When I was 15, I grew tired of drainpipe jeans, and switched to flares. And I don’t mean Chelsea bags or bellbottoms, I mean FLARES. My friends were still in the narrow phase and I was mercilessly teased because of how wide my trousers were. There was no stretch in them, the denim was heavy, I have thin legs, and I come from a Very Windy City…
Since then I have stuck to skinny, bootcut or straight jeans. Over the past year though, I have yearned for looser fits and denim that I could wear to work. So I have been living in high-waisted flared indigo jeans and corduroys for quite a while. Once I got used to the wider silhouette, I found I could wear more fitted shirts and still look balanced.
I have several pairs – a grey canvas pair, a brown corduroy pair, and two indigo blue pairs. I rotate these with blouses and they have worked really well. Unusually for me, I paid full price for all of them because I liked them so much. Three come from H and M, and one is from Lindex. They are quite similar in style. The back pockets give me more of a butt (I don’t have one) and several have wide hems. They are nowhere as flared as my teenage ones though!
I have these Winston and Elle shirts and alternate them between the trousers.
