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Ben Otis runs a modern pant manufacturing plant in North York. Disco pants are one of his hot items.
Ben Otis runs a modern pant manufacturing plant in North York. Disco pants are one of his hot items.

Ben Otis runs a modern pant manufacturing plant in North York. Disco pants are one of his hot items.

Date6/14/1978
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0131778F
      He doesn't miss the flash of thighs in hot pants
      He doesn't miss the flash of thighs in hot pants
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/13/1971
      Short Shorts or hot pants in silver gray satin for evening parties are photographed in the Chinese Garden created for the Garden Club of Toronto's spr(...)
      Short Shorts or hot pants in silver gray satin for evening parties are photographed in the Chinese Garden created for the Garden Club of Toronto's spr(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      3/2/1971
      Andre Agassi, 20, in hot pink bicycle pants and flowing mane, yesterday displays the winning style that's captured the hearts of female tennis fans. A(...)
      Andre Agassi, 20, in hot pink bicycle pants and flowing mane, yesterday displays the winning style that's captured the hearts of female tennis fans. A(...)
      Agassi, Andre
      7/26/1990
      Left, Todd Oldham's striped hot pants suit and cropped blouse
      Left, Todd Oldham's striped hot pants suit and cropped blouse
      Beaty, Keith
      11/5/1992
      A version of the hot pants look for spring is caught in brown suede lederhosen with bib top and suspenders worn over a string and brown sweater. The i(...)
      A version of the hot pants look for spring is caught in brown suede lederhosen with bib top and suspenders worn over a string and brown sweater. The i(...)
      Barkley, Harold
      3/9/1971
      Hot pants are a replacement for the mini
      Hot pants are a replacement for the mini
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/13/1971
      Actress Nicole Morin, wearing hot pants, pins on her Mental Health Association tag watched by Don Harron, Marie Andre and Mrs. Knowlton Nash at a Vari(...)
      Actress Nicole Morin, wearing hot pants, pins on her Mental Health Association tag watched by Don Harron, Marie Andre and Mrs. Knowlton Nash at a Vari(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      4/20/1971
      Wearing hot pants and jacket she had to don over them before she was allowed into Parliament gallery, 15-year-old Mary Anne Gray, of New Liskeard, wat(...)
      Wearing hot pants and jacket she had to don over them before she was allowed into Parliament gallery, 15-year-old Mary Anne Gray, of New Liskeard, wat(...)
      CP Photo
      5/15/1971
      Legs were in evidence, About 75 per cent of girls wore hot pants
      Legs were in evidence, About 75 per cent of girls wore hot pants
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/29/1971
      Ben Otis
      Ben Otis
      Lennon, Frank
      6/27/1978
      Lois Smith models jacquard apres-ski pants with body sweater while Adrienne Clarkson wears international look of black knit pants combined with clingy print skirt
      Lois Smith models jacquard apres-ski pants with body sweater while Adrienne Clarkson wears international look of black knit pants combined with clingy print skirt
      Clarkson, Adrienne, 1939-
      11/16/1971
      yellow shirt and pants, his painted steel sculp $1,000
      yellow shirt and pants, his painted steel sculp $1,000
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      7/7/1967