most atrocious bell bottom pants.

[timemeddler]

Okay, I wear fun colonial style breaches when skirts are a no-no, but now I feel like making pants that are the exact opposite. something sufficiently awful specifically to bug people who complain about skirts. I was thinking some really hippie bell-bottoms, perhaps tye-dye or flower power, something that shows skirts can look way better than some pants. any suggestions?

[Seb]

My all time favorite pair of trousers was a pair of bell bottom jeans I "inherited" from my mum. Except for when they were in the wash or I was wearing shorts, I practically lived in them for ten years. I sadly no longer fit in them though.

Mine were similar to these, except Levis with the usual jeans fittings and fly.

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There are also the Japanese Hakama trousers, or martial arts trousers that are quite skirt like. Not bell bottom of though.

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I did a quick search for free pattern bell bottom trousers and got a lot of hits that look useable. Finding a gaudy fabric might be harder but looking at curtains in second hand might be a good idea.

[crfriend]

I have no idea what gives with the modern revulsion towards flared trousers, unless it's a knee-jerk reaction to a freer, happier time. Some of the designs were actually quite attractive -- and were deployed by both sexes to good effect.

[Modoc]

I actually own a pair like this. I haven't figured out how to wear them. I had a pair 45 years ago or more that I wore with a puffy-sleeved flowered shirt and 3-inch platform shoes. Nobody batted an eye.
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[timemeddler]

did it.

[Mouse]

With heels! You rock.

[JeffB1959]

did it.

The 1970's called and demanded their pants back!

[Modoc]

The 1970's called and demanded their pants back!

I disco'd many a night away in something very similar to that in style if not in color,

[JeffB1959]

The 1970's called and demanded their pants back!

I disco'd many a night away in something very similar to that in style if not in color,

You sure you want to admit to something like that in a public forum?

[Modoc]

The 1970's called and demanded their pants back!

I disco'd many a night away in something very similar to that in style if not in color,

You sure you want to admit to something like that in a public forum?

That was before my conservative period set in. Conservative in dress, not so much in thinking. But I must admit I was firmly in the traditional Western man box for some time.

[crfriend]

Everybody slags off on the 1970s, but that was really the last of times where things were hopeful and the future looked bright. In other words, it was a perfect environment for experimentation to flourish. Compare to modern times where hope is a long-gone dream from the past and the future is truly and horribly bleak. Is it any wonder everybody is "turning turtle" and retreating to "the box"?