flares
Sign in to saveAlso known as bell-bottoms, flared trousers, flared pants
thumb|upright|American singer Cher (pictured with [[Sonny Bono) wearing bell-bottomed trousers, 1968]] Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg.
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- Naval origins
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- 2020s
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thumb|upright|American singer Cher (pictured with [[Sonny Bono) wearing bell-bottomed trousers, 1968]] Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg.
==History== ===Naval origins=== thumb|right|upright|Illustration of Royal Navy sailors in uniform 1854
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