Like Sandpat, I used to love to have my jeans bell bottoms cover my shoes. I was pretty young in the 60's, but that style continued on into the 70's.
I now own several pairs of low rise jeans (used to be called hip huggers) that have large bell bottoms. I don't wear them as often as the more tame boot cut jeans, and mostly because I have a hard time finding shoes that I like to wear with bell bottoms - nothing beats the platform for that look!! And I can't wear platforms anymore. It's bad enough the heels I wear for work when I'm in my monkey suits...on my days that I dress more casually, I will NOT wear heels. It's tennis shoes (sneakers), flip flops or something very easy to slide into...