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To not want skinny jeans

66 replies

BeautifulBirds · 05/03/2020 14:56

Just a rant really....

Sick to death of fecking skinny jeans.

Where can I find high waist wide leg jeans?

I have hour glass shape and thick legs. Skinny jeans are awful!

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Insideimsprinting · 05/03/2020 22:26

I'm a skinny Minnie and hate skinny jeans. They make my legs look awful like pins with knobbly knees. I get boot cut from next, their shape and lift I think they are called.

squeekums · 05/03/2020 22:26

I'm hunting for flares

faceoff.com.au/collections/product-category/face-off/denim-face-off/flare-denim-face-off

So comfy, well priced, they do ship international too
Only place I can buy good flares

Stormyjupiter · 05/03/2020 22:36

OMG, squeekmums, they are fab!

squeekums · 05/03/2020 22:48

They my go too for last decade and a half lol

Knowhowufeel2 · 05/03/2020 23:39

I bought some Next 'lift and shape' from a charity shop for a couple of pounds. They'd never been worn. They're a size 16 regular length. Normally I'm a size 14.
My waist is 32" and my hips are 43", but they fit perfectly. Really comfy and flattering too.

BeautifulBirds · 05/03/2020 23:50

Omg @squeekums.... These are amazing 👍
Thank you 😀

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BobbinThreadbare123 · 06/03/2020 06:15

Well hello flappy pants! I can now indulge my early 2000s fashion and soak up puddles with the bottom of my keks! Cheers squeekums!

Greenpolkadot · 06/03/2020 06:27

Skinny jeans are not for me. I look like Max Wall in a pair.
They're perfect though for skinny shapeless legs

dudsville · 06/03/2020 06:41

Lucy & Yak. High waisted sturdy Jean with dep pockets and plenty odd room for my hour glass bum and thighs

eaglejulesk · 06/03/2020 06:47

I hate skinny jeans with a passion, and have never owned a pair. Not in the UK so can't really be much help with where to buy, but I would look online and order a few pair so you can try them on at home rather than subject yourself to the horrors of a changing room. The mirrors in the ones here all seem designed to make people look decidedly odd!

Fr0g · 06/03/2020 06:49

uniqlo
I've recently discovered uniqlo, and fallen in love with everything i've bought, from socks and pants to jackets, jeans & trousers. Wore my first pair of non-skinny jeans in years yesterday, and wondered why I'd ever succumbed!

Figgygal · 06/03/2020 06:53

Also suggest next I hate skinny’s too and got some bootcut there last week

Glitterblue · 06/03/2020 07:58

I love Next for jeans. I don't have the figure for skinny jeans and I like high waisted jeans - love being comfy!! I always get high waisted ones in Next, just sort of regular style rather than flared or anything but I did see flared ones when I was in there last weekend. I don't know what the waist situation was on them but worth investigating!

Damntheman · 06/03/2020 08:37

I feel you! Skinny jeans are ok for me, but I don't want to be ONLY wearing skinny. I miss the wider choice! It's getting better in Norway now at least.. but finding a midrise bootcut is absolute murder.

Noooblerooble · 06/03/2020 08:40

Op it sounds very likely you have lipoedema. It's worth a Google. It can leave you with a much slimmer torso than your lower half.

PARunnerGirl · 06/03/2020 08:41

Right now is a GREAT time to buy jeans! There are so many high street options that aren’t skinny.

I recently bought a pair of Levi’s ribcage which I absolutely LOVE!

I also have a mom style from Gap.

For cheaper jeans, I have a high waisted, cropped dark blue style from Warehouse and a black, frayed hem straight leg (but not high waist) from Mango.

Happy shopping!

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