Hotpants

[6] Hotpants are also increasingly credited to Mary Quant, who offered brief shorts in the late 1960s,[2][12][13][14] although these were intended as modesty knickers to wear with matching minidresses rather than standalone fashion garments.

[15] Many designers from across the Western world produced their own versions of hotpants at all price levels, including Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Halston, and Betsey Johnson.

[11] Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought a pair for wear while yachting,[11] while other high-profile wearers included Elizabeth Taylor, Raquel Welch, and Jane Fonda.

[1] The James Brown song "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)", released in August 1971, was, according to his trombonist Fred Wesley, inspired by the sight of women of all colours wearing hotpants in a wide range of materials in the Black and White Club, Brussels.

[17] The historian Valerie Steele noted that hotpants, both as a name, and as a garment, quickly became associated with sexuality and prostitution due to their popularity with male spectators.

[11] Such associations contributed to hotpants becoming unattractive as a part of a woman's everyday wardrobe, although they remained popular wear in entertainment, party-wear and some evening contexts.

[18] In 2000, Kylie Minogue notably wore a pair of gold lamé hotpants in her music video for "Spinning Around", which led to widespread media focus on the garment and the singer's body within.

"[21] Also that same year, Aida Pierce wore a pair of black hotpants for her first Humor es...Los comediantes sketch, "El ganadero", which also featured fellow comics Carlos Espejel and Teo Gonzalez.

[24] Also in 1971, the Hot Pants Patrol was introduced as an elite corps of female ushers for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, with the intention of attracting greater audiences for the games.

[11] In the early 21st century hotpants continue to be part of certain service industry uniforms, particularly where the wearers are likely to serve a predominantly male clientele.