Please can I have some advice about chunky legs in jeans tucked into long boots?

[loves2cycle]

First time I've posted in this section so please be kind with me! I love clothes but never really know what looks good on me, so end up wearing the same old boring stuff.

Anyway yesterday I was checking out a lovely chunky brown cardi, longish with belt in a cable type knit with a pink pattern - I thought it would be great with my light brown hair and love of pink jumpers/shirts for underneath.

A mum from school (who is at least 10 yrs younger than me and always gorgeously dressed) walked past me and said

"oh that has your name written all over it, it would be lovely on you with skinny jeans tucked into long boots"

and off she went! I have chunky legs, I'm mid-40s, size 14, and only wear bootcut jeans with biker type boots. Not sure whether to buy it and wear it with my usual jeans/boots or buy it and try getting long boots and skinnyish jeans tucked in.

Help!

Great idea Barbara to ask her to go shopping - I'm not sure I'd have the nerve though as she is so stylish and might be embarrassed being out with me!

I bet she would love to go shopping with you! I think the skinny jeans would be a great idea.

Yes I can see that she might actually love giving advice - she's really friendly and chatty.

Just incase I don't ask her and don't get skinny jeans/long boots, are bootcut jeans with biker type boots really boring? I wear them all the time and think maybe it's because they're very 'safe'?

Ok thanks. Next question if you don't mind - if you wear long boots do you have to get special skinny jeans to fit into them or can you wear ordinary jeans, like Gap lean & long (which are sort of bootcut)? And what else do you wear with this look?

I'm thinking if I go down this road I want to have a few outfits from the boots and jeans not just this cardi. But am not sure what looks OK on women my age - really, all the women I see in jeans and long boots have lovely long thin legs and I just don't but don't want to look more chunky than I am already!

Thanks Barbara for your help!

yes I'd get some cheap skinnies - I've got the dotty p ones too, and I really like them (and have fairly powerful thighs). They look great tucked into biker boots, and much more modern than bootcut ones, and I think they might make you look less not more chunky than the bootcuts (less fabric flapping around for one thing). Don't worry about what they look like before you have added a longish top and boots - I look HIDEOUS in skinnies until I put boots on!

M and S do £12 skinny jeans which aren't too horribly tight and elasticy.

You can't tuck bootcut jeans into boots, you need skinnies. I have some Dotty P ones too. I have also just got some new brown boots as I only had black.

Thanks all - how great to get such good advice! Will try dorothy p and m&s skinnies and atleast give it a whirl. Might shift the mumsy look a bit.

Skinnies/Jeggings IN boots..

Bootcut OVER boots..

Gotta say I love my bootcuts just cos I can wear my DMs

Have a look on Ebay, tons of stuff on there to go with the long boots.