Flared trousers were originated in the early 1800s by:
Correct answer: Sailors
StinkyNuts
In the Navy, we were trained to tie both legs at the bottom and swing them over our heads to collect air and use the as floating devices.
YellowLion2714
Mardell Riley, Loved my bellbottoms in the 60s
stormy 1314
Guzzi Gal, .i own some and still wear them love bellbottoms:wear what you love!
tbhusmc
Tmarymary49, dont need flared for that. USMC uses straight leg and we do the same. Army does as well. check out YouTube for water training. it's really neat 😎
WhimsicalLunatic4908
tbhusmc, actually the purpose of the bellbottom legs, according to my father a 20 year vet of the US navy, was so they rolled up easier, to clean the decks if old ships.
GrandmaTanya
YellowLion2714, Me too! Hip huggin bell bottoms. I had a pair and the zipper was about one inch long
HugeMaestro52146
surely they were designed to be easier to roll up when swabbing the decks.
MellifluousFrogKermi
bell bottoms were very popular when i was in elementary school. but i was short, so by the time my mom hemmed my pants the bell was cut off. lol.
RentedDynamo24704
Mardell Riley, wish that style would come back
VibrantSelfishness2
Loved my Bell bottoms and they were hip huggers, when I had no hips!
cindylou
in navy what we did with pants os true StinkyNuts
Buddy
Still have my bell bottom dress white uniform. It’s my favorite one. It can also save one’s life if fallen overboard by taking it off and tie the legs together to make a life jacket out of it.
Dalia
Sailors were invented it, really?
Player #117516039
Hey Stinky Nuts
I learned the same in the Coast Guard.
Rick
Penny Plant, Those are fighting words for me. I am a woman and proud of it but I will dress as I please
Ruairi
StinkyNuts, learned that Girl Scout camp when we're doing jr life saving.
el
StinkyNuts, I was also in the Navy. Harder to tie the flare legs than tighter!
Killy
StinkyNuts, me too,
Grandstandted
YellowLion2714, Me too
Player #109039465
StinkyNuts, ahoy matey.
SuLo
StinkyNuts, While the pants were on? 🤔
Victoria
YellowLion2714, . I do not think , Rat Catchers , would like bell bottoms cause the rat could run up the pant legs easier, haha
arohanui
WhimsicalLunatic4908, so who cleans the decks of new ships?
PlagueDr22
StinkyNuts, nice name stink
Tolsom
just wondering was it cause they were gay?
mr g
StinkyNuts, haze gray and underway
revenant
"Hello Sailors !"
LeLe
This style suits my bodyshape the best 👌
Zainon Monza
wore them in the 70's
Lilith308
And here I thought it was the hippies who invented bell-bottoms😂
joe
At, school, late 60s maybe early 70s, we also referred to them as elephant pants
France
StinkyNuts, The Marines do as well during basic training.
Verasha
the sailors look like someone I know in indian history
Myra Oliveros Caturas
added to my coconut shells⭐
Kaz
Rat catchers lol 😂
Orville Parker Gildock
I am glad styles have moved on.
Player #42749000
Player #36774433, they have bell bottoms out now
Player #40122075
they were also used as a flotation device! You could tie the leg after you filled it with as much air as you could, on both legs and it would help to keep you afloat!
Monkey Business
chathulhu, they also keep you monkey safe
58 Today Happy Birthday
StinkyNuts, I teach my swimming pupils that as a life saving exercise 💪