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Adam Lambert is bringing the '70s back in bell-bottom jeans while out and about in New York City on June 25.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026 Wilson, known for her bell-bottom jeans, wore a dress from Oscar de la Renta with a train featuring elements of her signature pants, paired with white heeled cowboy boots.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 May 2026 The pull-on waistband hits around the belly button, and the slightly wide-leg sweatpant shape feels relaxed without veering into bell-bottom territory.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
8 Apr. 2026 The film’s amber light and ample bell-bottoms situate it firmly in the late 1970s, a time of repressive dictatorships and jittery paranoia, triggered by political malfeasance and instability across the world.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bell-bottoms