Shopping chronicles

So, the other day I was in my favorite store looking for the perfect pair of leggings (I know, so 1992 but they are a perfect alternative to jeans all the time) when I came across another type of pants that I had never seen before. On closer inspection of the label, I discovered they were called Harem pants, I was intrigued! I wasn't in the mood to try clothes on in a fitting room so I bought a pair that looked like they would fit and waited till I got home to try them.

Now, if you know what I am talking about, you probably know where this story is going but if you're as clueless as I was, please keep reading. I stood in my bedroom staring at my image in the mirror wondering why I looked like I had a diaper on and had taken a very large dump in said diapers. I knew I had the pants on the right way, so I tried tugging and pulling in an effort to make them look like something I could actually walk out into the world in but to no avail. Surely, I must have the wrong size I whispered to mirror image.

Like I said I was intrigued, so I went back to favorite store and tried on a size up and a size down but still I got poopy diaper. Next stop, the internet of course. I refused to believe that women (the sane ones at least) were walking around wearing poopy-diaper looking pants so I needed to know what they were supposed to look like. So here's the deal (I have been so out of the loop); These pants have been rearing their heads since the spring of 2009 but thankfully I am not the only one that thinks they look ridiculous, in fact there is a whole debate going on about outlawing them (yeah right, if Ugg boots can live to see a new decade everything else can and will thrive, I apologize if you own Uggs).

A picture search however, produced some very insightful results; for one, I saw some even uglier versions of these "Hammer" pants...cropped, jersey, neon-colored, just name it. More importantly though, I found a picture of what they are supposed to look like (see above) and now I am on a hunt for them (well, not technically but I'll be looking).

So what do you think, Harem pants...do or don't?