How to style flare jeans

Guide to Styling Flare Jeans for Beginners

Flared jeans are back, but this time they are available in a vast array of different styles to suit all the fashion looks we love. ‘Flares’ are really easy to wear for women of all shapes and sizes, too. And the degree of flare can be used to balance the figures of plus-size and slender women and girls.

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Huge bell-bottom jeans were the hippies’ favorite jeans in the 60’s, but by the 70’s they had been toned down to a more streamlined, ‘flared’ shape, suitable for trousers and formal suits for women and men. But as there are now so many different fashion tribes, let’s first have a look at all of the varied options in flared jeans!

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1. High waists & varied lengths

The shape and size of the flare vary tremendously in the new varieties, and there’s an ultra-trendy new selection of lengths, including three-quarter and seven-eighths. But in the mainstream styles the length should cover your shoes, so your legs look longer. Best of all, high-waist jeans are back and that’s good news for every woman.

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Super High-Waisted Flare Jean

A high waist can work wonders by emphasizing your waist and skimming over a plump stomach. Low-waist jeans really only look good on women with slender figures, but high-waist fashion clothes improve everyone’s figure.

2. Best flare jeans for plus sizes

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Curvy Super High Waisted Flare Jeans

If your figure is pear-shaped and you have curvy hips, you are going to love wearing your new flared jeans! Look for styles that have a flare that starts at the mid-point of your thigh, and this will balance your shape beautifully. In addition, try on some jeans that flare out from the knee to see how they balance your figure. And high-waisted flares, worn with high heels, will lengthen your overall silhouette and minimize your hips.

Short women should avoid the much wider bell-bottom jeans, as they change your proportions to look short and wide, which is not flattering at all. Loose fit jeans are a big trend this year and so flares are often cut looser now than they were in the past.

3. Different flare jeans styles

High-Waisted Artist® Flare Jean

The two basic differences are the point where the flared section begins. This can be either the hip or the knee and it makes a lot of difference to how your figure looks wearing them. But there’s also the ‘wide-cut’ jean, which has a full flare starting from the waist. Full flare jeans – have extremely wide legs with the width starting right from the waist. They are roomy and comfortable and suit slim and not so slim women. This style is available in cropped or full-length jeans.

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Mid-Rise Flare Stretch Jean

Hip flares are the most authentic shape and one of the most popular, trendy options, especially as they tend to slim broad hips. Knee flares fit like generic jeans around the waist and hips, but start their flare at the knee and look more like the original style of bell-bottom jeans.

4. New types of flared jeans

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70s Flare Jean

Cropped culottes/flares end at the shin and the flare can be subtle or exaggerated.

• Authentic retro flares have the three main style points of the original 70’s flared jeans, which are a flattering high-waist, the flare starting from the hips and a wide flare that covers the shoes completely.
• Skinny flares are close-fitting jeans with a lower flare that starts just above the ankle.
• Asymmetric flares are extremely fashionable and have an uneven or textured bottom edge and a length short enough to show the shoes.

5. Stylish flared jeans colors

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Signature Ultra High Extreme Flare Jean – buy it here

The classic blue-jeans colors are all fashionable options from ice-blue to indigo. There are also plenty of discolored and degraded color patterns used to create new and original color effects this season. White, gray and black flared jeans look great in the cooler months and match fashionably with trendy jackets, coats and boots.

And designer fashion collections are producing flares in a new range of soft shades, including romantic dusky pink, mustard, fresh mint green and vivid colors including lively red. These are going to be the high fashion flared jean colors in the warmer months, as well as orange, burgundy, purple, pinks and khaki shades. Teamed with a white top or shirt you’ll have a simple, trendy look!

6. Textures and end fringes on flared jeans

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High Rise Flare Stretch Jean

Rips and cuts are not going to appear on flared jeans, as it’s time to leave rips behind and embrace a new look. However, the flared jeans have always had their own authentic decorative ideas, like raw-edge bottoms, inserts of flowery ‘granny-print’ fabric to make the flares wider and sewing on your own square patches of fabric.

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Some jeans have lacing on the ‘flies’ instead of a regular zip. But there will be a ‘less is more’ vibe to the new jeans, after years of diamond-studded and over-decorated jeans, minimalism is starting to become popular. These are some of the decorative details on offer right now:

• Raw bottom edge made into a scruffy fringe and black leather jacket
• Double-denim in matching blue
• Boho individuality
• Large patch-pockets in contrasting fabric
• Uneven cut bottom edges
• Floral fabric inserts/patches
• Embroidery in different styles is also a trendy detail on flared jeans for a classy look.

7. What to wear with flared jeans

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You can choose between tight-fitting tops, vests, sweaters and shirts or just the opposite! It all depends on your body shape, but the good news is that tight and oversized clothes are trendy this year!