WHY???

Bec sent me a most frightening link today: http://store.delias.com/item.do?categoryID=821&itemID=46531&sizeFilter=&colorFilter=&brandFilter=

How the heck are stirrup pants back in style??? These have got to be one of the worst crimes of fashion in history. Since when is it flattering to have your crotch pulled six inches below where it's meant to be? Because that is precisely what stirrup pants do. Plain leggings are bad enough; they're ugly as sin. But leggings with stirrups? How can they be back in style? Everyone ridicules 80s clothing, but there seems to be an 80s element in style every year. Leg warmers? Those were pretty big a couple years ago. Leggings are still rearing their ugly, unfortunate heads, and now stirrup pants are inexplicably making a comeback. How is this possible? Have we learned nothing from our past fashion foibles??

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PANTS, PEOPLE???