i had the black pants; the white pants; the stone washed shorts!!!

those pants were so cool wish they made4 them again..people use to complement me all the time

I think they were popular closer to 1988 instead of earlier as noted. I had all the pants also, paid about $70 each. Several Z Cav sweaters also. Sure helped out in the nightclub scene.

You can buy z cavrici at torrid

I had a pair I spent $120 on at Foley's, they were made from black velvet with a paisley pattern crushed into the material. I'd wear them tucked into black suede boots, the one's that had little belts on them! That and a black shirt with horizontal purple stripes... damn I looked good!!!

I just recently bought a pair of cavaricci's in good will for $4.50 and let me tell you my life has never been the same. I wore them on Halloween and boy o boy people were just flocking to me wanting to touch my cavaricci's they really know how to define your bottom to its utmost potential

I use to wear these pants all the time in high school. I had many different styles and colors. I remember being one of the only kids that could actually afford them. Does anyone remember their 70 dollar minimum price tag? hahaha this is a great web site. long live those crazy 80's!

I thought I was Mr. Cool with my Z.Cavaricci black pants back in the day. I don't think you could pay me enough to put them on again! Sorry, styles change with age.

I remember never having the $70 per pair price back when these were popular during my high school era. My friends and I used to steal these from the local fashion stores like candy from a baby! I had just about every style and every color...including the "cool" leather pants. What the hell were we thinking???

They were still cool in 89. You should update it.

I recall having few pairs, they flaired out a bit in the upper part of the leg. Almost like MC Hammer pants but were pleated and totally casual dress pants for the fashion in the late 80s. I was only in 4th grade and I had them, my mom was crazy.

Wow! we had some bad fashion in the 80's (bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good!) I had these in shorts. You had to show off that little z. Cavaricci label on the fly!

How funny, I had the Cavaricci's in the late 80's and early 90's. Last pair I got was a pair of Jeans and they still fit!! I even have a Cavaricci leather Jacket.

When I was in 7th grade, i was sitting next to a kid who had a pair of these pants on. I was a bit of a joker, and i had a pen out, pretending like i was going to write on them. he moved when i had the pen close to them, and it accidentally put a mark on them. he immediately punched me in the face. i said "well that didn't help anything" and then i cried.. lol.

I bought a pair of black size ten jeans almost 10 years ago. They have a smooth satiny lining to the fabric which has an very short cotton velour type nap.The have a slight stretch and the combination makes them ultimately comfortable. The rivets and the button at the front look like they are made of silver and look excellent with leather belts with silver buckles. They are long enough, which never happens, and the hip hugger top is high enough to keep my belly button covered when I'm sitting down, but low enough not to look like nerd pants standing up. I wore them to all of my most important gatherings for the first 5 years. Then to work at least a couple of times a week for the next 3 years. And now I wear them just for myself. They are good in all temperate climates temeratures. If I could duplicate them I'd buy 10 and wear them for the rest of my days and nights.

My friend worked at Madigans and got a discount - needless to say we ended up owning like 20 pairs each of pants and shorts and tops. I hate to say it, I still have one or 2 pairs of the shorts..I could never bear to throw them out. They are in mint condition. Still wish I had those flap over pants..we used to roll the bottems and wear with wild pair shoes. Ahh those were the dayz. If you want pics, I will take them of the shorts.

well i couldnt enjoy the fashion in the 80's cause i wasnt born untill 85 but i love z.cavarrici jeans now. i have this pair i got from a friend that look awesome. they must do some type of voodoo on the pants cause they make my butt look amazing. and from what i read here they used to do that very same thing in the 80's. you can buy z.cavarrici at jcpenny.

Z.Cavaricci never went out we are still around & we are doing really well....we no longer have that pant aka "the cat eye" as we have updated with the fashions...

The Z Cav tag covered my pleasure trail!! What a hidden suprise she had when she opened my pants up!!

Eeew they were so high waisted! Look at the guy in the middle, they are about to his nipples. I remember at the end of the school day I would have a red band across the bottom of my ribs from sitting all day in high waisted jeans.p84

Still have my Cavs...haven't worn them in 18 years though. Wore them with a pink t shirt and a Bolero shorty jacket...Never left the bar without a girl.

I had a pair in red, they fit like a dream.....

DOES anyone know where I can get a pair? I am really fond of the ones with the belt lopes the go all the way around. I had a pair like these in 6th grade back in '92. They were so tight...except for the thighs which were huge. I remember they were the first pants that you didn't have to tight roll. Convenience and style, what a great combination!

I remember getting a job at age 12 in 1989 working at a gas station as stock boy to try and raise money for some Z Cavaricci's. My mother just did not understand. When payday came my mom took me to Burlington Coat Factory to get some at outlet prices. Because of going to an outlet I had to settle for the dark green with all of the loops and a pair of red ones. I still paid like $140 for both. I used them on a rotating scedule until the colors faded to almost white. I would kill to have that style back. Let's start a revolution bringing back Cav's and IOU's, all the cool people will have them!!!

I was born in '84 so I had never even heard of these pants until recently. I had gone to torrid to buy a new pair of jeans and found a pair that looked great and fit awesome! I wore them the other day and my sister-in-law made a fuss about me being "fancy" and wearing Z. Cavaricci jeans. I looked at her wierd because I had no idea the jeans that I purchased were a famous brand. She grabbed her sister and pointed out the brand and she made a comment on them, too. lol.

Man, these were the pants of my young adulthood! From the streets of Tijuana and LaJolla, CA to the streets of chicago, IL...these pants and sweaters kept me looking too good for the ladies! Paired with anything from Cosi L'oumo and you could walk on water!! Haha!!! Great memories!!

where can you buy them everyone wants them

the vintage kind (w/the cumberbun type waist) for men,not the womens brand (at torrid)

I'm holding onto a pair, just in case I hit the lottery and can afford a tailor to copy them--well, take the size 8 I have and make it a 12. These pants were so good looking and comfortable. They fit better than any other pants I've found in my journey from size 8 to size 16, now back to 12.

lolz. I had a complete outfit- black pants with double belts, white shirt, black waiter's jacket with shoulder pads...oh and black boots from Journey's with the pant tucked in. Good times. I uploaded some pics...just waiting on them to be approved.

I was totally in love with a boy in 7th grade (or was it 8th??) who was like the Z Cavaricci poster child - striped t-shirts, jean shorts, pants... and he wore Calvin Klein cologne. At 13. I was smitten. *sigh* haha!

Z Cavaricci B*tch

anyone know what the other brand that had the logo on the zipper around the same time was?

I think you might be thinking of Girbaud's, chris. Those had the "fly" labels, too, IIRC. Cavaricci's really were still hot in '88-9. At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it. . .

FYI, On ebay, I have a pair of Z-Cavaricci denim overall shorts listed and will post some more vintage pants this week as well. Happy shopping.

I remember back in the late 80's to early 90s you were not cool in my Junior high unless you were walking around in your Z Cavaricci's and an IOU sweater.

Bojo had fly labels too

can anyone help me ? i am looking to buy as many as i can find ,the (mens) vintage kind w/the cumberbun type waist not the ones at torrid ,we want the originals please help us

i had my black cav's and some shirts too between 1989-1991 in college. They were the normal night clubbing clothes. the girls loved it and looking sharp in them, never had a problem with the girls. those were the days.

I could never afford those & all the cool girls wore Z-Cav jeans.

Contact Nancy Tarankow a Z Cavaricci. The company is still in business. I have e-mailed her a few times requesting these. Obviously more interest could help bring them back. Her e-mail is: ntarankow@zcavaricci.com

Only the coolest of cool and best looking started wearing them and then everyone wanted them! I had denim, black, and 2 pair of white! They looked good on everyone guys and girls alike! Would love to see them out again!

i still wear Z-Cav's. my boy TQ thinks i look money when i rock a pair of italian loafers, my white double belted z-cav's w. my BUM equipment shirt or my Hypercolor t-shirt. and of course, my herringbone chain, and a pair of Oakley Blades. he thinks i look like Brian Bozworth

i lov waring Z cavareechee, every friday after we got out of Apex tech, me Drew and the crew would hit the clubs and disco dance the nite away, we had alot of funness!

yo uze guys yousta wear cavareechees? uze guuys are noiiiice!! i always wished that my cavs wer wooter-proof

I used to have them,and even until Hurricane Katrina,I'd even had a blue set complete with waist jacket...I just recently on accident ran across another pair of pants,which I'm now the proud owner of...I'll attach a pic soon...

"Z"s are the most recognized style of pants/shorts in the 80's and today! ANyone who grew up in the 80's knows. I remember wearing a pair along with the black silver tip "House" shoes...LOL.....eehhhhhh those were the days

The fake ones were Code Zeros

Omg these were my favorite ..I had them all . I especially loved my red ones with the "flap over" I would wear it with I.O.U. shirts, reebok high tops with the Velcro (never fastened of course) , and my 12 inch high hair...oh those were the days

Sad as it is to say, I too still have some ZC stuff. More shirts than anything else. I (as a somewhat adult) find it so funny now that people paid the price they did for clothes. I see it now for what it was back then, LAME PEOPLE with money having to buy or at least rent their friends. Funny thing is, I am sad to say that I have to be an adult to realize how STUPID I WAS for wanting something so bad. I am glad to see that there were also OTHER LOSERS and shallow people like me on this site. 80's ruled... Back then I remember we could have an opinion about things and not have to worry about getting shot for it. Funny,... Right ??? Dan

these pants were freakin expensive, and I remember that the "rich" kids would only wear them, or kids wanting to be cool just by being flashy looking. I was too poor to afford those pants so I just had to settle with my MC hammer pants i got for 15 bucks from the mall and slick leather shoes from payless! represent!!

pimpin' code zero pants! lol generic brand for ZC.

please contact me at benallarde@yahoo.com if you KNOW anyone selling these or any websites. thank you.

WOW! I remember saving up for a pair (i was a poor teen in the late 80s). if i remember, it was around $70. i was the MAN! i normally bought the poor mans Z's: Bojos. other bites off of them were Coda, Nixit, and MIX, but nothing beat the real thing! wow, i was SUCH a guido back then! dont forget the cardegan sweaters, turtle neck, & Thom McCan slippers, and a fake gold chain! (remember, poor kid trying to dress good!)

Mid-late 80's Long Island just about required a teen to own a pair. I fantasized about these particular jeans and how they would mesmerize all on lookers. I saved for months and aquired 3 pair. With capezios or Patrick Ewing High-tops, I felt invincible in these jeans. My swagger, dance moves, and personality transformed much like Clark Kent leaving a phonebooth as superman. No other peice of attire has ever effected me so greatly. I salute you Z Cav and thank you for a product so versatile to allow me to look great as a prep, a guido, or a metalhead. Mint!

The only thing better than all of my Z's were the matching socks that I had for EVERY pair of Z's I owned. I would buy new Z's almost every weekend to go to club Vertigi in Shreveport, La. I remember a mustard color pair I had with 5 buckles!! They rocked!

I NEED TO FIND SOME!! waist 32-34. Length 32+ I'm in a Cure and a Duran Duran Tribute band so I need to find more cool 80's stuff. If you have any write me PLEASE!! Zippy@thecured.net

The pleaded Cavaricci's that were once everywhere at every shopping mall in the late 80's seemed to have completely vanished. I owned a black pair, a white pair, a denim pair with leather trim on the pockets and a pair of the pleated Cavaricci 'shorts' in white, but I never did think a shorts version with all those pleats looked as good as the pants and I returned them very soon after I bought them. I loved to wear my black Cavaricci pants with a 'wrap belt' (remember those?) and pointy black boots and some kind of shirt, usually black and white and a bolo tie to complete the look, and drenched myself in Obsession cologne.

My wife does not understand the power of the Z. For some reason, they did not have them where she grew up in northern VA. But i grew up north of New Orleans, and my friend grew up in Massachusetts, and we both had Z Cav when we grew up. Oh my gosh, I LOVED my z-cavs. My parents were dumb and bought me like 3 pair to go with my striped polos and coca-cola shirts. what a poser, but they were awesome. those and my girbauds. anything that drew attention to my crotch, i deemed acceptable. god, how did i ever find a wife? good times, good times.

I love these pants not sure if I can fit in a pair anymore lol .They were chick magnets the girls loved these :)

I had 3 pairs of these. To this Day I still hide my 80's Z cavaricci sportin' pics from my friends. There some styles should just never come back and this is one of em. I think their cool and i still like em but I just keep them to myself. Lol.

These were popular more toward the end of the 80's... like 88 through 90 (my junior high days!). I went so far as to buy the Cavaricci overall shorts! That must have been the beginning of the end though, because as soon as I put them on at home, away from the store, I thought they looked really goofy and immediately brought them back. I still rocked my Cavaricci pants with the wing flaps that you buttoned at the crotch though, and the ones with the crazy number of belt loops. These things were not made for people on Flomax... definitely wouldn't be able to get them off quick enough!

I wore blk and a white pair in the 80's everyone said I was a sharp dresser back then...still have the white pair...people are amazed when they see them on me....anyone know where i can buy a blk pair of the old style balloon look high waist they are a classic....anyone know where the company is now im so lost since they stopped making them cant find them anymore at thrift stores eithr

hey i found the new site at info@zcavaricci.com email them...or the web site is at zcavaricci.com

hey they are launching a 80's showing of zcavaricci pants for girls..comback...at zcavariccigirls.blogspot.com...support the cause maybe they are testing to see if they sell to bring back adult sizes

you can buy a blk. pair similar to zcavaricci's pants at www.gotdeal.com/shop/black-designer-baggy-pants. they aren't that bad looking

I had a pair of the mustard ones..they were a little too short but I loved them so much i wore them..anyway.lol....

there was a guy called chris at bogangles nite club in the 80"s he wore a maroon pair and had a blk pair of them he wore at the club...the redneck guys made fun of him he said....but in san francisco he got all complements and of course all of us girls complemented him all the time...he was the sharpest looking guy in sacto with those pants....really...

hey im so sad that i cant find a pair of blk ones to wear anymore...i held on to that blk pair i found once at the thrift store...some guy offered me money for them once...they were guy pants but i wore them proudly anyway.....finally they ripped in the wash after holding on to them so long...i think i cried all day inside.

Hey Denise and Deb: Don't give up on the thrift stores! I found a pair of the high-waisted, balloon-leg Z Cavaricci jeans at a local Goodwill a while back.

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These were probably the most expensive jeans I owned at the time...My mom would only buy me two pair..but boy I looked good in them.. Memories

I was in highschool when Cavericci's hit (agree with a previous poster 1988 in Texas) I bought a dozen pair of pants and shorts over the course of 2 years. I wore them with my dress shirts, bolo ties and Oak Tree fashion jackets and Zodiac Boots. I had several black pairs, a few white and a pair in acid wash denim that had 40 belt loops. Yep I lived and breathed the New Wave fashion in the late 80's. I don't think I would buy the pants again but the couple pairs of shorts were very comfortable.

I used to have most of the colors especially I remember when I used to wear the purple or green shorts to Clubs in San Jose. Excess, SX Junction, Club O, OZ. Good Times

I felt like the man in my Z Cavaricci shorts with my black Reebok hi tops and B.U.M equipment sweatshirt..And then I got the Cavaricci overalls (one strap unbuttoned of course). If you couldn't afford Z's you got BOHO's. And who can forget SKIDZ

ayo.. this website is bonk!!

I used to go see my buddy's band back in the day and we all had them on. We might of been gay but we were not fags.

I used to wear these in my H.S in Philly, the wrestling squad would look at me weird and then smile...but it felt right.

These were extremely popular up to 1990 or so, I remember EVERYONE wearing them around '89 - '90. Merry Go Round and Chess King were always well stocked, I believe I had a pair with the flap at the crotch. They were pretty pricey, $70 in '89 is like $122 today.

i have an original pair of blk flap over cavaricci pants with the embroidered sweater with z cavaricci on it size 28 waist love em back than but not now im a 32 might want to sell em fra3n2k@yahoo.com my yahoo see what happens

DOES ANY ONE KNOW IF NANCY TARANKOW IS STILL WITH ZCAVARICCI & IF THIS IS STILL HER E-MAIL ntarankow@zcavaricci.com I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH HER PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!!

Lenny. What's your question? I may be able to help

The early 1990's Z. Cavaricci wild print rayon shirts were awesome! I still have several,& I wear one every now and then to the night clubs.

i need to get in touch with her i tried her e-mail ntarankow@zcavaricci.com but it will not go through does any one know how to reach her or some one else at her office????? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!!

Lenny, i don't know who you are. But if you have a question, I can relay it to her. Note, she does not work at ZC anymore

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a while back she said that she could tell me where to purchase the original z-cavaricci w/the cumberbun type waist does anyone know the contact info & e-mail of the person who replaced her !!!!!!!!!! thank you for any help you can give me!!!!!!!!!!

I have a rare Z. Cavaricci "letter" type men's jacket for sale. It is black with a large "Z. Cavaricci" in red letters on the back. The size is XL and the sleeves are made to be nice and long. I will be selling it on ebay shortly. Plese contact me at houed@cox.net if you are interested!

Oh ya I used to buy and wear Z. Cavaricci they were signature 80's pop/new wave fashion. They were chick magnets, attention grabers and instant coolness. There were only three types of people back then, those who could wear them, those who couldn't and those who didn't have a clue.

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Yes, I remember Z. Cavarricci pants. I had a pair myself. They were still popular in '88-'89 for sure because I was a freshman in high school & a lot of students were still wearing them...even into the early '90s. My friend had a pair stolen from her gym locker during PE. What a blast to the past. I'm really missing the 80s these days...don't know if it's mid-life crisis. Hmmm, I'm only 35 years old though. Too early for that.

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