to donate all my old bootcut jeans to the charity shop?

[GrumpyOldBag]

will I ever wear them again?

will anyone else want them?

Please do, I buy them and sew them into nearly straight leg jeans

I think they will come back soon, in fact they are on their way, I'd leave it awhile.

Ooh you are clever DJ.

I was keeping them because I thought one day I will make a patchwork bedcover out of them. But i don't think it's going to happen.

Bluntness, but when they come back they will be subtly different in some way from before, No? And I will be instantly marked out as coming from a time warp if I wear them.

Please do! I have been resorting to buying them off ebay. I adore bootcut jeans because they make me look very nearly fabulous and accommodate my lardy muscular calves without falling down around my arse like skinnies and straight legs.

i've been wearing bootcut jeans for the last 20 years, am I missing something? (any other cut looks shit on me)

Pick the oldest pair and have a go! Buy a stitch ripper, turn them inside out and undo the easy seam (not the double seam).
Even if your sewing and hemming is dodgy, when you wear them its not noticable.

Huh??? I wore mine yesterday, people wear them all the time, they are still on sale all over the place

If they're size 16 I'll have them! After 10 years of wearing skinnies I realised last year I look bloody awful in them. I've just brought my second pair of bootcuts and I love them

I am 53, if that's relevant.

They are size 14.

keep them op they will come back and with a vengance, jeans always do.
Also I wouldn't care about subtle difference as then your style could be "vintage" which some top retail stores aim for when new fashions come in.

I have always regretted dumping any jeans I've ever owned, especially the ones I couldn't dream of getting past my knees then promptly dropped the weight and having no clothe's to fit.

I much prefer boot cut to straight, and i hate skinny jeans! I'm a size 18, i think boot cut just look better on my shape (Apple).
They even me out so im not like an upside down triangle. Flares are actually my favourite but finding them just doesn't happen! (and my dad moans i walk like shaggy from scooby doo)

I still wear bootcut jeans & purposely try to find this fit / style when buying new ones. Am I unknowingly stuck in the past?

Nope not relevant, my mam wears them at 61 and they still look lovely on her

Boot cut jeans are available to buy all over the place so someone must be wearing them!

Elle said they were coming back in, in May 2016. Did they go out again?

Eh, fashion, schmashion. Bootcut jeans fit my shape. I'd rather feel smart in something not "on-trend" than cringe at myself in something that's in. For examples of that phenomenon, see skinny jeans...

Do it. Boot cut jeans are the fugly devil.

I reckon all these people wearing skinny jeans at the moment will look back at photos in years to come and cringe. In much the same way those of us who were teenagers in the 80s cringed at the skintight jeans we used to wear. In my humble opinion, skinny jeans are not flattering on the majority of people. Bootcut jeans on the other hand are very flattering.

I couldn't give a monkey's what the current fashion is. I know what looks good and what doesn't. Bootcut rules. Hang on to them OP. In fact, wear them OP!

Nebulae we look back on everything we wear and cringe , just like home wear, hairstyles etc. I don't think anyone bases their outfit on wether or not they will still like it in 10 years time.

I prefer boot cut jeans. I think they flatter my shape much more than skinny jeans or even straight jeans.

If you don't want them and they're in decent condition then absolutely donate them to the charity shop.

I agree to an extent Spongebob but I'm not looking back at photos of me in bootcuts 10 years ago and cringing. I do think a lot of people wear stuff because it's "fashionable" rather than because they think they look good in it.

I look back at photos of me in bootcuts and cringe!!!

Still wearing bootcut and no intentions of stopping. Like many people straight jeans do absolutely nothing for me.

Nope. I'm not giving up my boot cuts for anyone.

I'm fat. But straight legs and skinnies make me look the size of a house. So happy you can now buy them near my natural waist and I'm not showing off my public hair with every step