History of Flared Trousers

Ancient Trousers

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Flares were introduced to Britain by the Romans over 2000 years ago. These fun loving Italians were best known for their togas but it is a little known fact that they wore flared trousers when spending an evening at the equivalent of a modern day disco, or diskos as they would have called it back then. The flare fell out of fashion for several thousands of years. This style was simply not practical for medieval man as rode about on horses and negotiated rat infested streets, preferring to wear stockings instead.

Popular Seventies Clothing

It was not until the 1970’s, when popular British TV star Richard Madeley became a leading fashion icon of the time, that flares began a resurgence of popularity here in the UK. The fashion press of the day was renowned for following the style fashion trends set by Richard, and where he went, the rest followed. Before long the flared trouser was a necessary fashion accessory.

Unlike Richard’s popularity, the common flare fell out of fashion in the 1980’s. And it was not until a campaign led by flaredtrousers.co.uk did they reach the same level of interest as their 1970’s heyday.

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