Jennifer Lopez’s Balmain leather pants: tacky, ill-fitting or cute?

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Yesterday, we had some photos of Jennifer Lopez shooting her new music video for “Papi” in LA. Jennifer wore what I thought was an unfortunate and dated outfit of wide-leg pleated shorts and a belly-baring blouse. I claimed that the shorts were culottes, and a lot of you yelled at me and said that I was a horrible, stupid person for identifying them as culottes. Guess what? They are still culottes, according to me and Google. Anyway, these are even more photos of Jennifer’s video shoot. This time, Jennifer chose to wear leather pants from Balmain. I eagerly await all of the know-it-alls quick comments about how they’re not really pants and how dumb I am for saying that they’re pants. I’m not even going to call them Capris – to me, they’re just skinny, leather pants that don’t fit properly. I could do without all of the silver bling around the crotch too. Why must Jennifer consistently wear such yeast infection-y ensembles?

In between setups, Jennifer played with her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Emme. I don’t see Max around! Maybe he doesn’t like leather. Or video shoots. Even though I think both twins take after their father in looks, I have high hopes for Emme. Look at her face and how perfectly she can mimic Jennifer’s diva expressions! So cute. Be nice, y’all.

By the way, people are already making a big deal about the Scientology comparison between J.Lo/Marc’s split and Will & Jada’s alleged split. Both couple publicly flirted with and out-right supported the Church of Scientology in years passed, and it would be interesting if Xenu was one of the reasons Will and Jada bit the dust (allegedly).

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78 Responses to “Jennifer Lopez’s Balmain leather pants: tacky, ill-fitting or cute?”

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  1. Catherine says:

    They fit her style, which is usually a bit unexpected.

  2. the original bellaluna says:

    This bitch’s ENTIRE being SCREAMS “TACKY!”

  3. bagladey says:

    Very ill-fitting!

  4. Ron says:

    awful. Even worse than the dress she wore to meet the royals. I am beginning the think Marc Anthony was her stylist, because since the break-up she’s looked tacky.

  5. RocketMerry says:

    Not to be bitchy, but girlfriend has a set of thighs that should be clothed accordingly. Nice thighs, but not for skin-tight leather. And the top is too short. Oi, her style is so dated. She needs a stylist.

  6. Heatheradair says:

    errrr…..I kinda like the “pants.” I do. They’re video diva pants, I guess (and would definitely look better with some badass diva shoes…….).

    I can’t help liking this chick. She uses diva to her financial advantage. No one can tell her NO, she gets what she wants…..dunno, she’s pretty and dresses in ill-fitting clothes and has cute kids…major points since losing the walking dead husband, too.

  7. mia girl says:

    I like the pants, but just don’t like them on her.

  8. Bite me says:

    Love la Lopez and emme is adorable

  9. Dena says:

    The pants are cute. I even like the shirt. She’s just tacky.

  10. Hautie says:

    Bless her heart…

    I tend to think Jennifer’s illusion would be… that she believes she is a size zero. And a size zero girl can wear low rider, leather, straight leg shorty pants. Right?

    And for the generation of girls, who actually lived through the culotte fad. We know them, when we see them.

    Being a child through out the 70’s, I got to see all the fulgy ass fashions first hand. 🙂

  11. caitlinsmommy says:

    I like the pants too, just not on her. Hey, J-lo, just because they are Balmain, doesn’t mean YOU should wear them.

  12. corey says:

    the pants are passable, as for the shoes…yuck

  13. hstl1 says:

    Her fat ass looks terrible and her kids are so ugly!

  14. 4Real says:

    Not the worst thing I’ve seen her in but I’ll say…ill fitting.

  15. Ellie says:

    LOVE THEM!

  16. Dhavy says:

    TACKY!!!!!!!!

    Too much thighs for those pants

    Those poor kids took after the father….

  17. Turtle Dove says:

    They are pants.
    They are capris.
    The shorts were shorts because
    culottes go to the knees.

    lol

  18. Me says:

    I think she’s gorgeous. I dont like her or care for her either way but the woman is beautiful.

  19. Kaboom says:

    Looks like a bondage turnip upside down.

  20. Flounder says:

    she’s awful. And so are her pants.

  21. ladybert62 says:

    They are indeed tacky, ill-fitting and not cute. Seems to fit in with the rest of her tacky wardrobe.

  22. Jaded says:

    Thunder thighs do NOT look good in this type of pant, it really accentuates her biggest ASSet in a not flattering way. Fashion fail.

  23. Quest says:

    JLo needs to stop dressing like a teeny-booper. Ill-fittin’ leather pants/capri/whatever with that many zips, no no

  24. Kaiser says:

    LOL, I linked to Google images of culottes, and now it’s trending.

  25. constance says:

    Aww, and she dressed her daughter in a SACK!

  26. Maritza says:

    Emme looks just like her mother Jlo and Max is identical as Marc. Those leather pants do her no favors, especially since the zippers just focus on her big hips.

  27. LindaLoo says:

    I like them on her. Not everyone could wear them.

  28. Judy says:

    LOVE her, HATE the pants.

  29. LadyJane says:

    Looks like her kids got her husband’s looks. Take from that what you will. Pants are ‘pants’.

  30. Deven says:

    Those pants make her hips look like a bus viewed sideways!

  31. Lindsey G. says:

    Ugh…yes Jennifer Lopez is stacked. She’s got a great body and I kind of like the pants. They fit her like a glove. Not digging the sparkly sweater though.

  32. Seeker says:

    Well this is very unlike her she’s known to be a fashion icon and she’s one of the best ones. And while i don’t like the whole look. The pants them self’s are not wrong they look edgy and hot it’s just the wrong shoes and top that don’t go well with them. But i won’t say anything too negative about her cause how everyone says (other than her haters) and this is so true,”she can’t do wrong”…

  33. lola lola says:

    Wow. Very very bad. Unflattering, ugly, dated…I think I’ve covered everything.

  34. TXCinderella says:

    No Jennifer! Those pants are not for you and the cropped top, fug. You are not twenty anymore! You are a mom and let’s hope those kids grow into their looks as they get older. Poor things.

  35. hottathanholywatta says:

    wow the kid looks nothing like her and completely like Marc

  36. Happy21 says:

    I don’t like them on her either. Maybe its just the angle of the camera taking the pics, I don’t know. She is too thick in the thighs for something like this. Not fat at all but she’s got strong, muscular thighs that don’t look good in something like this.

  37. kerfuffles says:

    This is my first comment here and it is about J.Lo’s leather pants. I swear that is purely coincidental.

    J.Lo has an amzing body but leather pants are hard for ANYBODY to have a good fit in, especially around the crotch area. You need them tight enough that you don’t get that “v” where they bunch up around/between the thighs by the crotch but you also need to not have them so tight that they give the dreaded c-toe. J.Lo got the v, but at least not the c.

    Balmain is epically expensive so god knows how much they retail for. Hopefully J.Lo got these for free.

  38. Beautrice says:

    Love her!

  39. lrm says:

    well if you look at wikipedia, the culotte was originally atristocratic and tightened around the knee….later developments include:

    “Another latter-day use of the word culottes describes a split or divided skirt[3] or any garment which “hangs like a skirt, but is actually pants.”[1] During the Victorian Era (mid- to late-nineteenth century) long split skirts were developed for horseback riding so that women could sit astride a man’s saddle rather than riding side-saddle. The term “culottes” was co-opted from the original French definition of the word to describe these split riding skirts. Later, split skirts were developed to provide women more freedom to do activities such as gardening, cleaning, bike riding, etc. and still look like one is wearing a skirt.[4]

    SkortFurther information: Skort
    In place of the term “culottes,” the term skort (a portmanteau for skirt and shorts) is more widely used in some areas. While some garments sold as culottes resemble short trousers, to truly be a skort it needs to look like a skirt. Thus, they differ from trousers or shorts by being much fuller at the bottom (hem) than at the waist. A skort is shorts that have a front covering to resemble a skirt[5] or short pant legs with a same length or longer skirt sewn over the top.[6]

    Some culottes have a part sewn over only the front, some are shorts with a skirt sewn over them. While these may not be completely the same, they are often called by either name, so either term can apply.”

    I also lived thru the cullotte days, child of the 70s and 80s, and to me they are similar to ‘gauchos’, and do fall to the knee. google has been known to be wrong; i didnt look at the link above, nor did i see the pics of J lo’s to determine.
    but yea, culottes are longer, and not to be confused with skort in my book. to each his own definition, i suppose.

  40. MB says:

    Jennifer looks hot. She always does except when she is wearing those horrid Pucci dresses or has her hair pulled up in that matronly bun.

    Emme is not adorable at all in my opinion however she will probably grow up to be super good-looking.

  41. bella says:

    LOVE HER and everything she wears…

  42. atlantapug says:

    I want to run up to her and yank the ankles of those horrific pants down.
    They’re all bunched up!!!
    Fugly.

  43. 4Real says:

    I thought Coulottes were more like “gouchos”?? LOL!! Yeah I’m a 70’s kid. We wore them with knee high boots and danced to BRICK HOUSE at family parties! LOL!

  44. Lee says:

    God it’s tacky…but so is she….so I guess on her they work….

  45. K-MAC says:

    she looks great!

  46. ness says:

    Cue hotlatino to come in and say, “you are all just jealous, she’s the most beautiful woman in the world!”(because people magazine said so)

  47. the original bellaluna says:

    Umm, no. Coulottes will forever be associated with *ahem* older Officers’ wives with dimpled knees and varicose (or, as I called them as a child, “veryclose”) veins on “day outings” to Ensenada or other various day trips. No thank you.

    I don’t care WHO is wearing them, or what material they are made of, coulottes are coulottes.

    And totally unacceptable. There is no exception.

  48. AB says:

    sorry to say that Emme looks like a carbon copy of Marc – hopefully JLO’s genes will kick in when she needs them the most!

  49. velourazure says:

    oy! not the best part of her body to be ACCENTUATING. and her kid looks a little simian…

  50. You don't say says:

    Not attractive on her, but skin tight pants are not attractive on most people.

  51. GossipVixen says:

    Either the pants are waaaaay to tight or that bunching around the thighs is supposed to look like that. I like JLo; yeah she’s a total diva and not a very good singer, but I have a total soft spot for her for some reason.

    And as for little Emme – I think she has great eyes and interesting features. I think she may surprise us one day. 🙂

  52. whitedaisy says:

    Fail. Unflattering on her large hips, ass and thighs.

  53. Firecracker says:

    The only people imo that can pull off that look are 6′ bone thin models.

  54. itstrue says:

    Hate her, hate the outfit (probably because she’s wearing it).

  55. taxi says:

    The girl must really love her own giant thighs & ass, because that’s what so much of her clothing accentuates. Not flattering, imo, especially with the zipper detail. And they do not fit!! Hiked up everywhere. She can afford a stylist – probably wouldn’t keep one who didn’t let her dress trashy all the time.

    What shoes don’t y’all like? The heels or the flip-flops?

  56. HotLatino says:

    JLO is so beautiful and anyone with eyes can see it, even if People hadn’t named her THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD.
    @ness satisfied? LOL

    She looks great, I love her, can’t wait for the video, she might not have the best voice in the business, she’s said so herself but her voice is so nice and I love listening to her songs, she’s MY American Idol, and America’s Idol!!! JLO FOREVER, TODOS TE AMAMOS!

  57. Micah says:

    Love the jeans, but not on her.

  58. crtb says:

    Why are all of these people wearing leather in August? It’s too hot! They must smell.

  59. Lindy says:

    Is it only me, or is she getting on anyone else’s last nerve with all of her crappy, fugly, “look at me I’m still hot and relevant and hip and also single, hubba hubba” publicity these days?

    IMO, she stopped being relevant looooong ago (maybe around the time she and Ben A. broke it off?) and her moment is long past. At least her moment as a pop star and fashionista is past–I might grudgingly give her a condescending pat on the back and allow her a few more minutes of fame with the AI gig. But even that’s a stretch.

    Also, I am built like her and know better than to wear form-fitting zippery bedazzly leather capri pants. Uggggggh.

  60. Memphis says:

    Tacky, ill fitting and most definitely NOT cute.. atleast on her.

  61. Annie says:

    I’ve never liked JLO but there’s no denying she is beautiful. However ( and it’s a big HOWEVER)
    She’s always dressed all wrong!! Her clothes are always wearing her. The phrase “gilding the Lilly” appears to be her mantra…
    Understated, chic or classic will never apply, to bad someone doesn’t have the where with all to step in and save her from herself….

  62. anonymous says:

    jennifer lopez has a horrible body, due to her hips, and those pants are the worst pants i have ever seen on her body..ever. she doesnt care, as long as she is the center of attention. you just cant change a narcissist, who is so sickenly self centered…pathetic. between her horrible hips, and shoes, she ruined the pants, and the opportunity to see her cute daughter. pathetic. she just cant stop herself. get therapy jlo. third marriage fails…get real about yourself.

  63. SolitaryAngel says:

    WHY oh WHY is that poor little girl wearing a Little House on the Prairie night gown?!

  64. EW! says:

    @BiteMe: sorry but Emme is the most unfortunate looking girl i’ve seen in a while. She looks like one of those creatures from the “feed the kids” late night infomercials..hell! the kids in the infomercials are actually a tangent universe cuter compared to this ugly kid.Isn’t it funny how in the Venus razor commercials where this bitch is supposedly playing at the beach with her 2 kids, you NEVER see the camera ever capturing their faces….yup, that’s how ugly they are. Will grow up traumatized, an ugly diva with countless plastic surgeries to look like a caucasian american. She got the looks of her dad and hopefully she skips the bitch character of her ho mother.

  65. Annie says:

    @ ewi…I think those comments fall under the heading ” a bridge to far…”
    Come on…..she’s a child!!!

  66. Jilly says:

    When I was in the second grade, I wore culottes to school. In New York. It was the 1960s, and I actually got sent home to change because girls weren’t allowed to wear pants! Culottes are a skirt in front, shorts in the back. It doesn’t matter how long or short they are. Jlo was NOT wearing culottes.

  67. theaPie says:

    OK, if you have outsized hips, would you wear arrows that pointed from your crotch to your saddlebags? Because that is exactly what those pants do for her.

    Vertical lines ladies, vertical lines…

  68. KLO says:

    i love her outfit. I think it looks age appropriate and cool. The pants bunch up a bit on the thighs, but I bet the top pic was the worst you could find, so I don’t think it’s so bad.
    I sure would love having that outfit. It’s not like she was wearing those clothes for a school run, it was a shoot, for god’s sake.

    And i wish some people would stop posting all those mean comments about celebrities’ children. They are children, people!

  69. Suzie says:

    There’s only two words for those trousers: ill-fitting. All scrunched up around the hips, and gives her “saddles”. The cut also makes her look very short in the leg, despite high heels.

  70. bugsy says:

    I think her body is awesome. Bless her for her curves and for not starving herself to death. That said, the pants are horrible on her.

  71. DoMaJoReMc says:

    hahaha! I clicked on here KNOWING the answer before I even saw the photo. ILL FITTING (as usual!) Too bad, because she is beautiful, but she tries too damn hard.

  72. Cannywood says:

    Her kids look excactly like what she would look like before her (plastic)makeover.

  73. Glitsha says:

    I think she looks great!!

  74. Ana says:

    She’s wearing the same shoes Britney wore at the beginning of her “I Wanna Go” video! Love them! 😉

  75. z says:

    the pants are ok… if they were worn on a younger person.. it doesnt flatter her at all.

  76. z says:

    p.s.. I like her heels. they rock!!

  77. lety says:

    love this look!!she has an amazing body!!love those Louboutins too

  78. MsNoName says:

    LOL at the comments. She’s 42 and looks like that. As far as the comments about her child? I’m sure you were cute as a kid…I’m sure you’re kids will be just as cute too…(end sarcasm).

    I love JLo, ass and hips (which is partly why she’s famous) but the leather pants can’t be worn by almost ANY ONE.

    I still can’t help but laugh at most of the comments. What trash.