Bootcut is a trouser silhouette that hugs the hip and knee and, from the knee down, widens slightly to lie freely over footwear, especially boots (hence the name bootcut). It is a moderate, more restrained version of the flare: the widening here is barely perceptible and delicate rather than dramatic. Such a cut visually balances the figure, lengthens the legs and hides the volume of footwear, so it is considered one of the most versatile and 'proportional' trouser silhouettes. Bootcut was extremely popular in the 1990s and 2000s, and now returns to fashion cyclically. It is made mostly of denim, but of other fabrics too. Bootcut is a silhouette of balanced, versatile elegance, in which a slight widening at the bottom harmonises the figure's proportions, creating a slim, neat and invariably appropriate look.
