Capri pants were introduced by fashion designer
Sonja de Lennart in 1948, and were popularized by her and English couturier
Bunny Roger. The name of the pants is derived from the Italian isle of
Capri, where they rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The actress
Audrey Hepburn was among the first movie stars who wore capris, and the pants quickly became synonymous with her classic style. The French actress
Brigitte Bardot famously wore capri pants at a time when trousers were still a new fashion for women.
Marilyn Monroe always traveled with capri pants. Capri pants were popularized in the United States in the 1960s television series
The Dick Van Dyke Show. The character Laura Petrie, the young housewife played by
Mary Tyler Moore, caused a fashion sensation – and some mild controversy – by wearing close-fitting capri pants throughout the show's run (capris that were later referred to as 1950s hausfrau). By the mid-1960s, capri-style tight-fitting
cargo pants became popular among teenage boys; a good example was the superstar teen actor of that era,
Luke Halpin, who wore them in some episodes of the popular
Flipper. After a drop in popularity during the 1970s through the 1990s, capri pants returned to favor in the mid-2000s. Spanish tennis player
Rafael Nadal wore capri pants in the majority of his matches
before 2009 following a deal with Nike to wear sponsored capris, a deal that
Roger Federer had turned down before him. In 2017, the superintendent of the
Douglas County School District in
Georgia, United States, sent out an email qualifying capri pants as inappropriate garments for the school environment, thus raising the question of what pants length remain acceptable. == Gallery ==