Linen and linen-mix trousers used to be fairly wide in the leg. This season there are tapered ones in the shops and I have bought some for the summer. I too think I prefer the looseness of the ones with wider legs. Being fairly short, they can be a bit too flappy though! Need a happy medium!
Now if only they will stop making T shirts and most trousers out of that horrible stretchy fabric.
I used to buy cotton trousers with a bit of stretch years ago - now the shops are full of fairly heavy-weight stiff trouser, which do stretch but are sticky on the legs and tend to work their way down during the day because of their weight. I have to wear a belt with them and feel trussed up. That is a fabric and trend I hope dies out soon. Lighter-weight trousers for me please! (I live in cotton/linen trousers or light jeans in summer months.)