Marlene-Hose

Machine-translated from the German article

Marlene trousers, also Marlene Dietrich trousers, is a fashion term denoting a wide, straight-falling suit trousers borrowed from menswear, made of particularly soft woollen fabrics with a large leg width of up to 54 cm. The name goes back to the German film actress Marlene Dietrich and has been used in fashion magazines since about 1932. Originally the Marlene trousers were made of soft-falling woollen fabric, later also of fine worsted fabrics.