Claudia Winkleman is among high-profile women again popularising the trouser style once favoured by hippies
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n fashion currently, trouser shape firmly sit in two camps – skin-tight, as with the revival of skinny jeans, or ultra oversized and baggy. But, perhaps, there is a third way. Enter – once again – the flare.
The trouser shape, first popularised in the 70s and flirted with briefly five years ago, is back again in 2026. Resale app Depop says there has been a 30% increase in the searches for the style this month alone.
If they were initially worn by hippies and dropouts at Woodstock in the 60s, this latest moment takes its cue from high-profile women who might be described as “alpha”.
