[33girl]

Oh my gosh, I remember this one Winston ad from my childhood - the girl was wearing an orange tube top and lace up jeans and I just thought that was the HEIGHT of glamour and grown up-ness. You couldn't see the bottom of her jeans but you just KNEW they were the most gigantic bells you had ever seen in your life.

It took me a LONG time as an adult to buy anything flared in the least, and I really only did so because I couldn't find anything else. I still prefer just plain, straight leg Levi's to anything else. The ones I have seem to have shrunk while sitting in my closet though.

Oh, and while we did have the super duper skinny, zip at the leg jeans in the 80s - at least the zipper was more than an inch long!! I'm long waisted and low riders are hell for me. I can't wait till they're completely gone.