Capri pants \u2014 those truncated trousers last seen on Carrie Bradshaw during the original run of \u201cSex and the City\u201d \u2014 are back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The favorites of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn have acquired a new legion of fans, who prize them for their easy summer vibes.<\/p>\n
Celebrities Kendall Jenner, Anne Hathaway and Emily Ratajkowski have all stepped out in calf-length leggings recently, and Hailey Bieber was spotted<\/a> in a polka-dotted pair. Nearly every brand offers its version of the style, from\u00a0Gap<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Reformation<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Jacquemus<\/a>, whose stretchy capris retail for $790.<\/p>\n Julie Matos, 48, owns three pairs of capris \u2014 and swears by them. Emmy Park for N.Y.Post<\/p>\n Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn often favored capris. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n Hailey Bieber wears attention-grabbing polka-dot capris during a visit to New York recently. GC Images<\/p>\n Those trending now harken back to the streamlined midcentury styles \u2014 sleek, black and often in stretchier materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n But the pants have their haters, mainly millennials who lived through capris\u2019 last heyday in the early 2000s \u2014 when they were basically shortened versions of the era\u2019s low-rise pants, often with tacky embellishments like sparkly embroidery or cargo pockets.<\/p>\n \u2018I hate [capri] leggings with the fury of 1,001 suns!\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cThey look wonderful on Audrey Hepburn \u2026 but I hate the idea of them on myself with the fury of a thousand suns,\u201d Elisa Mala, a millennial travel writer who lives in Staten Island and did not want to give her age, recently told The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I hate [capri] leggings with the fury of 1,001 suns!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Becca Lyn, a 42-year-old registered nurse who lives in Chelsea, told The Post: \u201cWhen I look at pictures of myself in capris from when they [were] in fashion, I have only deep regret.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI find it very upsetting,\u201d said Megan Reynolds, an editor at Dwell and author of the new book\u00a0\u201cLike: A History of the World\u2019s Most Hated and Misunderstood Word<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Kendall Jenner strolls through Paris wearing capris in June. BACKGRID<\/p>\n Angela Betancourt, 43, brought a pink pair of capris out from her closet recently. Joe Buglewicz for NY Post<\/p>\n Betancourt was thrilled to discover they still fit. Joe Buglewicz for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cAt my age, which is 42, the fact that they\u2019re coming back makes me feel old,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cI also never thought they were flattering on anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n Even men have strong opinions.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe capri pant flatters almost no one,\u201d said Robert Ossant, fashion historian and co-author of the forthcoming \u201cThe Art of Couture Embroidery<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the sartorial equivalent of breakup-bangs,\u201d he added, questioning the claim that they were \u201cback\u201d at all.<\/p>\n \u201cBrands like to push the opposite of whatever is trending \u2014 in this case, wide leg pants \u2014 to make consumers switch their entire wardrobe up,\u201d he said. \u201cI will add, supermodels in the south of France pull it off, and that\u2019s the main reason capri pants still hold some appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n