Chinos
Chino pants ( pronunciation : [ ˈtʃiːno ]) are pants made of chino twill, a cotton fabric with a twill weave . As a rule, these are light summer trousers.
The twill fabric was first used for British and French uniform trousers from the mid-19th century. When American soldiers returned from the Spanish-American War in 1898, they also brought these pants into civilian clothing. To save fabric, they didn't have envelopes .
The origin of the name is controversial. According to one theory, since the fabric was originally made in China , it was given the Spanish name Chino in the Philippines , which was then transferred to trousers. According to another theory, the name comes from the Latin American-Spanish word for "roasted", which in turn comes from Persian and means the typical color.
Today chinos are made in many colors. Light colors are more common because chinos were originally summer trousers. Today, however, they are worn in all seasons and in a wide variety of combinations: sporty with sneakers and a T-shirt or more elegant with fine footwear such as slippers and a shirt or blouse.
Web links
- Online Etymology Dictionary (English)
- The Gant Chino. GANT, archived from the original on July 17, 2014 ; Retrieved on December 30, 2015 (history of chinos).
- LTO.de: "Chinos from China? Probably not"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden | Chinos | Spelling, meaning, definition, origin. Retrieved October 14, 2017 .