Hammer pants

Billowy hip-hop legwear

Hammer pants are extremely baggy trousers that billow out dramatically from the waist and thighs before tapering to tight ankle cuffs.

Named after rapper MC Hammer, who made them his signature look in the early 1990s, they became briefly fashionable before becoming a punchline for dated style: He showed up to the costume party in hammer pants.

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