This French general is really a sans-culotte of the worst kind.

It was the company of that sans-culotte rascal that soured me.

You hear the dreadful answer, sister, that this sans-culotte gives to my question!

From the time Harry was born in 1984, they were joined at the junior culotte.

For a ci-devant sans-culotte barber and galley-slave, you must grant this is a very modest sum.

As regards silhouette, you can take your pick from kick-flare, wide-leg, straight leg, culotte or balloon.

The Oscar-nominated actor, 28, sported wide-legged Chanel boyfriend-style denim, which were so baggy they verged on a culotte.

For women, trousers were wide-legged and calf-length, culotte-like, while dresses were synched at the waist with big belts.

Backstage, Beckham wore a similar outfit -a white shirt with rolled sleeves, tucked into culotte-lengthblack trousers.

This was the reign of the proletariat, and the sans-culotte always emerged triumphant in a conflict against the well-to-do.

I am firmly resolved on this, and in an hour I shall have started, disguised as a sans- culotte.

The French Revolution may have been the last time the urban sans- culotte raised a fuss against the economically enfranchised.

I am so used to seeing the culotte and gaiters that the best-looking pantaloons I saw on the boulevards looked ugly and ridiculous.

One is self-condemned if one has not converted oneself into a sans-culotte and proletarian, in accordance with affected modes, air, language and dress.

However, I soon hit on a remedy, and determined to make my own exit sans-culotte, leaving that portion of my dress with Manon.

The catwalk featured black dresses worn with platform boots, a checked culotte skirt teamed with a canary-yellow sweater, and a turtleneck dress without-outs.