She has a knack for turning what she wears into common street fashion.

I love Kate's style...but please no flares!!!
(although her ones in that pic are ok :O)

lets be realistic... they are so much more flattering on our legs with a pair of heels... dont get me wrong i LOVE my skinnysand rarely wear anything else, but a bit of a boot cut/flair also can look very sexy!

Agreed, as far as flares/boot cuts in women's denim go, I think they're best when paired with a heel.

However, what with the recent Foho trend, it wouldn't be too far off the mark to see flares making a comeback.

ye wen i saw flares i was like ahhh but those are not bad... they are not too flarey :P

I still love skinnys but I think i might be persuaded by something a bit different, skinny cut has been around for a while now

I never used to be able to find good jeans... until skinny came in. I'd be upset to see skinnys go. Flared / bootcut look amazing on a lot of girls, but for me I always find that they're either too loose or too tight on the hips; and they stretch more around the waist and fall down as a result (whereas skinny jeans don't fall down because they're tight everywhere else.)

I'm happy for jeans that are skinny / fitted for the most part but with a bell shape at the bottom. I think that's a good balance.

I'll just add to that that I do think it's quite likely that the shapes and cuts of bootleg / flared jeans will have improved since the skinny jeans trend to be more well fitted. I will be interested to see if that's the case.

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Generally speaking, I believe jeans are most flattering when you have a degree of vertical symmetry above/below the knee- that is why "skinny" jeans create the effect of short legs on bulkier builds and excessive flaring appears very odd.

Swings from one extreme to the other eh!

More sightings of them