The last time I wore jeans a lot was about 15 years ago, and it was all about the boot cut, but I've just emerged from many years of leggings and wanted proper jeans again. I've tried skinnies but I just don't love them on me and I have a lot of surgical scars on one leg, and the tight/heavier duty fabric really irritates them. Jeggings do the same. I did have one pair I loved, but they were so well worn and washed they'd become as soft as leggings. They met an unfortunate end with a bottle of bleach so I'm on a jeans hunt. Given I don't want to go down the boot cut route again, I've been trying on straight leg, but they seems massive on the thighs, and just a bit baggier than I expected. There seems a lot of fabric, somehow. Is this how they are meant to sit and it just feels odd after leggings? I couldn't go smaller round the waist or hips, but they seem to make my thighs look a bit jodhpur-ey with extra fabric. Do you have to be very slim for straight leg? Also (have I shrunk?!?), at 5 foot 7 they all seem very long. Should I roll them up or take them to a dressmaker to have them properly shortened or simply hack the bottom two inches off (they aren't otherwise distressed)?
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How are straight leg jeans supposed to sit?
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ilovecherries · 30/04/2017 09:37
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