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Thread started 03/09/21 7:46am

Monarch

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Those sideway buttoned pants

Ok I noticed all the way from the mid 80s till the mid 90s Prince would wear these pants that always had 3 or so diagonal buttons. This isn’t really something you’d come across in stores with the occasional exception of jeans with buttons instead of zippers. I realize most of his stage clothes were custom but he was pretty consistent about this. Was this a particular style that I just simply couldn’t find? Were these called something in particular? They always looked so nice.
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Reply #1 posted 03/09/21 11:50am

Germanegro

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Bandolier pants, I belive is the term for such garments to identify the cross-way button pattern. These were probably a style more worn by women as well, if I am not mistaken.

hmmm

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Reply #2 posted 03/09/21 12:16pm

Monarch

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Germanegro said:

Bandolier pants, I belive is the term for such garments to identify the cross-way button pattern. These were probably a style more worn by women as well, if I am not mistaken.


hmmm




Well I’m not finding anything online as far as bandolier clothing. But there are fashion accessories called that with cross style work. I’m assuming it might have been something from the 70s maybe that he turned it into his own.
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Reply #3 posted 03/09/21 1:32pm

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Don't the matadors wear something like those pants?
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Anybody else? tumbleweed
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Reply #4 posted 03/09/21 4:35pm

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Germanegro said:

Don't the matadors wear something like those pants? > Anybody else? tumbleweed


No. Matador's pants are high waisted (like Prince later wore) and had a zipper.

I can't find anything particular with the pants style, but maybe it has a name. I think it was more of a style or fashion choice. They do remind me of the Navy dress uniform with the cracker jacks pants, which had a regular set of buttons underneath, but then a huge flap on the front with 13 buttons. It's pants you wanna wear and NOT have to pee anytime soon.

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Reply #5 posted 03/10/21 4:28am

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Reply #6 posted 03/10/21 5:54am

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the Regency era maybe?

Trousers, top flap

Breeches silk - 18th century - part of a wedding suit. From the Ham House collection, Surrey. Image @National Trust

Detail of buttons at the knee. Breeches image @Met Museum

Country attire of buckskin breeches, clawhammer coat, and hessian boots.

Country or morning attire of buckskin breeches, clawhammer coat, and riding boots.

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Reply #7 posted 03/10/21 7:28am

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Why don't people alert me when we're going to talk about clothes? rolleyes

There's nothing magical about this type of fly. Like a sleeve vent, you can make a button fly in pretty much any shape you want. You can have a vertical fly, a diagonal fly (like Prince wore in the mid 80s) or even dual flies (with two openings at either side front).

It's somewhat rare to see an exposed center-front button fly in modern pants - they are usually more of a "covered placket" style. But Prince wasn't really about convention.

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Reply #8 posted 03/10/21 7:34am

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I think Prince liked buttons.

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Reply #9 posted 03/12/21 7:24pm

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Genesia said:

Why don't people alert me when we're going to talk about clothes? rolleyes

There's nothing magical about this type of fly. Like a sleeve vent, you can make a button fly in pretty much any shape you want. You can have a vertical fly, a diagonal fly (like Prince wore in the mid 80s) or even dual flies (with two openings at either side front).

It's somewhat rare to see an exposed center-front button fly in modern pants - they are usually more of a "covered placket" style. But Prince wasn't really about convention.

you mean by an orgnote?

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Reply #10 posted 03/22/21 6:02am

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The direction of his erection
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Reply #11 posted 03/22/21 7:07am

Genesia

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Genesia said:

Why don't people alert me when we're going to talk about clothes? rolleyes

There's nothing magical about this type of fly. Like a sleeve vent, you can make a button fly in pretty much any shape you want. You can have a vertical fly, a diagonal fly (like Prince wore in the mid 80s) or even dual flies (with two openings at either side front).

It's somewhat rare to see an exposed center-front button fly in modern pants - they are usually more of a "covered placket" style. But Prince wasn't really about convention.

you mean by an orgnote?


It was a rhetorical question. rolleyes

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Reply #12 posted 03/22/21 8:32am

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Genesia said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

you mean by an orgnote?


It was a rhetorical question. rolleyes

11 Yes I know it was rhetorical...

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Reply #13 posted 03/22/21 9:13am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Genesia said:


It was a rhetorical question. rolleyes

11 Yes I know it was rhetorical...


Nice try – but I don't think you did.

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Reply #14 posted 03/22/21 9:40am

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Those directional buttons were intended to lengthen the look of his legs, which were somewhat short in comparison to his trunk. Sometimes, a stripe substituted for the side seam buttons. Couple that with 3" heels and a tall hairdo or hat, he'd have some great proportion.
Ever notice the high collars?
Not only did they serve to lengthen his look but they disguised his long neck. Long hair or high collar.

He actually, alone, would look tall and thin. Unless he stood next to others.
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Reply #15 posted 03/22/21 12:29pm

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Genesia said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

11 Yes I know it was rhetorical...


Nice try – but I don't think you did.

12 yeah I did, cannot tag people on the Org

You should create thread on the fashion

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Reply #16 posted 03/22/21 12:31pm

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jfenster said:

The direction of his erection

LOL I read on a FB someone tying that in with the image of the pants/buttons on the 1999 cover, I forget how they tied it in, but



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Reply #17 posted 03/22/21 12:33pm

Genesia

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Genesia said:


Nice try – but I don't think you did.

12 yeah I did, cannot tag people on the Org

You should create thread on the fashion


Why are you numbering your posts? And what does tagging people on the Org have to do with the price of pork?

You don't know what a rhetorical question is, do you?

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Reply #18 posted 03/22/21 12:42pm

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smile
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Reply #19 posted 03/22/21 12:48pm

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The earliest we see him/camp with the buttons is the Controversy era/tour

some hip 2 ankle, others knee to ankle(he want back to the latter during the early 90's)

I don't think they wore the buttons on the front during this time


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Reply #20 posted 03/22/21 7:40pm

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Genesia--I will try remember to send U an Orgnote when a fashion thread appears. It is always cool to read inspired and informative comments! I thought it was cool for OF4S to ask.

Genesia said:



OldFriends4Sale said:




Genesia said:




Nice try – but I don't think you did.




12 yeah I did, cannot tag people on the Org



You should create thread on the fashion




Why are you numbering your posts? And what does tagging people on the Org have to do with the price of pork?

You don't know what a rhetorical question is, do you?


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Reply #21 posted 03/23/21 12:08pm

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The trousers were high-waisted, dangerously skintight, ruched and elasticated from the knee below with stirrup elastic detailing. Opposing buttons were strategically placed along the side seams of the trousers and diagonally across the flat waist front to give the illusion of an even smaller waist. Prince was known for his energetic performances and the trousers allowed him to cavort on stage freely with ease. During the Purple Rain tour, the trousers were sewn up in lucid brocades, see-through laces and tactile damasks. Variations of this style of trouser were not just worn by His Royal Badness, in fact, affiliated artists Sheila E and Sheena Easton also wore the style throughout the 1980s. Towards the end of the decade, the trousers no longer had elasticated gather but shared a similar silhouette with exaggerated buttons.


-Marie France & Louis Wells(Prince designers 1981-)

Monarch said:

Ok I noticed all the way from the mid 80s till the mid 90s Prince would wear these pants that always had 3 or so diagonal buttons. This isn’t really something you’d come across in stores with the occasional exception of jeans with buttons instead of zippers. I realize most of his stage clothes were custom but he was pretty consistent about this. Was this a particular style that I just simply couldn’t find? Were these called something in particular? They always looked so nice.

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Reply #22 posted 04/01/21 7:33pm

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His KISS pants. kiss

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