In Paris, the meeting point was the Charles de Gaulle-Etoile metro stop, with pants-free passengers headed all the way to Bastille. More than 1,200 people had signed up ahead of time via Facebook.
Other events were smaller, like in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, where a handful of young people, mainly men in suits, ties – and brightly-colored flowery boxers – drew laughs.
In Sydney, a small but dedicated group dropped their trousers on the city circle loop train, packed with bemused weekend sightseers on a busy summer’s day, then switched routes for a return trip to Bondi.
“Insist that it is a coincidence that others also forgot their trousers,” the organizers told participants, who were also forbidden from speaking to one another.
There was a no trousers tram ride in southern Melbourne and Adelaide and people also went pants-less for a train trip in northern Brisbane.
On a busy Hong Kong subway, around 40 people, including Australian Bess Hepworth and her 18-month-old son, joined in the fun.
“It’s the first time he will be publicly taking off his pants, although he does it regularly already,” the 37-year-old said.
In Beijing, a handful of trouserless people took to the Chinese capital’s fast-growing subway, drawing confused glances from onlookers.
“I want to show that (Chinese people) are internationalized now,” said 22-year-old Huang Li, wearing blue underwear decorated with dots.
But “people say I’m a psycho,” she added.
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