• What are claimed to be the biggest pair of trousers in the world are unfurled in the town of Beromuenster, in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. EPA
    What are claimed to be the biggest pair of trousers in the world are unfurled in the town of Beromuenster, in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. EPA
  • Measuring 70 metres long and 40 metres wide, these titans of trousers have a 16-metre zipper and are fastened by a button with a diameter of one metre. The wearer would need to be 180 metres tall. EPA
    Measuring 70 metres long and 40 metres wide, these titans of trousers have a 16-metre zipper and are fastened by a button with a diameter of one metre. The wearer would need to be 180 metres tall. EPA
  • The pants, which weigh in at 700 kilograms, are carried in procession through Beromuenster during a folk festival. They were produced over eight months by Syrian tailor Xwendekar Kelesh. EPA
    The pants, which weigh in at 700 kilograms, are carried in procession through Beromuenster during a folk festival. They were produced over eight months by Syrian tailor Xwendekar Kelesh. EPA
  • An inside leg view of the giant trousers being unfurled. Xwendekar Kelesh, who fled Syria to Switzerland 11 years ago, said the giant trousers are intended to draw attention to plastic pollution. EPA
    An inside leg view of the giant trousers being unfurled. Xwendekar Kelesh, who fled Syria to Switzerland 11 years ago, said the giant trousers are intended to draw attention to plastic pollution. EPA
  • 'I am more than satisfied after so much preparatory work,' Xwendekar Kelesh told local media. He plans to make 12,000 fabric bags from the trousers, with the proceeds going to climate projects. EPA
    'I am more than satisfied after so much preparatory work,' Xwendekar Kelesh told local media. He plans to make 12,000 fabric bags from the trousers, with the proceeds going to climate projects. EPA

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Syrian designer unveils worlds largest trousers in Switzerland - in pictures

Xwendekar Kelesh's creation even has a 16-metre zipper

The National

June 21, 2021

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