Where on your body would you wear 'drainpipes'?

Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans (when made of denim) are tight trousers that have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" in circumference, depending on size.

Other names for this style include drainpipes, stovepipes, tight pants, cigarette pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, gas pipes, skinnies, and tight jeans.

In the early 1960s, drainpipes were worn by numerous rock bands and musicians, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Fashion icon Audrey Hepburn also raised the popularity of drainpipe jeans. Slim fitting pants and jeans were worn not just by members of the teenage Mod or greaser subculture but also ordinary people. By 1962, Sears were selling tight jeans made from "stretch" denim that incorporated elastane. The trend lasted until the end of the 1960s when "hippie" culture gave rise to flared pants and bell bottom jeans.

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Wayne Roberts

No comment about the Teddy Boys! Drainpipes were an essential part of the Teddy Boy suit.

Carole Benner

I know the “legs” of the “pant” are called “Stovepipe”, however they are not woren on the legs but on the lower Torso NOT the “legs”.

Shelley Welch Dunivan

Stovepipe pants!

teacherchicky

I've never heard them called drainpipes and I worked in fashion too!

earlepg

In a total of six spinal surgeries, there was a problem with drainage only once. In that case I don't recall that a drain was used. The surgeon had to reopen the site and construct a dam to collect the fluid. I had to lie flat on my back for several hours until the doctor was happy with the result and allowed me to move a bit. Since I didn't have 'drainpipes', I was unable to answer the question, Instead, I had to guess that the pipes would be somewhere near the legs.