Are you ready for the return of flare jeans?

While skinny jeans reigned supreme in the 2010s, flare jeans, which were trendy in the 2000s, are making their way back into the fashion mainstream.

While flares aren’t as trendy as wide leg and straight leg jeans just yet, if you follow fashion, you know that they’re coming next. Low rise flares were huge in the 2000s, and everything Y2K is back, so we’re betting we’ll see a lot of them in the seasons to come.

To get you ready to rock the trend, here’s some background on flare jeans, tips on how to style them in this decade, and tons of flare jeans outfit ideas.

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The History Of Flare Jeans

Flare jeans date as far back as the early 19th century, when seafarers wore bellbottom trousers because they were easy to roll up for jobs like swabbing the deck. The style later became part of the official Royal Navy uniform.