>There’s a lot more to the recent past than you realize listen youngster, bell bottoms were mid to late sixties worn by dirty hippies while "flared slacks" ar

>There’s a lot more to the recent past than you realize listen youngster, bell bottoms were mid to late sixties worn by dirty hippies while "flared slacks" are really a 70's item, often in polyester, worn by more mainstream types who wanted slacks (not pants), worn to the disco scene, etc. The main difference would be bell bottoms belled in every direction, while flares were more front to back. it is true in the early period of bell bottoms that many people would convert their straight leg jeans to bell bottoms by inserting a triangle in the inseam below the knee, often of a contrasting material, paisly/psychedelic/leather that type thing. As that was a bit unbalanced, a more ambitious style would do a bit of a spiral around the ankle and calf.