Lets be honest, everyone reading this is already sold on the awesome powers of flared trousers.
But how did we come to appreciate this fine fashion statement in this way? Well the answer my friends is thanks to a long list of alpha male flares wearers from the 1970s and beyond. We all know it is just a matter of time before these funky fashion items once again become the trend of the day but until then we will patiently basking in the classic distinguised history of this most amazing trouser.
So just who of the famous flare wearers do we admire most here at flaredtrousers.co.uk?
- John Travolta: Yes, you probably already guessed it. John is our number one flares wearer. Of course we are thinking of the iconic Tony Manero white suit as featured in Saturday Night Fever. If you don’t know what I am talking about then to be honest you aren’t cool enough to wear a pair yourself. Go buy some dungarees.
- James Bond: Not the ripped bone crunching Bond of recent years. No. We are of course referring to the Bond of the 70′s which can only mean, Roger Moore. Bond was always the coolest and he has never been cooler than in a pair of flares. Think of Moonraker, think of The Spy Who Loved Me. Think of flares.
- George Best: The oringinal football style icon. Forget the Beckams and Ronaldos of today, this is the guy that started it and in his 1970′s peak you will find him regularly wearing a pair of wide angle bell bottomed trouser.
- Elvis: The king of rock and roll. Initially know for his slick ’50s looks but a decade later Elvis coined his trademark outfit – the flared jumpsuit. This is now one of the most iconic outfits in pop history and will be forever associated with the King.
Now tell us who your favourite flare wearers are?
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I am trying to purchase a pair of black men’s flared trousers ala 70′s. can you help ? I found your website and soon realised that it’s b*** Sh** or am I wrong ? Please, where can I purchase a pair of men’s flared trousers ? thanks.
PS: I’m not prepared to give you my email address, but I will visit your site again to see if you can reply to me and facilitate my request. thanks again.
We at Flaredtrousers.co.uk make every effort to provide up to date information on this exciting and ever growing fashion trend. The team were saddened to find that it had not met your needs on this occasion. However I would like to assure you that we have had many satisifed visitors to this site:
“Your site is f*ckin sh*t, what a waste of time”, Macy – Milton Keynes
“What a load of drivel”, Tony – Birmingham
“I found your website and soon realised that it’s b*** Sh**”, Garry – Wales
Your belief in flares as a thinking man’s fashion item means a lot to us, and therefore hope that the overtime we have put in to come up with the following suggestion for your request of “70s black flares” proves fruitful: click here
Good luck and happy flare wearing!
I wear flares like Roger Moore. Late 70′s cut. It took me since 1997 gradually adding width to every pair I got for people to eccept them again. But there are still a few ideots out there. I’ve also found that the people who hate them are the ones who can’t wear them. I’ve never knowen any item of cloathing that encourages such hate. That’s something in itself. I think people assume that if they come back into fashion big time then we’ll all start listening to Disco and the 70′s will return. I’m sorry but they don’t have that much power there just trousers with a little extra fabric round the ankle. And incase nobody’s noticed the 70′s have returned. All the bad stuff. Like strikes/ Terrorism and the rest. Who gives a crap what people think. If you want to wear flares then do it. You’ve only one life. And I’m not going to my death bed thinking. “Good I made everyone else happy.” There are a lot of people who also have said how smart and classy the trousers are and the girls LOVE them. The trick is to look at home in them and not paranoid about what people think. Then they’ll generally stay in stunned silence when you walk into a pub or wherever. On one occasion I sat infront of a DJ in a local pub in large light grey dress flares with a velvet black dress coat shirt and silver grey tie. And a group of six ned type had fuck all to do all night apart from look at me wherever I went in the place. Mabey it was because all the chicks were no more than two feet away from me all night. If you want to get laid. Get flares and fuck the rest of them. They’ll catch on as soon as they see how much attention your getting from the Women that must see it as bravado or some shit.
Peter, you speak a lot of sense. Well said.
Peter,
post a picture and let’s see for ourselves –
what are ‘dress’ flares though, and a ‘dress shirt’ ?! sounds very funky
( is the bad language in your post necessary, though ??!
very common)
Dress flares are trousers. Smart suit like cut. Think Roger Moore iN The Spy who loved me. ( 1977). 26″ flare.
Bad Language probably not nessesary, But I get so worked up . And it’s the only way to get attention these days as correct diction seems to be out of fashion.
Peter, thanks very much.
Regards
Joe
more pictures’d be good