"boyfriend" jeans = only for frumps? discuss

[cherylvole]

unless you are a whispy 6 foot model looking dreamy, on a bike in a catalgoue i suggest that boyfriend jeans are pretty dull style wise.
they make the wearer look shapeless and butch and are the tracksuit bottoms of the denum world.

I think that if you're slim, youngish and have a quirky style, you can just about get away with them. I was all of those things once, and used to wear them with T-shirts (Urban Outfitter type slogan-y or pattern-y). But then I was never particularly stylish. It's horses for course, I think.

courses, even

But they are comfy. What jeans should one wear then? Not skinny (vom).

They are indeed comfy, and they were a godsend for people like me with small hips but largeish thighs who don't fit into slimmer-cut styles.

I quite like skinny jeans, but I've only been able to wear them at my absolute slimmest (see above re: thighs).

Pretty dull style wise, yes, but practical. BusyMissIzzy, I wear mine with t-shirts - they are comfy for toddler group, park trips, and tramping around the countryside with the dogs.

In my other guise, as a trendy student, I do not wear them. Boyfriend-jeans Girl is my alter-ego.

what are boyfriend-jeans girl?!

She's a superhero, Hully. She fends off uncomfortably tight denim with a single blow. Ka-POW!

They look ok with very tight fitting tops but not with baggy stuff.

Not my thing but I'm small and would look dumpy in them.

They're for pears aren't they really?

well since seeing Jess Cartner-Morley of the Guardian recommending them as the new kind of jean for the fashion-forward a few months ago I've been hoping they will come back. I abhor boot cuts (most popular jean at Boden nuff said) and can't wear skinnies, so what else is there?

boyfriend jeans are the only style that suit me, becuase of my fat thighs. They are low key, but i find them cool when i wear them cos i am quite cool ;)

tight tops for deffo, accesories like a scarf, bangles, or a cute cardy make my jeans look fine imo.

All jeans are frumpy imo except on cowboys

What sort of jeans should a person wear if they can't do skinnies?

All jeans are frumpy imo except on cowboys

I like 'em. And I wear with Converse too.

Ya boo sucks.

hahah converse
the mom shoe

I'm a Mum.

That's right, BusyMissIzzy. When I am not Trendy Student Woman I am Boyfriend-jeans Girl. I can fly and everything.

I like Converse with skinny jeans cos they're casual but not too chunky.

Meh. I'm a "T-shirt, jeans and traniers" girl (but edgy rather than lazy ). I probably shouldn't be posting in Style & Beauty at all, since I patently have neither

bf jeans and adidas shell toes for me.

traniers? Gah.

They don't suit me. I'm tall and curvy (no not fat, just curvy ). I have an arse and, yes, OK, a bit of a mum tum. I would look pathetic in them.

I have never been a jeans-and-converse girl, though. Make me feel like an aged schoolgirl.

Well I wear boyfriend jeans, I have no arse and skinny legs and they look slouchy and comfy and I think a bit trendy too- if wore with nice ballet pumps, nice belt and cute top. Certainly not butch, possibly shapeless- but that's me anyway. I object to the idea of them being frumpy. Sorry, frumpy is high waisted jeans, tapered leg jeans that give you mum bum.

I have seen other ladies in the exact same boyfriend jeans as myself but due to their more curvy figure they don't look like boyfriend jeans- they look tight around the arse etc. The idea is that it looks like you're wearing your boyfriend's jeans.

Sorry, I am still tutting at the idea tht they are frumpy.

my boyfriend actually wears my boyfriend jeans.. they look a lot better on him than me.