what age and shape do u have to be to wear skinny jeans?

[hermykne]

and can u wear them if oyu dont have slim legs

your opinions please

SS officer, lol. What kind of boots were you trying em with? Did you have a hitler tash to complete the look?

a ma women in the playground was wearing her normal jeans tucked into her heeled long boots - it did make me smile!

middle aged is not necessarily the age but the look - you must know the type. You might be 25 and look middle aged and 40 look like a teenager. It's those middle aged types, the ones who are clinging on to their youth with both hands. You always see them out in town on a saturday nite, trying to drag a 20 sumthing lad home!!

that will be me then

I think they are a no-no on apple shaped women as they make you look diamond shaped which never helped anyone hide their tummy.

lol lou

I think you have to have quite long legs for them to look good

my legs are def not my best feature and I look rubbish in skinny jeans - they also emphasise my rather tubby middle

Long legs are a bonus, definately. I never know what apple shaped is - sounds a bit scarey! Is it just a polite way of saying fat?

also, noones helping me with the high waisted jeans - opinions PLEASE!!!!

High waisted jeans? Are they making a come back too then? [confused emoticon] Wasn't it only 5 minutes ago we were all wearing jeans up to our armpits?

I've been on another planet for too long. Round here people are yet to put their last lot of high wasted drain pipes away ....

"waisted"

IMO, skinny jeans are ok. You dont have to be deathly thin or 15 to wear them. I'm 5 3 and a curvy size 10 and I think they look fine.

However I do think high waisted are for the skinny but I saw a picture of Kate Moss in them and thought they looked ghastly. You cant get much thinner than her.
Should be left on the catwalk those ones.

I think there are all kinds of no-nos.

Apple shaped/top heavy (unless that comes in a size 8 or below) - a definite no.

Very big saddle bag thighs, whether thin or fat - no

Anything funny shaped about your legs - no

Short legs - no

Large bum - no

Apart from this, you should be fine.

Yes, all manner of trousers with a high waist are coming back/are back amongst the trendier folk. Kate Moss (the goddess) had a pair of high waisted tight jeans on at the beginning of the season. I went out yesterday and a girl had black high waisted trousers on, they looked nice. I want to hate the jeans, I'm trying but don't seem able. I can't see how they could suit anyone, but the muffin top, cold back, knickers hanging out problem is solved with them. I am going to try some next time I am out shopping, I think I need to undertake this mission for all mners out there!!! hee hee hee....

SURELY THESE SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

that's my worry exactly!!! Aren't you in foreign lands, ghosty?

I was just about to post a thread about buying a new pair of jeans. Personally, I don't like them but that's because they look silly on me. I'm 27, 5ft 2". the topshop ones are far too low on the waist or hips even!

I tried on every pair i could find inthe mall the other day and they all made my arse look weird. i am 5.6 and size 8-10. i rang my more fashionable friend and her opinion is to go for tightish normal jeans if you aren't kate moss/ elle macpherson. having said that, had lunch yesterday with friend and she looked fabulous in hers. but she has a bit of a jo lo bum and long thin legs so she gave hers some shape.....

well i think the consensus is you need longish legs and and no thunder thighs!
i think you need a high rise on them too other wise the vision of an arse is just ugh.

my firend had a pair on saturday night those rock and republic ones (she paid 340?) madness, anyway i told her they made her legs look stumpy, shes 5/5, 35, bit of a belly and busty!
but they were like a pair of tights roundthe calves/ankles. she was not best pleased.

but lou you sound in fab shape!

i have my wobbly bits, but my legs and bum are ok luckily , plus i have a 33 inch inside leg which i guess helps with skinny jeans

I am 24, a size 8/10, and just under 5' and I wear them! My legs are 'quite chunky' at the top, so I wear a fairly long top and either stilettoes or knee high boots and I always get complemented.
My mum is 44, a size 8 and 5'2" she also wears them and looks fab in them!

ok ,now i feel really old that i am closer in age to your mum ,instead of you lol

OK. I admit I don't really know what skinny jeans are? Please explain. Are they a specific style or just very tight ones?

I have some ancient straight jeans which are very comfortable and which I will not chuck away even though they are probably hideously unfashionable... I hate boot-cut jeans. I also have 2 pairs of flared jeans (recently) which are quite tight fitting on the upper leg. I think they all Ok but I may be kidding myself. I'm size 12 and 5'11' but 36" of that is leg. I think that helps.

Tight jeans, like drainpipes (if you are over 30 then that's what you'll know them as!).

less to do with age/height imo - more to do with overall proportions

for example i am tall and have slim legs, so you might think i could manage it. but i have a wide torso (read: big tummy) hence look like a barrel on matchsticks if i attempt the skinny jeans look