Blue jeans rage

[bwinter]

I'm quite tempted to fire off an angry e-mail or two to Glamour and Elle. They've been gushing for a year about how mid-to-high-waist skinny jeans are all the rage, with straight-leg being the other acceptable option, about how they flatter curves and should have angled pockets and thin stretch denim for best effect

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[hotbeast]

Już dawno nie widziałam w naszych sklepach spodni które pasowałyby mi jednocześnie w biodrach i w pasie. Kiedyś wyczaiłam i nosiłam gumowane dzinsy EASY lecz teraz za skarby nie dałabym sie namówić na założenie ich. Ale przynajmniej zaraz po praniu sprawiały wrażenie, że są w odpowiednich miejscach dopasowane. Jeszcze ONLY z Vero Moda były idealne, lecz z kieszonkami i było to dobre 10 lat temu :(. Rozumiem problem i łączę się w bólu strudzonych stóp i rosnącej irytacji. To nie żółta rasa nas zaleje, tylko ich produkty dla płaskich ludzików.

ah, that sucks.............

[dracschick]

I buy my clothes from JC Penney (store in US). They have old people's clothes that I like which doesn't subscribe to trends (like normal cut jeans).

[valancystar]

I feel for you, I think we're stuck in the same fashional backwaters... I haven't been able to buy jeans or trousers for two years because I simply won't buy the indecently low-rise ones. And it seems that all the jeans here are made for women who have a) stick-thin thighs, b) no hips, b) no ass, d) no waist. I'm pretty much the opposite, so there we go. Although for me, all of them are also too long at the inseam. I suppose it's easier than too short because it's easier to shorten than to lengthen, though.

[bwinter]

*nods* Stick-thin thighs are another thing. It's like only pre-teens are supposed to wear jeans. Though trust me, it's harder for the taller ones - my width is proportional to my height (UK size 12/14, which translates to euro 38 to 42 depending on sizing system and cut), and that often means that even if a shop makes jeans with 34-inch leg, I'm out of luck on sizes that accomodate my curves :/

[valancystar]

That's aggravating. Though I'm generally frustrated with my size because Finnish clothing stores simply don't believe in it. I'm about 34 on European sizes, and very often the sizes end at 36. Or if there is a 34, then it's probably made for the girls with stick-thin thighs and no hips so I can't fit into it. I'm not even all that curvy, but at the waist/hips region I'm pretty much normal, which apparently isn't a good idea.

I wonder who these clothes are made for. All my friends always have trouble finding clothes, and we come in a variety of sizes and shapes. I think the crucial problem is that we all have hips and thighs.

[bwinter]

That reminds me of the trouble we had finding trousers for fyrie - at KappAhl even the 34 were too big ;) (IIRC she ended up getting size 36 from H&M.)

Over here I do see a lot of women the average trousers are made for - more padding in front of their hips than where it's supposed to be, plus no waist to speak of - but I honestly don't know who the jeans are made for. Everyone I know complains about the thigh width.