A woman wearing cut-off jeans and a halter-neck sun top in St Tropez, 1972. (Photo by Roy Jones/Getty Images)

A young woman models a pair of hot pants, 1975. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

A visitor to St Tropez wearing star patterned flared jeans, 1972. (Photo by R. Jones/Getty Images)

English actress Jane Birkin enjoys a sun-soaked holiday on the Cote d'Azur, 16th July 1973. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American actor and singer Bing Crosby (1904 – 1977) with his sons Gary, Phillip, Dennis and Lindsay, circa 1948. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A model wears buttoned flared trousers with a matching waistcoat-styled top at a preview of the “Miss Levi” spring collection, Sonesta Tower Hotel, London. 14th September 1971. (Photo by Mike Lawn/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Scottish actor Sean Connery, best known as Secret Agent 007 in the James Bond films, sets off for a game of golf. 29th August 1962. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone/Getty Images)

Hell's Angels relaxing at the Bardney Pop Festival in Lincolnshire. 29th May 1972. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

A woman stands confidently on the banks of a river, sporting a flared denim suit over a white polo-neck jumper. 27th February 1974. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

English actor and writer Dirk Bogarde (1921 – 1999), circa 1955. (Photo by Baron/Getty Images)

A man wearing a studded denim jacket bearing the words “Express Killers” attends a Teddy Boy convention in Zurich, 1962. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Teacher Alison Falconer supervises a class of boys in the new American-style co-educational school in Bushey Park, Twickenham, Middlesex. It provides boarding accommodation and education for the children of American servicemen living in England, and includes a baseball pitch amongst its facilities. 10th October 1952. (Photo by Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images)

A woman standing next to a teddy-boy sells leather belts at the Rock n' Roll Festival, Wembley Stadium, 1972. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

A group of American teenagers wearing denim, circa 1955. (Photo by Pavelle Jacobs/Three Lions/Getty Images)

German countess, supermodel and actress Vera von Lehndorff, known professionally as Veruschka, wearing a denim jacket and jeans, September 1970. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)