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		technothrasher on Jan 5, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Counterculture legend who invented bell-bottom jea... My immediate thought when I read the title of this thread was, "What? The US Navy invented bell-bottomed jeans." But I see it is just the headline here on HN that gets it wrong. The actual article pointed to credits her with the origin of the 1960-70's popular craze, not the invention.

superfunny on Jan 5, 2025 [–]

Did the US Navy invent bell-bottom JEANS or bell-bottom pants? Were the version from the US Navy made of denim?

ChrisMarshallNY on Jan 5, 2025 | [–]

I believe so.

Probably pics out there. They had them as jeans in the late 1960s, when I was visiting a warship.

[UPDATED TO ADD]

Looks like they used to be jeans: https://nara.getarchive.net/media/right-enlisted-dungaree-un...

Now they wear Navy camo as work uniforms: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/US-Navy-Uniforms/Un...

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