer climates, but we are talking about locations in which people do wear boots and jeans, so I'm going to say the topic is automatically excluding San Diego and the like... The point of this is, it takes time for fashion to spread from the hubs, and some people never seem to be able to pick it up at all. Rock those boot-cut jeans over your boots, you bold fashion maven, and enjoy the statement you're making.

AND - I would have killed for a mom who could french braid my hair.

@lolan64: What an arrogant rant. Manhattan isn't reflective of the entire US. Fashion is regional; if you folks in NY need to tuck your boots into your pants because you have rain, snow, slush, ice, and other garbage you have to wade through, that's understandable. But those of us who live in places like Phoenix, Las Vegas, So Cal., etc., are going to have completely different wardrobes as appropriate to our environment. Though I wear shorts & flip flops a great deal of the time, when I do wear jeans, they're boot-cut and over my boots, as is traditional in the western states.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Ranch? Really? I cannot imagine seeing my fellow Manhattan women walking around with their jeans over their boots like it's 1995 or something. Fashion changes with time and you either keep up with it or resign yourself to choosing a decade to retire in. As for this whole idea that it's an unflattering silhouette, that's just crazy (unless you are out of shape, I suppose). And don't get me started on boot-cut jeans, which died out in fashionable society how long ago? I suppose we will have to agree to disagree here; you think my jeans and boots are "for the ranch" and I think one should update their style with the times.

FWIW, I wear boots with skirts if I want to show them off!

@laurenface: All right... someone with smarts... Right on laurenface.

Now the $10 question is how many folks know what jodhpurs are...

Are they...
a) special garters to hold riders socks up in boots
b) riding britches, usually tan in colour that allow your body to comfortably conform to the saddle
c) fancy spats that cover the boot to prevent horse manure from staining the boot
d) special gloves worn by riders and the clips prevent their loss (like mitten clips for todlers).

@Niphil: Correction ... no one should be wearing skinny jeans...

And it's an awful silhouette on most people. It makes them look like round-bottomed toys wobbling around on little peg-legs.

(Yes! I spelled silhouette right on the first try!)

@ElizabethD: There's also the issue of jeans that are not skinny jeans. The flare creates some bunching as well, which is unfortunate. But I don't wear skinny jeans.

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Jeans in boots is a must in the winter. I hate, hate, hate wet jean bottoms. And I have awesome boots to show off.

But yeah to the opinion of actual stirrup pants: not hot unless you think Laura Petrie is hot, in which case, ew.

Boots make your jeans bunch up at the knees and even above. Ruins the whole look.

The stirrups give the jeans a long straight look and prevent bunching of fabric.

You don't have to LOOK at the damn stirrups, people! Just admire the sleek effect.

As for those old knit stirrup legging things: please never darken my favorite stores again.

The only person wearing stirrups should be a baseball player. And for them, it should be mandatory.

First of all, they didn't create those things. Those "stirrup" things are available in any fabric store for about three bucks. They're used for many purposes.

The real crime here is the price that website is charging.

I actually think the concept is brilliant, especially as someone brand new to wearing boots with too much hip to pull off skinny jeans. However, I think $25, and even $10, are too much to pay for the convenience. Instead, I ordered a pair of jodhpur clips (an equestrian accessory) from amazon for less than $3. No one can see what you are wearing inside your boot, or that you are wearing anything at all for that matter.

Also, very very few people should ever wear skinny jeans.

I would just hate the idea of tucking my pants into my shoes.