Are boot cut jeans really bad?

[LardLizard]

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yes, they are 1998 !

That was almost 20 years ago.
For youngsters it's not what their mothers wear (we're all in skinnies now).

I love navy too, I look good in it and have lots of navy stuff.

"Tended" exactly! not all 80s clothing had big shoulder pads. And if you bought a classic one (not a fashion one) you'd easily be wearing it until it wore out.

That's the whole point, really. 'Fashionable' clothing is for the comparatively rich (eg Europeans, north Americans) who are on the receiving end of pretty relentless marketing and clothes which are significantly cheaper in real terms than they have been for ages. So the profit comes in getting us to chuck them and re-buy.

Now of course it's absolutely fine to want fast fashion. It's just a shame that it's rise has made it so much harder to buy things if you want to dress in a more enduring way to suit the personal style you have honed over time.

It is completely possible to supply a range of basic jeans shapes, rather than racks being minor variants of one or two styles. But it doesn't suit the industrial model of money-making to do so.

(Navy is my basic shade. I do agree that some look considerably better than others)

Bootcuts are my friend and always will be because I'm pear shaped and have large calves. Skinnies and most straights are not going over my calves, but sadly many bootcuts nowadays are more skinny than bootcut on the calf area.

Personally I think there are a lot of people wearing skinny jeans who really shouldn't and would look a lot better in a pair of bootcuts.

The only issue as far as I'm concerned, is when they're not long enough. That's a bad look and defeats the object of balancing out the body/legs.

Oh Diddlydoky - they're sold out in my size

These are basically what boot cut should be www.next.co.uk/g3162s8#103210

They're very flattering

... It sucks, because they look brilliant!

so what IS the difference between bootcut and flares?

Bootcut is basically the flare's slimmer cousin.

Bootcuts is a subsection of flares, narrower than average; as opposed to loon pants which are wider than average.

One factor in choosing which cut is: 'do you like to wear fabulous boots where they can be seen or do you prefer to cover them up?'

What a timely post, I was just feeling miserable about jeans and how I hate skinnies; how tight and uncomfortable they feel, how they need constant hoiking up, how they make my size 10 legs look chunky even though they're not, but EVERYONE else wears them.

I wear straight leg jeans but I wear them with converse and flat boots, and I don't feel good in them at all, they're just comfortable. I actually feel like I stepped out of M&S old-lady-trying-to-be-cool collection in them. I'm only 37.

I'd wear flares like in that photo by Mitzy, but I never get the top or shoes right. My casual style is like on the attached photo. With converse or flat boots. I just don't want to spend £90 on a pair of jeans!

Ordered some Gap boot cut jeans yesterday after reading through this thread and realising I missed my beloved Long and Lean pair too much. The new ones are the Authentic 1969 perfect fit ones and arrived today (bizarrely quick delivery) and are fab.
Need a bit of breaking in but with heels and a fitted top I think they look great.

I prefer flares to bootcuts. Bootcuts are too nothingy. The best flares IMO are high waisted, tight on the thighs and only start to flare out under the knee (these for example) - I don't want baggy denim at knee height!

I don't agree Whiskey, I don't think there is one prescribed style.

There are masses of different styles of jeans, at Dorithy Perkins, Next, John Lewis etc.. Which cater to all tastes and styles and budgets.

I am really into the Cigarette jeans they have in NEXT at the moment. I've recently lost weight, so having to buy new clothes is such a pain quite good fun! I think also relaxed skinny is a good idea as I don't want to look frumpy in bootcuts any more.

I was a big advocate of the lift and slim jeans from NEXT, they're fab

I ripped my cigarette jeans in the crotch the first night I wore them - doing 'lunges' in the pub ...

I remember my 80s navy jacket with shoulder pads!

I love the relaxed skinny from Next.

Costa - what are carrot legs? I am now wondering whether I have them?!

Not a fan of Next, but I'm a big fan of skinny bf jeans which are a sort of relaxed skinny.

Carrot legs - when skinny jeans make someone's legs look like carrots or parsnips - triangular, with a wide top tapering down to a thin ankle

Ah okay and that's a bad thing I'm guessing? I have thighs and skinny ankles maybe people think they look like this :-/

Carrot legs is one of those things women worry about that men don't see.

My DH talkes of "shapely legs". The idea that legs should be straight up and down is a fairly new phenomenon to do with women wanting to have the legs of a 12yr old boy , thigh gap 'n all.

Seriously, this carrot leg anxiety has to stop.

Women's legs are allowed to be a bit wider in the thigh than the ankle...

Nah. Carrot legs isn't purely a women's issue.

I hate them. People always used to say they are flattering to chunky women. I can promise you as a chunky woman, they are not. they made me look like a carthorse. Relaxed skinny or straight legs are far more flattering.

I'd never heard of this term before. I'm trying to be a little more adventurous at the moment and have been trying skinny jeans so I thought maybe I should think twice if that's the case. I like my toned but big thighs, my skinny ankles I like less! Hmmm we ladies are a bit crazy aren't we!