I went to a bday party last year and every single mom there was in skinny jeans. Except me. I was in my old faithful bootcuts. But I got a pair of skinnies right after that party. DH and I call them my mom jeans. Lol.
See, I think boot cut is probably the same as skinny, but not as stylish. They can be, but they are not really made for summer shoes. Boots for them aren't usually my choice for summer wear.
See, I think boot cut is probably the same as skinny, but not as stylish. They can be, but they are not really made for summer shoes. Boots for them aren't usually my choice for summer wear.
I feel like boot cut jeans require more thought. They really are made for boots and booties. Otherwise, they kind of don't look good. And when I see them with sandals, they are usually too long which grates on my damned nerves. If you are stepping on the back of your jeans, I will judge you.
See, I think boot cut is probably the same as skinny, but not as stylish. They can be, but they are not really made for summer shoes. Boots for them aren't usually my choice for summer wear.
I feel like boot cut jeans require more thought. They really are made for boots and booties. Otherwise, they kind of don't look good. And when I see them with sandals, they are usually too long which grates on my damned nerves. If you are stepping on the back of your jeans, I will judge you.
You would hate me, I am too lazy to get my ass to a tailor. Frayed back of jeans, party of 1 checking in.
I feel like boot cut jeans require more thought. They really are made for boots and booties. Otherwise, they kind of don't look good. And when I see them with sandals, they are usually too long which grates on my damned nerves. If you are stepping on the back of your jeans, I will judge you.
You would hate me, I am too lazy to get my ass to a tailor. Frayed back of jeans, party of 1 checking in.
I have a few pairs of jeans I specifically wear to destroy the hem because I love the fact that I have some long enough I can do that with. Usually they also have ripped knees and stuff too.
Post by Velar Fricative on Aug 24, 2014 19:28:36 GMT -5
I don't know, man. There was nothing stylish about skinny jeans in the 90s. It was bootcut/flares or nothing. Seriously, you just left your house pantsless if you didn't wear flared jeans. I don't classify skinny jeans as a classic style...yet.
But what the hell do I know lol. I'm finally making another appearance in this thread because we're stopping at the outlets on the way home tomorrow.
Post by Velar Fricative on Aug 24, 2014 19:31:44 GMT -5
Oh and count me in as another person who happily destroys my hems if my pants are too long. I rarely get to enjoy too-long pants. Don't deprive me of that joy!!!!
Post by lasagnasshole on Aug 24, 2014 19:44:31 GMT -5
Boot cut 4lyfe!
Honestly, my boot cut jeans look damn close to straight leg jeans on me because my hips are so big. They balance me.
Skinny jeans look great on a lot of people, but I am not one of them. The last time I tried some on, I almost cried in the dressing room. They just look like casings that have been overstuffed with the sausage meat of my thighs. It just highlights how huge my thighs. I consider my not wearing skinny jeans to be a public service.
So... I'm a mom. Does everything I wear suddenly become out of fashion because I'm wearing it while acknowledging my role as a parent? Just so I"m clear.
Skinny jeans go with converse style shoes. But other than that I don't wear jeans with sneaker type shoes usually.
I also don't hike or go on long walks so I don't really have a reason to wear that combo. A few years ago I had some pumas I wore with jeans and I wore those with a boot cut or flare.
I don't know, man. There was nothing stylish about skinny jeans in the 90s. It was bootcut/flares or nothing. Seriously, you just left your house pantsless if you didn't wear flared jeans. I don't classify skinny jeans as a classic style...yet.
But what the hell do I know lol. I'm finally making another appearance in this thread because we're stopping at the outlets on the way home tomorrow.
And when I think of Audry Hepburn, I think of cigarette pants, not skinny jeans.
Yeah in my second post about this I clarified that I was referencing the cut and included pants when I mentioned Audrey. Some of the pairs of skinny jeans during this recent trend when it got going were the joe jean's cigarrete style jeans. They may have changed the style name but they were one of the first pairs I bought for this current trend. I think the dark wash skinny jeans are a very similar cut and will always be stylish much like cigarette pants.
I don't doubt some of the washes or specific styles will go out but the dark wash skinny jeans will always be a classic - that's what I'm referring to. That said I don't think there is any danger of the other styles going out anytime soon since they are still everywhere. Last year there were several articles about flares being "in" yet skinny jeans were still more widely available and featured much more in fashion magazines and stores. Same for this year with what I've seen so far.
The fashion industry is panicking. They very much depend on being able to sell women entirely new wardrobes like clockwork and at the moment, they're having trouble prying those damn skinny jeans from our hands.
No need to feel too bad for merchants, however, they are having some luck the Business of Fashion points out in a story originally run by Bloomberg. In the past 12 months ending in June, sales of women's pants have grown thanks to all that new looser, normcore-inspired denim on the market. But even as women may be embracing this loser fit, they are still loving their skinny jeans.
Three years ago, clothing merchants tried to snuff out the trend with an innovation called flares. Women kept right on buying their skinnies. Now, chains from mass market Gap Inc. to luxury-leaning Bloomingdale's are trying again with looser styles. Gap's answer: dressy sweat pants. By innovation, I assume they mean throwback.
With this pushing of the fancy sweatpants, they're trying out another tactic for taking all your money by emphasizing comfort and versatility.
Busy women want clothes they can wear to yoga and work, said Nancy Green, Athleta's general manager.
"Women don't want to change five times a day," she said. Do we want to do that though? And in what scenario are you changing five times a day? You wear your work pants to work, change into your yoga pants for yoga and then go home and throw on some sweats and call it a day.
Another question: When did "skinny jeans" come to mean tight and uncomfortable? Sure, they can have a slim fit, but so did bootcut jeans, no? Can't you just buy a pair of looser cut jeans with a skinny leg opening? Am I the only one thinks this? Am I overthinking this? (Probably.)
Since retailers were able to get women to buy $108 yoga pants, they're hoping they can push both dressy sweatpants and looser jeans. In doing so, they're banking on a multiplier effect where you end up buying all new clothing to go with your new jeans.
New fashion trends, when they catch on, have a multiplier effect because women are forced to buy new shoes, blouses, jackets and so on. That's what happened with skinny jeans, when women began buying a lot of boots, including Uggs, because they could fit their jeans inside them. I hear that over the knee boots are going to be big this fall, so we'll see how well that look works out with our new, less skinny jeans.
The retailers should have asked me - skinny jeans will never die. They're versatile, flattering and stylish so of course people want to keep them. I think they are far more versatile than most other cuts.