The Prevalence And Significance Of Bell Bottoms

Bell bottoms, modern trousers.

The so-called bell bottoms are named after their trouser legs are shaped like trumpets.

Its characteristics are: low waist short crotch, tight buttocks; trouser legs are narrow and wide, gradually open from below the knee, the size of trousers is obviously larger than the size of the knees, forming a trumpet shaped.

In terms of structure design, on the basis of western trousers, the crotch is slightly shorter, and the relaxation of the buttocks is properly reduced, so that the buttocks and the middle crotch (near the knees) fit well, and the trousers can be enlarged from the knees.

According to the degree of amplification of trousers, bell bottoms can be divided into bell bottoms, bell bottoms and miniature bell bottoms.

Bell bottoms are mostly covered in length.

The length of the surface.

The loudspeaker's trouser leg is slightly larger than the middle crotch, about 25 centimeters.

The top of the loudspeaker's trouser leg is over 30 centimeters, and the broom is sweeping the floor after wearing it.

Historical development

Bell bottoms are said to have been invented by Western sailors.

Sailors work on the deck, because the water splashes into the boot, so they think of the way to change the shape of the trouser legs, and cover their boots with wide trousers to avoid splashing.

In 1960, it became the fashion of the United States. Later, Elvis pushed the bell bottoms to the peak of fashion, and then spread to Japan and Hong Kong and Taiwan.

With the popularity of Japanese and Hong Kong and Taiwan films in the mainland of China, it has swept the mainland.

Bell bottoms are popular in China since the late 1970s.

In the early 1980s, bell bottoms were a fashion that was invincible. It was called the first adventure of China's fashion industry.

In 2008, the revival of domestic goods, which started by the Internet, brought bell bottoms to the forefront of fashion.

Background of the times

People in China before 70 and 80s twentieth Century.

The style is extremely monotonous, especially for men's clothing.

At that time, men's clothing in cities was only made of Mao style uniforms, Nakayama Ki, jackets and so on. Trousers were only about one big and fat straight trousers.

In 1977, the young people finally entered the entrance examination room, and realized the value of knowledge from the fair talent selection.

Their hearts are as colorful as the universe, but their clothes are still the blue, black, gray and green colors.

"National defense green" and "blue ant" monopolize the vision of Chinese people. The monotonous style of clothing also suppresses the individuality of every young person.

The meaning of bell bottoms

In 1978, the word "truth" began to become sacred in the land of China.

People are aware of the beauty of everyday life in the infancy of truth.

Truth gives wisdom and gives people courage to seek beauty.

At this time, the trumpet trousers have entered the field of vision, and it has a popular name, like the youth declaration that is read aloud to the times, like the banner of people yearning for individuality and freedom.

It swept all over the world.

Epidemic causes

The emergence of bell bottoms is inevitable.

The leading fashion trend has always been dominated by young people.

Influenced by overseas films, people quietly released their trouser legs, reflecting a rebellious character of the young people in the post Cultural Revolution era.

In the first year of reform and opening up 1978, some young people no longer suppressed their personality and dared to break through tradition. When these students with rebellious psychology walked into the campus wearing a bell bottomed trousers, they broke into more people's sight.

Some of the rich students are tailored to some tailor shops, and the students who are not in the right condition refitted themselves with their old trousers.

Wearing these trousers is the most fashionable thing in the world for them.

Epoch significance

The social significance of bell bottoms is that people used to have only

Without fashion, the appearance of bell bottoms has subverted the stereotypes of Chinese clothing for decades.

It has become the young young people's initial challenge to the Chinese aesthetic habits. Although the beginning challengers are only a handful, it is the challenge of these few people that quietly changes the aesthetic standards of people's dress at that time, and expands the vision of all people in a subtle way, melting people's conservative ideas.

The appearance of bell bottoms reflects the agitation of China at that time and reflected the rebellious mentality of young people in that era.

After that, China experienced reform and opening up, from the clothes worn by "bad people" to the trend of fashion in the early twenty-first Century, and witnessed that bell bottoms gradually became the symbol of fashion.

Bell bottoms not only freeze the history of an era, but also engrave countless people's most simple and truthful memories about the beginning of reform.