Related: Stylists Say These Are the Top Fashion Trends to Look Forward to in 2025 We think of bell bottoms as a relic of the Y2K era—a silhouette that marched right alongside baggy jeans and ...

Bell-bottom jeans, also called flares because of their wide-legged shape, were inspired by 19th century U.S. Navy uniforms and rose to mainstream fashion in the 1960s and ‘70s. Since their ...