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In 2020,Glamourtipped its hat to keeping our jeans up-to-date while satisfyingly nostalgic.

They are also extremely versatile, offering plenty of styling options.

Woman in olive puddle pants

But how do celebs wear these looks to perfection while also sweeping the floor beneath them?

With clean lines and elegant silhouettes, puddle pants must have a secret formula for success.

These pants are up for interpretation

What exactly are puddle pants?

Bella Hadid on the runway

According toWho What Wear, the style drags on the floor or at least threatens to.

The ideal look creates a pooling around the ankle, justifying their unusual name.

You’ve heard of floods or ankle-bearing pants and now it’s time to meet their fearless cousins.

Zoe Kravitz for YSL

Bella Hadid became an unofficial puddle pants ambassador with shots for i-D Magazine posted to herInstagrampage in October.

We know Ms. Hadid can work pretty much any look, on or off the runway.

She posted a paparazzi-style shot toInstagramwith long straight-leg jeans that fell to the middle of her black heels.

High on the list that includes some veryGen-Z takes on Y2K aesthetic has to be cargo pants.

Of course,work pantsor canvas fabrics will also do the trick.

And what’s wrong with having pants that serve for looks and function?