Bell-bottoms are trousers that become wider from the knees downwards. Related styles include flare, loon pants and boot-cut/leg trousers. Hip-huggers are bell-bottomed, flare, or boot-cut pants that are fitted tightly around the hips and thighs worn by men and women. Note: In Britain, bell bottoms only refers to the sailors' trousers. In the 1960s they were known as flares or loons. Naval origins Bell-bottoms' precise origins are uncertain. In the early nineteenth century, very wide pants ending… (More on Bell-bottoms)