FASHION INDUSTRY DICTIONARY

Define Capri Pants.

Capri pants (also known as capris, long / three-quarter shorts, and clam diggers) are mid-calf pants. Variants end below the knee and calf.

 

Capri pants were introduced by European fashion designer Sonja de Lennart in 1948. The pants' name derives from the Italian isle of Capri, where they rose to popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The American actress Grace Kelly was among the first movie stars who wore capris on the island.