capri pants

Short pants that end just below the knee (once known as knickers before the British definition took over). Though formerly unisex, capris are now primarily female in association, and tend to look best on tall, big-boned white girls who are unusually bootylicious. Which is not to say other women can't wear them; it's just that particular lot who pull them off the best because designers tend not to otherwise cater to their body types.