Culottes for women originated in France in the 17th and 18th centuries and play a not insignificant role in French history. There, they served as a distinctive mark of the different bourgeois classes, mainly for men's fashion. Wearers of culottes were generally considered to be well-to-do.
During the French Revolution, the instigators did not wear culotte trousers and were therefore called "sans-culottes". Later, the wide trousers were also discovered for the ladies and were able to maintain their high reputation until today.