Okay, so lots of you ladies can apparently rock skinny jeans and look fantastic, but they were NOT built for my body. By my count, skinny jeans have been in fashion for at least 7 or 8 years (I can remember buying a pair in grad school at what I thought was the beginning of the trend) -- isn't it time for them to go out of style?!
Anyone else ready to say adios to skinny jeans?
grapefruit / 4079 posts
Yes! They make my hips look even widers! I only like them for boots.
blogger / nectarine / 2687 posts
nope. i love 'em! 
i especially love tucking them into boots or how they look with ballet flats!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Yes please! I have some big thighs & hips, and they just looks ridiculous on me. It annoys my DH that half the jeans in the men's section are 'skinny' or 'modern.' He has GREAT legs, but they sure as heck aren't gonna fit into those skinny jeans lol!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I think too many people wear them inappropriately. You have to have nice legs and not too wide hips to wear them without boots, I think. I have some only to be worn with boots over them, otherwise I think they make my hips look so wide and unflattering-- and I don't even think I have wide hips! That said, I do love them under knee high boots with a long loose cardigan or something.
I'm totally ready for the men's skinny jeans trend to go away though!
grapefruit / 4669 posts
I like them! And I'm fairly curvy on bottom; wouldn't have worn them when the trend first arrived but now I'm down. I like that skinny jeans never drag on the ground and they're way easier to tuck into boots.
nectarine / 2705 posts
@Mrs. Cowgirl: I'm with you!
@Foodnerd81: Men should never wear skinny jeans. That's just wrong.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
I actually just started liking them last year and am not ready to part with them yet!! Especially because I just got 4 new pairs recently
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I love them but I only wear them with boots, and I'm built very narrow
pineapple / 12053 posts
i love them because i'm short and wider pants make me look chubbier than i am.
honeydew / 7488 posts
I like the skinny jean look but just wish there was a way to avoid the dreaded muffin top...
bananas / 9973 posts
I'm a total skinny jeans fan and have been since they came out. Probably because I'm kind of short and like @tororojo: I like that they don't drag on the ground. One hem length and I can wear them with flats, boots, and heels! And I like flowy tops, so it always goes well together for me personally.
Wide leg jeans on the other hand... a trend that is REALLY hard for me to pull off, but ALWAYS looks good on tall gals!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I love skinny jeans! Can't wait to say goodbye to baby flab so I can wear them again
pomelo / 5321 posts
@Mrs. Tricycle: I'm with you! They are not made for my body either. I am so ready for them to go. It's impossible to find jeans these days!
pomegranate / 3383 posts
Noooo....never!!! I'd be left pant-less if skinny jeans went out of style!
coconut / 8475 posts
NEVEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR! (ok so it may be awhile before I look good in them again...but I promised them i'd be back to wear them soon)
pear / 1787 posts
Yes, because they are absolutely terrible for my body type and it's really hard to find non-skinny jeans. I have big hips and thighs so they do not work for me at all. It's nice to hear other ladies feel the same way! I also wish something besides jeans tucked into tall boots would come back in style, because that doesn't work for me either.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
OMG NOOOOOO!!!!
at first I hated them because I grew up with conservative friends who wore dreaded tapered leg mom jeans (high schoolers!!)... so they seemed similar to them.. but I warmed up to them and now I cannot imagine anything different!
I love ponte pants that are a little more forgiving - I even wore them while pregnant! love that they fit at any inseam, rolled or long. Love with boots, flats, toms, boat shoes, heels etc. love love looooove
Oh, and I definitely have hips and curves but I will totally sport the skinny jeans anyhow - be proud of your shape ladies!
GOLD / squash / 13576 posts
I can't wear skinny jeans. I got athletic thighs from years of playing tennis and skinny jeans don't look right on me.
apricot / 305 posts
Nope. I'm really behind on the trend- I finally bought my first pair this past spring and now I'm in love with them.
blogger / pear / 1964 posts
Oh man, all you skinny jeans girls are gonna keep this trend alive! I'm never going to feel in truly "in style" with my bootcuts and wide legs. Sigh. Maybe some day (though, at 38 weeks and 38 new lbs, some day seems very, very far away).
pomegranate / 3160 posts
As I just finish up a box of Velveeta shells and cheese...yes. Yes I am.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
There's no way I can wear skinny jeans now! I rocked them for a couple years in grad school when I was skinny... now, I'd look ridiculous.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
I really only started wearing them like 2-3 years ago...my rule is the shirt has to cover my butt and my crotch. I still wear my trusty long and leans though.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
I hated them in the 80s (but totally wore leggings exclusively until 1998) and then I got a few in 2010 and decided I liked them. One wore out and I'm waiting for the other to wear out. I am ready to be done with them.
(I am actually wearing them now. They do not flatter my body even though I'm fairly small.)
And low rise.... those have been in since 2001? Will those ever go away?
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I think I look better in regular bootcut jeans, but jeggings are soooo comfy!!
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Yes! Send them away! Not only are my thighs too big for them, so are my calves. I have freakishly huge calf muscles and most the time the skinny jeans won't go over them.
coconut / 8854 posts
Yes! Big thighs and wide hips does not let me look anywhere near decent in skinny jeans...
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Love them!! I only wear skinny pants/jeans now!! But I am very much not curvy... I am very square-ish.
clementine / 930 posts
@pastemoo: I so hear you on the low rise! I mean, I don't want high waisted pleat front mom jeans, but do butt cracks and thing whale tails have to show? And now short shirts are coming back in style. It's a muffin top nightmare!
I am ready to be done with skinny jeans. I'm a bigger person and I think I look terrible in them but its almost impossible to find non-skinny jeans!
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
I actually love them! I'm short & chubby, and probably look ridiculous in them, but I really don't care.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Yes! I don't think they suit most people (including myself)...when I first saw them I thought- hopefully this trend only lasts a year or two...nope!
clementine / 943 posts
Ugh, this trend needs to die. I only like them with boots- otherwise, I have hips and thighs, so they look wrong on me.
And sorry girls, but contrary to that Old Navy commercial, skinny jeans do NOT look good on every body type. Just because they fit doesn't mean you should wear them....I will stick to my boot cuts and wide legs, which actually look amazing on me since they help elongate my legs.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I just started getting into them so I would be sad if they went already! Plus I love them tucked into boots.
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