parachute pants
plural noun
: baggy casual pants of lightweight fabric often with an elastic or drawstring at the waist and the cuffs
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Xponni Parachute Pants These lightweight parachute pants are made for travel days when comfort and cool need to coexist.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Lady Eliza, who wore her hair in a deep side part with a wet-inspired texture, kept the silhouette play going with her divisive parachute pants.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Ami arrived at Klum’s Halloween bash dressed as her character Zoey, wearing patchwork parachute pants, as seen in the film’s opening scene.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Discipbush Baggy Parachute Pants with Pockets Consider this our official petition to bring back parachute pants.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Lady Eliza, who wore her hair in a deep side part with a wet-inspired texture, kept the silhouette play going with her divisive parachute pants.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Ami arrived at Klum’s Halloween bash dressed as her character Zoey, wearing patchwork parachute pants, as seen in the film’s opening scene.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Discipbush Baggy Parachute Pants with Pockets Consider this our official petition to bring back parachute pants.
—Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Parachute pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parachute%20pants. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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