hammer pants

{{short description|Baggy pants with sagging rise and tapered ankle}}

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Hammer pants are modified baggy pants, tapered at the ankle with a sagging rise, made suitable for hip hop dancing. It is considered a style of harem pants.{{cn|date=June 2025}} They were popularized in the 1980s and 1990s by American rapper MC Hammer.{{cite web|last=Chance|first=Molly|title=American Music Awards 2012 fashion: Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and M.C. Hammer's saggy drawers|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/11/american-music-awards-2012-fashion-justin-bieber-chris-brown-and-mc-hammers-saggy-drawers.html|work=Zap2it|publisher=Tribune Media Services, Inc.|date=November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217042104/http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/11/american-music-awards-2012-fashion-justin-bieber-chris-brown-and-mc-hammers-saggy-drawers.html|archive-date=February 17, 2013}} They are often colloquially referred to as parachute pants (a term which can also refer to a specific style of nylon trousers), although MC Hammer stated in an interview in 2016 that he preferred to use the term Hammer pants.{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Rheana |title=MC Hammer Prefers You Not Call Them 'Parachute Pants' |url=https://www.racked.com/2016/5/20/11722680/mc-hammer-parachute-pants-interview |website=www.racked.com |date=20 May 2016 |access-date=11 September 2024}}

Hammer's specialized clothing line came in a variety of colors and were usually shiny and flashy-styled, as often seen throughout his hip-hop career during talk show appearances, live concerts and music videos (including "U Can't Touch This" and "Pray"). The customized pants appeared again on Hammertime, his 2009 TV reality show.{{cite web|last=Leo|first=Alex|title=MC Hammer Flash Mob: Parachute-Pant-Wearing Dancers Take Over Store On Sunset (VIDEO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/07/mc-hammer-flash-mob-parac_n_212268.html|work=Huffington Post|date=2009-07-08}}

In 2022, Bobby Brown claimed he started wearing the "diaper pants" that Hammer altered and made famous, on his A&E show Bobby Brown: Every Little Step.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@aetv/video/7106584143915470122 | title=And #BobbyBrown presents to you: Diaper Pants! |website=TikTok |access-date=June 23, 2022}} However, Brown wore a less sagging variation during some concerts and in music videos, such as "My Prerogative" (1988) and "Every Little Step" (1989).{{cite web | url=https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/2852861/bobby-browns-most-trendsetting-style-moments/ | title=Bobby Brown's Most Trendsetting Style Moments | first=Shamika | last=Sanders | date=26 May 2022 | access-date= June 23, 2022}}