Abstract: A pair of trousers including two tubular leg portions having an upper extremity sloping upwardly away from the crotch to a point below the waist, a pair of straps or welts extending down and inwardly from the waist and crossing in the crotch, thereafter extending across the lower portion of the buttocks and attached below the waist to the opposing strap, said straps defining and being attached to the upper extremities of said leg portions, a triangular front piece between said straps and including closure means along one side, and a five-sided, downwardly-pointed back section sewn along its lower edges to the rear portions of said straps and along its upper edges to the topmost front portions of said straps, the top edges of said front and back sections defining the waist, and a waist band including a fastener at the top of the closure means.