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Bell bottoms were first mentioned around 1813 in reference to the uniforms of sailors in the US Navy. They were easy to remove over footwear and doubled as floatation assistance since the wide pant legs could trap air for a sailor who ended up in the brink.
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Where did the fashion of cuffed pants come from?
the pants come formm my mom In the 1700's women made the clothes for their family's. Sometimes when men went out to work in fields and later on in their offices, it would be raining and wet and muddy outside. So, the women folded the pant legs underneath and sewed them so that the bottom of their pants wouldn't get soaked and/or dirty.
Where does the word denim come from?
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Who invented jeans or pants?
Levi Strauss made pants or jeans
Who invented pants for the first time?
pants was invented in Persia for the first time.
How did saggy pants start?
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there pants that were in in like the hippie times and they have a wide flare at the bottom
What style of pants are bell bottoms?
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When bell-bottom pants became fashionable in the 1970s the demand curve for bell-bottoms?
shifted to thee right!
What is one word or a phrase to describe the 1970s?
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What type of clothes did they wear in 1970?
Bell bottom pants and very colorful shirts.
What clothes people wear on Soul Train?
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What is a flared handle racket?
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What fashion trend was originally designed to help overboard sailors?
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What do you wear for 60's apparel?
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What were some popular symbols in the 1970s?
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What kind of clothes did women wear in the 1960's?
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