Above, the PHIX Black Wool Flared Trouser. Click here to shop.
Flared trousers are officially back 'in' (not that they were ever out for us, with our reverence for all things seventies) with the skinny jean taking a back seat for the foreseeable. Today's blog post covers a brief history of the bell bottom, coinciding with our release of tailored trousers to our expanding collection at PHIX.

In the 1920s, Coco Chanel brought flares to mainstream fashion wear, creating “Yacht Pants” and “Beach Pajamas" for women, inspired by sailor's style. However, these did not become a wardrobe staple for the fashion-conscious until the 1960s, when they began popping up on forward-thinking celebrities like Mick Jagger, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix.



In this photo: The PHIX Wool Flared Trouser. Click to shop.
Suddenly, flares were everywhere, infusing hippie, Glam Rock, Rollermania and disco fashions. Groups such as Slade and ABBA brought flares to the forefront, as did John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

From the stage to the street, below you can see them worn by picketers at the Grunwick dispute in north London, 1977.


Then, in the Mid-2000s fashion's cycles returned back to skinny jeans with increasingly higher waistlines throughout the next decade. In the past two years, legs are now getting wider again with Gen Z's rejection of the slim fit and flares are back at the forefront of fashion for style rebels.

Shop our latest collection of flares and other tailored trousers online now.