Designed so that you can dress them up or wear more casually, these are the perfect all-purpose pants. Corduroy Wide Leg Pants for Women High Waist Retro Straight Juniors Vintage Flared Bell Bottoms A-line Denim Pencil Trousers. Made from a beautiful blend of polyester, spandex and cotton, these full-length statement trousers are styled into a ribbed corduroy and feature a super high waist with button fly detailing. Here at Atom Retro you’ll find denim flares in an array of retro colours as well as striped, paisley and corduroy bellbottoms. Rock legends from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix sealed the reputation of flares as the trousers of legends!ĭenim remains the fabric of choice for men’s flares – bellbottom jeans are a retro must-have.
Eventually the flared bottoms got bigger and bigger and evolved into the bell-bottom shape - tight around the thigh and flared out below the knee to dramatic widths.
Previous to this, peg trousers and drainpipes, the tighter the better, had been at the forefront of mod fashion, but from 1965 and '66 onwards, flares were the only thing to wear. Sixties fashion designer and the king of Carnaby Street, the legenday John Stephen, brought flares into mens sixties fashion by adapting the trousers worn by sailors for mods, dandies and all followers of fashion in his Carnaby Street boutiques. Crafted from a breathable fabric with a hint of stretch for all-day comfort, these high-rise flare pants come with pockets in the front and back for a functional flair.
The predecessors to flares were the low waist and wide-legged flared trousers worn by sailors in the British Navy. In a classic corduroy weave and an enzyme wash for a vintage appeal, these vintage corduroy pants feature a high-rise design and flared cut for a sleek, '70s-inspired style. Flares first came to mainstream fashion in the late 60s, but really hit the heights of fashion in the 1970s. Women's Corduroy Wide Leg Pants High Waist Retro Straight Juniors Vintage Flared Bell Bottoms A-line Denim Pencil Trousers. Few garments scream retro louder than flares or bellbottoms.