Straight leg, wide leg, skinny jeans, flare, tapered leg, bell-bottoms. There are so many cuts of denim out in the fashion world but there is only cut that has stood the test of time. These jeans are of course the boot-cut jeans. I call them the happy median, and since when is a happy median a bad thing?
Boot-cut jeans were first introduced in 1990's. They originated as a less extreme version of the bell-bottom jean that was made popular in the hippie days. They also served as a backlash from the too tight jeans of the 1980's. It's kind of the fashion version of "what goes up, must come down"
Boot-cut jeans are easy to identify; in women's jeans they are tapered at the knee with a slight flare at the ankle to accommodate a boot. And for men they are loose and wide the whole way down. Boot-cut jeans are very flattering as they balance out most figures. If you are a bit heavy on top a boot cut with have you looking slim in no time.
These are jeans you just can't go wrong with. Let's say you are in a coma for 10 years and come out pretty much clueless. You can go into your closet and push aside the skinny, wide leg, bell-bottoms, and mom jeans -- just go right for the boot-cuts and people will be none the wiser. That is if you remember what boot-cut jeans are after waking from your 10 year coma.