Occasionally I have nightmares about the puffy painted t-shirts and striped, threadbare stirrup pants I wore all the way through 6th grade. Now I hear you can buy stirrup pants from 7 jeans for $168, or from Bebe for $129. Apparently Jennifer Hudson was seen wearing them on the set of the “Sex and the City” movie. They’re the new-old hot thing.

Let’s look at the pros and cons of stirrup pants for a second here, just to make sure we’re giving them a fair shot at being this season’s retro-chic fashion comeback.

Pro

Con

Cowboys need stirrups. Stretch pants do not. (For that matter, do women ever need to wear stretch pants in public?) Stop the madness. End the 80s fashion revival. These pants were not classic then, and they are not any more classic now.

What’s next, the return of scrunchies?

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