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Bondage pants orbondage trousers aretrousers withzippers, straps, chains, rings and buckles, giving an appearance of aBDSM style. They come in a variety of colors and patterns; one of the most common patterns beingtartan. Bondage pants also come in a variety of styles, including tight or baggy, long,short orCapri.
They are primarily worn by members of youthsubcultures, includingpunks,ravers,goths andotaku.
The most popular style of bondage pants is the 'original' black style, with white topstitching, although different colored versions including white, hot pink, blue, and green have been made with equally varying colors of topstitching.
They were developed by British designersVivienne Westwood andMalcolm McLaren in the 1970spunk subculture. The trousers were made popular by people such as theSex Pistols, Jordan andAdam Ant who originally had to get them from Westwood/McClarens shopSEX, later to become Seditionaries, inWorld's End, Chelsea,London. The originaldrainpipe design was an anti fashion statement against theflares of the time.The men's variety tend to feature baggier legs, larger pockets and more metal details such as chains, skulls, mock handcuffs and D-rings while the women's styles are usually more tailored and have less metal hardware decoration than the men's styles but occasionally have details of lace, ribbon or tartan making them seem more feminine.[citation needed]
In the late 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s,Tripp NYC's signature design that combined the chains and straps of bondage pants with the baggy legs and bright linings ofphat pants became incredibly popular amongst U.S. teenagers, although they also held some minor popularity amongst college students then in their early 20s, and were worn on stage by members of somenu-metal,industrial rock, anddarkwave bands. Additionally, during that time period this style ofphat pants-inspired bondage pants became frequently observable among members of thegoth,heavy metal,gamer, andraver subcultures. Such pants were a popular sell for chain stores such asHot Topic[1] andSpencer's Gifts, and ranged from observable to ubiquitous at alternative music (especiallyElectronic music and Hard Rock) nightclubs andanime conventions prior to a gradual decline in popularity and visibility from the late 2000s through early 2010s.
However, during the early 2020s, they made a comeback due to retro fashion trends like theY2K trend.
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