I have a questions for all you folks who

[wxcrazytwo]

wore bell bottoms in school. I had to wear them ONCE in junior high because my dad bought them. I hated them with so much passion. They were red bell bottoms. I get pissed off just thinking about them...

[azsnowman]

"Stayin' Alive!" Bee Gees, John Revolta, Ahhhhh yes...the DISCO bellbottom CRAZE!! YES....I wore BELL BOTTOMS and DANG proud of it TOO..............."NOT!"

Dennis

[vbhoutex]

I wore them too and proudly(at that time). So what is the question?

[wxcrazytwo]

I wore them too and proudly(at that time). So what is the question?

The question is did it piss you off having to wear them. I know it did me..

[azskyman]

Of course I wore bell bottoms. Burgundy courdoroy besides!!

[weathermom]

wxcrazytwo- I suspect you wore them much more recently than myself and the others who replied. At the time we wore them it was the style, along with a bunch of other things we wouldn't dream of wearing now. We chose to wear them, so no, we wouldn't have been pissed off about it.

[Amanzi]

I just got this mental image of Dennis and Steve in there groovey duds, bell bottoms, platform shoes and really pointy collars on there shirts. EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK make it stop....

LOL.. I think every generation has clothes they cringe at when they look back.

[wxcrazytwo]

wxcrazytwo- I suspect you wore them much more recently than myself and the others who replied. At the time we wore them it was the style, along with a bunch of other things we wouldn't dream of wearing now. We chose to wear them, so no, we wouldn't have been pissed off about it.

I wore them back in 1982. I was forced to wear them by pops..

[wxcrazytwo]

I take that, I last wore them in 1989-1991 while I was in the NAVY.

[bevgo]

I loved my bell bottom jeans!

[coriolis]

wxcrazytwo- I suspect you wore them much more recently than myself and the others who replied. At the time we wore them it was the style, along with a bunch of other things we wouldn't dream of wearing now. We chose to wear them, so no, we wouldn't have been pissed off about it.

I wore them back in 1982. I was forced to wear them by pops..

Bell Bottoms? An artifact of the 60's. I don't remember them coming back into style in the 80's. Was pop's a former hippie, clinging to the old ways?

[chicagopizza]

I have this picture when I was five of me wearing these bright red bellbottoms with this funky flowered dress over the top. Why my mom thought it was cute, I will never know!!!

The funny thing is, I have a pair of the newer version of bell bottom jeans in my closet that I wear ocassionally, but they are much more subdued and not nearly as wide as that pair - but I stay far away from funky flowered dresses!

[weathermom]

wxcrazytwo- I suspect you wore them much more recently than myself and the others who replied. At the time we wore them it was the style, along with a bunch of other things we wouldn't dream of wearing now. We chose to wear them, so no, we wouldn't have been pissed off about it.

I wore them back in 1982. I was forced to wear them by pops..

Wasn't the preppie thing in by then? Alligator shirts and stuff if I remember right. I can see where you wouldn't have been happy about it.

[wxcrazytwo]

wxcrazytwo- I suspect you wore them much more recently than myself and the others who replied. At the time we wore them it was the style, along with a bunch of other things we wouldn't dream of wearing now. We chose to wear them, so no, we wouldn't have been pissed off about it.

I wore them back in 1982. I was forced to wear them by pops..

Wasn't the preppie thing in by then? Alligator shirts and stuff if I remember right. I can see where you wouldn't have been happy about it.

Yeah, I only wore them once, then I transferred my clothes to alligator shirts and preppy sweaters and boater shoes...

[azskyman]

Not only did I want to wear the bell bottoms often, but I kept running out of butch wax to grease up my hair!!

I was in a band, you know. The Incidents is who we were...and after rethinking those days, perhaps The Accidents might have been more appropriate.

[Amanzi]

Not only did I want to wear the bell bottoms often, but I kept running out of butch wax to grease up my hair!!

I was in a band, you know. The Incidents is who we were...and after rethinking those days, perhaps The Accidents might have been more appropriate.

LOL... Steve, I have a photo of my dad with the "grease" look. I still tease him about it.

Oh.. bellbottom pants were "in" for awhile back in the earlyish '90's. Jeans were anyway.

[GrimReaper]

Do any of you remember bellbottoms being called "elephant pants"?? That's what I remember them as being called, and yes I had several pairs. Worn ofcourse with my platform shoes!! What a gross thought?! Now I wear straight legged Wranglers ONLY

[Kim_in_MN]

:roll: Do any of you remember bellbottoms being called "elephant pants"?? That's what I remember them as being called, and yes I had several pairs. Worn ofcourse with my platform shoes!! What a gross thought?! Now I wear straight legged Wranglers ONLY

Yup! I was in 7th - 8th grade when they were popular, so that would have been 1977 or '78. I remember spending all of my babysitting money on H*A*S*H jeans (yes, that was the brand name) and wanting new ones all of the time b/c the pockets had different stitching - I think I had 6-7 pairs (and that was a LOT of babysitting, since the jeans were $25 and I got 75 cents an hour).

Kim