Flares in the winter.

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I've had some great wear out of my dark blue flares in the summer with some wedge sandals.
What should I be wearing with them in the winter?

Hmmm, they will get soggy and flap at your ankles. I speak from experience

Mum boots. They're the only way you can wear flares in winter.

I will be wearing mine with boots that have a block heel, but they'll still probably get a bit soggy.

Mum boots? Flappy wet jeans? I'm going to look like a dick aren't I?

Yes but they will give you the thighs of a catwalk model.

Very very hard to pull off. I'm in the far north and got soaked the other day while wearing flares, platform clogs and a poncho. Looking into options that feature Goretex and welded seams

I really like flares but I think they're best kept as summerwear, unless you live in California.

Gosh! How did we manage our flares back in the days before skinny jeans? The dim and distant 70s, 80s and 90s. All of which meant flared or baggy trousers in one form or another. Wear high chunky heeled boots. No heel difference to the wedge sandals. Why would the trousers get wet in the winter? You don't have to wear them on a wet day! It's rained all of August anyway.

How did we manage? We got wet and soggy up to the knees, especially those of us who don't wear heels.

I am really torn on this because I know flares suit me better but OMG, skinnies are so much more practical.

How did we manage? We got wet and soggy up to the knees

I suspect that by this time next year, we'll all just be getting on with it. It took a good couple of years for skinnies to become truly mainstream and before then, I recall loads of anxst on fashion forums about how hard they were to wear. A couple of years later and nearly everyone was wearing them, no matter what they'd said before.

I remember that too with skinnies Magical. In fact I was one of those saying I would never wear them

Ugh I was so happy about getting back into flares (loving the effect on my chunky thighs) that I'd forgotten that I was on borrowed time weather-wise.
I remember the days of being soaked up to the knees. Bad times.

Yep, late adopter here too! I remember worrying that they were over when I finally started wearing them back in about 2005

I've got indigo ones for the winter which I will wear with block heeled boots. I. Hoping because they are dark no one will notice if they get a bit soggy. clutches at straws

I never stopped wearing them

Tend to keep them for dry days as I rarely do heels and like to wear them with retro-ish trainers. Wet days = skinnies and boots.