bell-bottoms

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Recent Examples of bell-bottoms Also, wide-leg styles are having quite the moment, so don’t shy away from airy pleats or bell-bottoms. Catie Pusateri, Glamour, 17 June 2025 But much like those 1970s artifacts, the notion every other suburb needed a colossal shopping mall as its chief drawing card has gone the way of bell-bottoms and the corner Fotomat. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Fortunately, the fashion trend was tight bell-bottom jumpsuits. Mark Seliger, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025 Other trends include low-rise jeans, ballet flats, bell-bottoms and more. Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bell-bottoms
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bell-bottoms
blue jeans
Plural Noun
  • The irony here is that blue jeans are known as the working man and woman’s pants of choice.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The market will always grow, especially in blue jeans.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Bell-bottoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bell-bottoms. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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