I've often seen hose with ample cuffs and I like the way they look, though the ordinary traditional thing is fairly narrow cuffs, which can be seen on diced and tartan hose (which have a specific cuff width built in).
What I don't like is for the cuffs to look any narrower than that width, like these, which look a bit skimpy to me
This is what looks best to my eye; first a soldier
and now some vintage civilians
Flashes don't have anything to do with cuff length IMHO, for example the civilian gents above aren't wearing any. With my Cheviot hose the flashes are nearly covered, just a bit showing, which is fine with me.
Here's the cuff width usually built into diced hose
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