Cynthia struts into Marcy’s Nap Area grooving to a Bee Gees song, pretending she is John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.
Cynthia: In keeping with the groovy ’70’s theme we’ve got going on lately, I thought I would mention that flared jeans are EVERYWHERE right now, Marcy! I am way cool.Cynthia starts to dance the hustle, waving her disco ball in the air.
Marcy: Yeah, in your dreams, Cindy. Now get that disco ball out of my face
Cynthia (hustle dancing): It’s true. Bells are back, Baby!Marcy: You mean you are actually and truly on trend right now? Prove it.
Cynthia: Well, first off – look at one of our favorite bloggers- Jenni of GnomeLover – in flares. She has perfected the modern day easy breezy California Girl look that Christie Brinkley made so popular back in the ’70’s.
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| Jenni of Gnomelover in Flares |
Marcy (sighing): She’s so pretty.
Cynthia: I know. And funny. And sweet. And a super talented writer.
And look at another favorite blogger – Roxy of Effortless Anthropologie – in flares. Love her New York take on bells. Super cool.
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| Roxy of Effortless Anthropologie in Flares |
Marcy (gasping): She’s hot.
Cynthia: I know. And chic. And fiercely intelligent and driven. She’s THE definitive resource on all things Anthropologie.
And here’s my first ever blogger I discovered years ago. The cheeky and stylish everygirl – Kendi of Kendi Everday – in flares.
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| Kendi of Kendi Everday in Flares |
Marcy: She is sooooo cute.
Cynthia: I know! Love her. Her blog is super famous.
Even celebrities are wearing flares like crazy.
Marcy: Yeah, what?Cynthia (triumphantly): So I know what the moral of this story is.
Cynthia: If you stubbornly wear an item of clothing for years and years, risking ridicule and taunts and family members who won’t walk down the street with you – eventually the tide will turn and you will be “IN”. Ha!
Cynthia resumes dancing the hustle with her disco ball.
Marcy: I still won’t walk down the street with you. I’m a cat. Not a stupid dog.
11 Comments
Aaaaawwww…everybody looks so cute! Much better than skinnies.
How many inches wide should an official flare be? Mine are 20" at the bottom, but this is probably a sad-attempt flare.
Oh, I think you are fine. Surely a 20" counts as a flare. It is at least a bootcut which I always consider a flare anyway. The jeans I am wearing in the pic are only 22". I really hope skinnies go away soon.
xo,cynthia
Thank you so much Cynthia! I appreciate it! Those flares of yours are killer. I love them. You look so chic and gorgeous. I cannot believe you braved the wrath of Marcy and went into HER sunspot! You are gorgeous AND brave!
I loved all of the other pictures of the bloggers. I want Kendi's entire look. And Roxy looks hot! : ).
Thanks again! You made my night. I might dream of flared jeans. Ehat a wonderful dream that would be!
Jenni
Thank you for letting me use your fabulous photo! Love it!
I am always bugging Marcy in her sunspot. It's just too much fun to annoy her a little when she is so relaxed. She secretly loves the attention.
xo,cynthia
These are all great flared looks, especially yours! I've tried this look myself but I'm not gazelle-like enough to pull it off.
No way, Lisa! You would look fantastic in flares! Seriously.
xo,cynthia
You ladies can definitely rock the bells! Cynthia, that outfit is really pretty and I love the soft pink of the blouse.
I love Disco too so I can relate to rocking out with groups like Earth Wind and Fire, etc.
Stacey
Yay for us disco loving gals! Sometimes I feel like I am the only one who likes disco. I don't care! Give me some Bee Gees and Donna Summer and I just get happy!
Btw, the blouse is the Estrie Henley from Anthropologie.
xo,cynthia
You look great in those flares. I also never took to wearing skinny jeans, and I hope that the obviously superior style of widelegs is really back 🙂 – not so much to be in style, but so that I can actually have choices when shopping! BTW I also really like your pink shirt, I took a peek at the reviews on Anthro's website and several people commented that the top shrunk 2 sizes after washing – would you mind commenting if you had a similar experience?
Hi Anna,
Thank you! And thank you so much for stopping by and commenting. Yay for the comeback of widelegs!
I have washed my pink shirt a few times already. I hand washed it in cold water in the sink using Woolite. It has not shrunk. However, I do have the previous version of this shirt from last year and it DID shrink a little when I put it in the washing machine – not too horribly but enough so that I didn't want it to happen with my pink shirt.
Hope that is helpful! Oh – one of the drawbacks of the shirt is that it wrinkles very easily. But, I still love it.
xo,cynthia
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