bumsters

British

/ ˈbʌmstəz /

plural noun

trousers cut so that the top lies just above the cleft of the buttocks

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Kate Moss walked on water wearing bumsters for Alexander McQueen.

From The Guardian

Bumsters Alexander McQueen’s famous trousers, so low they exposed the top of the wearer’s buttocks.

From The Guardian

His "bumsters", which appeared in 1996, spawned the trend in perilously low-rise, crevice-revealing jeans.

From BBC

Those little bumsters were in his first shows.

From BBC

Today the sight of muffin tops over jeans or a sneaky flash of bottom cleavage might not seem too shocking - unfashionable, perhaps, now women's wasitbands have edged closer to the waist once more - but when McQueen first sent out his models in bumsters, it was a radical departure and attracted many column inches of comment and debate.

From BBC

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