Fashion

[ILTH]

I love ankle pants.

[millieshops]

@KrimpetteI love ankle pants.  On me they almost always fall just below my ankle.  For my summer life, that's much more comfortable than another 1/4 inch or more of length AND there's no need for a tailor!

If there's any kind of "interest" detail below my knee, the ankle length is the only long pant I can buy and still have the design intact.  We petites absolutely cannot always shorten a pant easily, and often not at all!

[jonbon]

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

Floods are pants that are meant to be worn long but are too short.

Capris,  crops, ankle pants etc are cut to be worn shorter.

Not the same thing at all.

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Exactly—anything goes with regard to length these days, and I love the variety of looks and choices available!

[chrystaltree]

No.  But I remember when pants were pedal pushers, capris or clamb diggers.  

[santorini]

Horrible memories.    I still feel that way when I see pants that look too short - the wide leg type.  On close-fitting pants, I do like ankle pants.  They can look very nice if you have shoes that have a cute ankle strap or a shaft that comes up higher on the ankle.  I've always considered it okay to have shorter pants if they are narrow or straight but on wide pants, it's all the way to the ground or nothing for me.  When I see all that fabric flapping in the wind and a little leg hanging out from below, it reminds me of windy-day flag pole action. No thanks.

[PhilaLady1]

Maybe it is regional or generational, but same as other posters have stated, flood pants always meant that the full length pants one is wearing are too short.

[Carmie]

1. Flood pants were usually worn by kids who had outgrown their trousers or full length pants that were short on tall adults.

Ankle pants, clam diggers, pedal pushers and shorts were never called flood pants, nor were capris.

Not the same thing at all.

[beckyb1012]

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@Carmie wrote:

Flood pants were usually worn by kids who had outgrown their trousers or full length pants that were short on tall adults.

Ankle pants, clam diggers, peddle pushers and shorts were never called flood pants, nor were capris.

Not the same thing at all.

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All I remember is the phrase "are you expecting a flood?"  I did not realize this was an actual style.  All the other above I have heard of including gaucho pants and kulot pants.  It must be regional.

[Foxxee]

I remember ankle pants were also called "high waters."

It was a faux pas to wear them.  

Capris, pedal pushers, and long pants, of course, were acceptable.  

[deeva]

I don’t wear ankle pants because they remind me of high waters or floods.

We use both terms in my family.