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Trend Alert: Wide Legged Jeans!

Fri, 02/02/2007 - 2:21pm by FabSugar
17,968 Views - 41 comments

Wahoo! As I predicted, the skinny jean backlash has begun and wide legged jeans are on the rise. Don't get me wrong - I have warmed up to the skinny silhouette, but I am a 70's girl at heart and love the elongating look of a wide legged pant. Also, I am tall so it makes my legs look super long. But for non-tall gals, it created a long, lean look so really, this is good news for all. With New York Fashion week officially under way, I wonder how many wide legs we're going to see on the runways for Fall 2007. Here is Mandy Moore from this week's Life & Style wearing some fab flares at the Sundance Film Festival.

To see a couple of my flare leg picks, read more

Hudson
Wide Leg Tailor Jean
, $187.


LIPS
Collette in Dark Indigo
, $179.

View Photos: Mandy Moore

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  • karmapunch's picture
    karmapunch
    1

    Aww, I don't want skinny jeans to be out.... Flares are really not flattering on me; skinny jeans make me look taller and well, skinnier!

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • XDeexDeeX's picture
    XDeexDeeX
    2

    I like skinny jeans. I don't think it really matters. I hate it when style changes and you have to buy this and that...I don't fallow the style anyways. I have my own. Smiling

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • SaraSmile's picture
    SaraSmile
    3

    Wait, are they wide leg or flare? I don't wear flares well either, but I like a wide leg, trouser jean. Skinny jeans don't flatter my body type/height, and that's all stores sell anymore. It's nice to know that at least now there will be some choice.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • mmmmmm's picture
    mmmmmm
    4

    You don't have to give up one for the other guys, skinnys are mos def still in and the wide legs have been around for the last 2 seasons or so too they are now being noticed by magazines I guess. My favorites are Level 99; they make them in both full length and cropped and are reasonably priced.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • yamahamama's picture
    yamahamama
    7

    I like those middle ones from the article, the ones from Levi's. Hmm...if they come in 'tall', I'll get some!

    I'm a 70's gal, too & we had wide, long (high-waisted!) pants back then. They weren't long enough unless you were dragging them on the ground in the back--heh. Much to my mother's dismay.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • SaRaH 22's picture
    SaRaH 22
    8

    im not a skinny jeans girl or a big flare girl i like my boot cut jeans best!
    ~*~SuShI....it solves everything!~*~

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • miss-britt's picture
    miss-britt
    11

    YES! i love wide legged pants and flares. I don't like skinny leg jeans.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • MandiMark1's picture
    MandiMark1
    13

    I like wide legs and flares because they cover up my big feet and I can wear any shoes I want with them! Haha

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • lorioz's picture
    lorioz
    14

    I love wide leg jeans! I'm so happy that they are back in style!

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • RainbowCrayon's picture
    RainbowCrayon
    15

    If My mom saw this article she would say.. "Why don't they just call them bellbottoms like we did?"
    I would say, "Becuause bellbottoms mean old."
    Laughing out loud

    I like the flare, elephant leg, wide leg, bell botoom look.
    Whatever you want to call it.

    **~~Everyone who's anyone has been on sesame street.~~**

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • carbizkate's picture
    carbizkate
    16

    YAY for wide leg and trouser jeans! They are my favorites!! I'm so excited to know that maybe now it will be easier to find good ones!

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • lovekailua's picture
    lovekailua
    18

    ill take the stomach in pic one! no really i love loveeeeeee wider leg jeans! mandy look ssuper cute.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • My Opinion's picture
    My Opinion
    22

    Those are all ugly, except the black ones and they need to come in just a tad on that ridiculous flare!

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • JK Boogie's picture
    JK Boogie
    23

    I will still be wearing my skinny jeans....I love them...not a fan of flares

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Be an innovator not an imitator...copying is plagiarism and plagiarism is stealing.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • addicted2pop's picture
    addicted2pop
    25

    I love them all ! I like my skinny jeans, but before, when I was a teen I have loved the flare on bottom (wide legs).. so go with both Smiling

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • misskania's picture
    misskania
    27

    lovely! i have quite wide hips so this could be a gorgeous concealer. and it had this retro thing. is it?

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • RainbowCrayon's picture
    RainbowCrayon
    28

    Wide/flare jeans are very retro.
    Just like the good ol days

    **~~Everyone who's anyone has been on sesame street.~~**

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • grl in the world's picture
    grl in the world
    29

    I love a flared pant. They are so much more flattering to most body types then the skinny legged variety.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • buggyslice's picture
    buggyslice
    30

    YAY! I love wide leg jeans! Skinny jeans suck because most people can't wear them(like me for example). So glad they're back in style.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • UrbanBohemian's picture
    UrbanBohemian
    31

    Last season it was leggings; this season it's back to a wide leg. The trends are hard to predict and can go from left to right!

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • thoroughlymodern's picture
    thoroughlymodern
    32

    Yeah, I saw pics of Kate Moss a while back (I think they may have even been from London Fashion Week SS07) in which she was wearing wide legged jeans. I can't tell you how refreshing it was.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • siouxsie's picture
    siouxsie
    33

    im all bout these...i'm short..flares rock for short people...

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • ash 06's picture
    ash 06
    35

    I love "bellbottoms" or wide leg flared jeans!! theyre so cute. When you guys say skinny jeans do you mean like straight legged pants? i dont like them at all they dont look good on me at all....these pants are cute and im glad theyre out!!Smiling
    *ash*

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • SaraSmile's picture
    SaraSmile
    36

    I agree with mandiesoh - I am short and jeans that flare out at the knee look terrible on me because they make me look shorter.

    I thought wide leg jeans were more similar to a pair of trousers, a straight, long line coming from the widest part of the body (for women it's usually our hips). If I am wrong then I prefer straight leg - not necessarily skinny jeans - over flares.

    1 year 41 weeks ago Report Comment
  • nati's picture
    nati
    39

    they may look more confortable... but i love the skinny jeans + pumps!

    1 year 39 weeks ago Report Comment
  • ckeller825's picture
    ckeller825
    41

    I tried Genetic Denim wide leg jeans at Cusp and they were sooooooooo nice. altho...i still like my fitted jeans better. i'll probably invest in some wide legs tho. they're hot, esp the ones that have been seen on penelope cruz

    1 year 32 weeks ago Report Comment

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