![[flares with curved panels]](f/f13-8.gif)
It has been stated elsewhere that flare panels, or gores need not be simple triangular shapes (despite the etymology). Well, here's a pair of flares made with curved panels sewn into big curved slits. I think the picture demonstrates that the flareage is quite substantial, and the curvature does set these apart from other expanded flares you may see around and about.
These were originally a pair of cheap(ish!) trousers bought from a cheap shop in Liège (=Luik, =Lüttich, =Lîdje), Belgium (=Belgique, =België, =Belgien), but converted using another pair of 100BEF (about €2.5) trousers from the market. If this opportunity arises, make sure you get the biggest size you can for your money! It doesn't matter if the second pair doesn't fit - it's a cheap source of material. The remains left after the cutting were just a very small pair of kinky pants.
ETYMOLOGY: "Gore" derives from the Old English gar, meaning spear, which was originally used for the tapering pieces of land which result from having a large, not-quite-square field divided into strips. Later, it came to be used for a variety of things of that same, tapering shape, including pieces of material sewn in to garments to create flare. Gar also persists in some other modern words, notably "garlic", meaning spear-leek.