
Capris are acquiring a new legion of fans, thanks to Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner — but some still hate the trend
NY Post
Capri pants — those truncated trousers last seen on Carrie Bradshaw during the original run of “Sex and the City” — are back.
The favorites of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn have acquired a new legion of fans, who prize them for their easy summer vibes.
Celebrities Kendall Jenner, Anne Hathaway and Emily Ratajkowski have all stepped out in calf-length leggings recently, and Hailey Bieber was spotted in a polka-dotted pair. Nearly every brand offers its version of the style, from Gap to Reformation to Jacquemus, whose stretchy capris retail for $790.
Those trending now harken back to the streamlined midcentury styles — sleek, black and often in stretchier materials.
But the pants have their haters, mainly millennials who lived through capris’ last heyday in the early 2000s — when they were basically shortened versions of the era’s low-rise pants, often with tacky embellishments like sparkly embroidery or cargo pockets.
“They look wonderful on Audrey Hepburn … but I hate the idea of them on myself with the fury of a thousand suns,” Elisa Mala, a millennial travel writer who lives in Staten Island and did not want to give her age, recently told The Post.

