Basic Definition

Wide leg jeans have the opening of a slight flare from the thighs to hem.
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History

The popularity of the wide leg jeans started in the mid to late 1990s when people started looking for an alternative style to the boot-cut and flare jeans. The entire length of the wide leg jeans is different from bootcut jeans or flare jeans since this leg contains a wide opening circumference whereas flare or bell-bottom jeans flare out below the knee.
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Style Advice

Wide leg jeans and boyfriend jeans are the antithesis of the popular skinny jeans. The trick to wearing these jeans is to keep everything else you wear besides the jeans fitted. Unless you want to look like you’re wearing a jean tent, avoid pairing it with a loose top.

Important when shopping for wide leg jeans: make sure that the jeans are wide/tight in the right places.

Rock Wide leg jeans! Check out our guide to Wearing Women’s Wide Leg Jeans
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Works Best For

Typically wide leg jeans are most flattering on slimmer figures. We recommend these body types:

*The leg opening of the wide leg jeans for the Tall and Slender will only enhance your long legs.
*The leg opening of the wide leg jeans for Pear shapes will keep your large hips and small waist proportioned to your lower body.
*The leg opening of the wide leg jeans for Hourglass shapes will enhance your defined waist and shapely legs.
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See Also

Trouser jeans
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References

Wide leg jeans- Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_leg_jeans

image of Salma Hayek courtesy of http://www.denimology.com/2009/11/salma_hayek_wearing_jeans.php
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