You can throw stones at me if you want but today I bought . . .

[TheSparkling]

a pair of bootcut jeans. Dark blue denim, highish waist, nice length and very comfortable.

And I love them.

< sticks tongue out >

Rosie Huntington Whitely.

Bleeeurgh! What a frump!

Miranda Kerr.

God she looks so unfashionable!

Check out Jessica Alba.

So unflattering!

Enjoy your new jeans TheSparkling!

I bet you look great in them!

God that Miranda Kerr is a bit of a minger! I have a pair of Oasis Eva bootcuts and they make a nice change from the skinnies.

I pity her Dexter. Her and her unfortunate wardrobe.

They're all wearing the dark glasses because they are ashamed - ASHAMED I tell you to be seen out in those dark boot cuts.

I have a new unworn pair in my wardrobe just waiting for me (after my gallbladder gets sorted out)

Love this thread!

Where are they from? I'm after a pair but is it just me or are they actually really hard to buy now?

I bought my new pair from Sainsbury's. Not cutting edge in the fashion world but they had the long length which I need.

lily they are hard to buy now but I saw some in Tesco too. They were with a more 70's flare. Nice but not long enough for me.

OMG I've been out of fashion for ages, I knew if I held out I'd be back in again

I took all mine to the charity shop last month and replaced them with skinnies - once I'd done that it was only a matter of time before they returned triumphantly. (TBF my resemblance to Miranda Kerr in the ones I ditched was not marked).

Tsk. You choose what flatters your figure over looking like a fashionable turnip-leg? The horror.

Well I'm short so I have the opposite problem!

I'm also after really dark ones with no fading on the thighs whatsoever. Saw these www.fatface.com/jeans/smithy-bootcut-darkest-rinse-jeans/invt/48116 at Fat Face but they are a bit pricey for me.

I might join your revolution. I was decorating last week wearing a very old pair of bootcuts as sacrificial paint trousers and they made me look so much thinner!

I love bootcut jeans, absolutely love them, but then I also own a t-shirt that has Kenny Rogers emblazoned across the front of it and a penguin jumper

Until very recently I had no idea they were the fashion faux pas of the century. Tbh I think the fashion police will find more to worry about with me than the cut of my jeans. I look horrendous in skinny jeans anyway that's on the rare occasion i can get them on over my thunderthighs

I wish I looked as frumpy and unfashionable as the women in the pics above!

I'm after some cheap boot cut jeans so I'll look at Sainsburys. Skinnies make me look and feel as though I've been vacuum packed!

Idea - shakin lets go out wearing our bootcut jeans. You with your Kenny tshirt and me in my Dolly tshirt.

Vive la revolution!

This heartens me dearly. Skinnies make my bum look gigantic. Boot-cuts balance me out.

I have been secretly wearing bootcuts on at home days for aaaaages. They feel nice and comfy and look ok with most of my footwear if I have to pop out somewhere.

Does this mean I am a la mode again now?

I bought a nice indigo dark wash pair in a Gap discount outlet a few weeks ago, good value if you've one near you. No fading on the thighs and very flattering,they look much better IMO with trainers/converse etc than skinnies. The only downside is I'd forgotten how soggy they get in the rain!

I'm with you Koala at the very least we can get away with calling ourselves retro

I say we go to a pub, get drunk and sing 'Islands In The Stream'