Fashion Benefits of Flared Trousers

[LittleSally]

1. They even out your proportions!

2.They make your thighs look smaller!

3. They compliment your waist!

4. They elongate your figure, i.e., make you look taller!

5. They hide your shoes (if you like the comfort of said shoes, but don't really find them aesthetically pleasing)!

6. They can definitely be funky, and if you've truly loved them once, you'll love them forever!

...and even though they aren't 'back in fashion', if you ask me they were never OUT to begin with...

[MarkRet]

Wanna see some flare pants? This is from my 1974 high school yearbook. EVERYBODY wore flare pants then, usually almost touching the ground. The girl in the picture was kind of an alpha partying girl, and you could never see her shoes because her jeans literally dragged on the ground. The guy in the middle was a local TV newsman, and his outfit was very cutting-edge at the time. I don't know who the guy on the right is. We DID have some color pictures in our yearbook then, but most were black and white.

[lumos]

Ehh, flared trousers will only accentuate your thighs if they're even just a little bit on the bigger side. All of the pics you posted are clearly showing tall and skinny women, so of course it looks flattering.
I dare you to find a pic of a short and chubbier woman rocking flared pants, haha. I tried finding one on google but only kept finding pics of super tall and skinny girls. Says a lot about who they really fit.

[LittleSally]

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I don't know... they're still looking pretty good to me.

[lumos]

Mh, not super flattering in my opinion.

[LittleSally]

*The thing with these body types is - these are the pants that probably look best on them... But that's my opinion here.
What pants do you think would suite them best?
(I'm really curious!) =)

[lumos]

I think tighter pants would fit them better, either the kind that's tight all the way or a bit more casual and loose around the ankles, but not to the point where it's flared.

[KadBitty]

True. I remember some girl I went to school with kept wearing boot cut but quite big in the ankle bit, she was chubby but those always made her look huge. Skinnies coming in must have made her day.

[Bezbozhnikustanka]

Stupid and dangerous. Have you ever tried to climb a laser wearing flares? The ridiculous trousers were fashionable when I was young, I nearly fell off a laser because I put my foot on a flaired trouser leg. A lot of people were injured using stairs whilst wearing platform shoes. Fashion is stupid, clothes should be practical.

[LittleSally]

Hahaha Well... the trick it so know what to wear... Obviously, just as dresses or skirts, these aren't made to climb ladders... Haha

[Bezbozhnikustanka]

My father was an interior designer, I was helping him measure up at a club, you have to dress posh in that line of work. The guys who do the plastering and wallpapering obviously wear sensible clothing, but, designers have to look respectable, and flairs were in.

[danadanadana]

A girl from my fashion design course had the exact same purple pants under the fourth point. Then again she was obsessed with hippie culture and lived in flares.

Nothing wrong with it... I quite like flares too. For a short person, they do make me look taller which is nice.

[NearlyNapping]

Flairs are coming back? Well, they never entirely went away since the late 60s-early 70s when they appeared. They just didn't flair as much in later years. But judging from those pictures they are getting wide again.

If I remember the difference between bell bottoms and flairs it's about where it starts to widen. Flairs begin to widen at the knee, or high on the calf. Bell bottoms flair out much lower, about mid-calf or lower. My memory might be totally whaco though.

[steveguitar]

I loved when girls wore those. Much better han when guys wore bell bottom in the 60's or 70's. The are especially good if hey are sort of tight at he waist and upper legs lol, at least for me

[MarcoIsAFailure]

I remember those from the early 90ies. I actually like them. A boy in my class used to wear those and he was bullied hard, so they must be very girly and girly is hot.
#FlawlessReasoning

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

OMFG bell bottoms are back. It must be true the fashion industry just rehashes old shit and sells it to clueless people.

[mrsingle]

That first photo, is a sexy look! The belt with them looks great, the dark wash is the best for these kind of jeans, and they would look equally good with a tank top or sweater

[Leah4245]

These are some good points but I still don't like them

[Brokenheartedx]

Oh gawd those are back along with platform shoes
70s making a come back!!

[ATuairiscean]

I must say that flares are one thing I never took to but the shoes tip is a superb functional one.

[ADFSDF1996]

Women look stunning in tight pants and flared pants.

[alice55]

My mother love this kind of pants, on me it look weird

[BlueEyesWD]

So that's what they wear in Europe now? it's atrocious.

[Emmdk]

No...

[LittleSally]

Who said that?
I guess reading and taking cues IS a skill...

[BlueEyesWD]

It was a joke...

[codyccc]

Ya somthing invented by the US navy are really fashionable

[yulbsari]

Not sure how practical this look is... especially if you have to take off running...

[ArabianPwincess197]

Yes! I love flared trousers :)

[404filenotfound]

Interesting, thanks for sharing!

[iFarted]

#SayNoToFlaredBottom!
#YogaPantsFTW

[Zechs]

To be really honest, I find this ugly as fuck

[Ephemera1]

Looks kinda 70s m8 I r8 5/8