When are skinny jeans going to die?

[RoganJosh]

I really want to create a capsule wardrobe/uniform but surely we're seeing the end of skinny jeans soon? I think if my jeans were slim/boyfriend then I need different shape tops.
It feels like skinny jeans are going, but that's not reflected in what's in the shops.
Anyone got a crystal ball/an idea of how to handle this distressing issue?!

When we cash in on global warming and don't have to trudge through slushy puddles getting our non skinny jean bottoms all soggy… even then, without the British rain to wash away the dog poo everywhere… not sure I wanna drag my non skinny jean trousers through that either - yuck! hangy jeans are minging and dirty! I'll stick with skinnies!

I have only recently got in to skinny jeans (figuratively, and literally ).

I think they will always be around, but maybe become more niche, like they used to be.

IMO the quality of denim/jeans material matters a heck of lot with regards to what they look like.
I also like straight leg and some boot cuts, but flares?? I just trip myself simply looking at them….
I do like a medium/high waist though - the worst trousers for me were those terrible All Saints (the girl band, not the shop!) low slung combats - horrific! Not good for us, who are challenged in the leg length department and like to tuck our muffin top away

I think they have - definitely not a summer look. I like a straighter leg jean as they are more flattering and can be worn long or turned up. I also like a flare with a clog.

For women hopefully never, for men really soon I hope. It is a sign of my age but seeing guys in super skinny jeans is just very unappealing.

Derelict you stated an opinion as if it was a fact. You even tried to invent a spurious stat. And I disagreed with you. Which seems to be against your rules. Luckily you don't make the rules for anyone other than yourself. And anyway - I was primarily correcting your use of English not denying your right to an opinion. It was simply incorrect both factually and in terms of the meaning of the words used to say that most people look dreadful in skinnies because you haven't personally seen most people. And there are no official stats on the subject. Words mean things. Misuse the language? Don't bitch about being pulled up on it.

I'm sorry you look dreadful in skinnies (I'm assuming this is why you are so very het up about them and so very desperate to show that everyone else looks dreadful in them too (even though many of. Us look fab in them). But you don't actually have to wear them you know. They aren't mandatory.

I ventured into Top Shop last Christmas and was amazed at the teeny tininess of some jeans. They would have fit a doll.

Top Shop has a lot of high waisted Mom jeans at the moment.

But if you're bigger than a 32, you're unlikely find anything in there that will fit.

I think narrow/skinnie is a true staple. Becauseeop,e might like their boots to be on show in winter. And in summer, cropped trousers often look better. narrow (Capri/skinnie)

Pacific, I actually suited the low slung cargo pants look!

I'm only 5'2" but I had a beautifully flat tummy & an hourglass shape so used to wear them with a tight t-shirt (not midriff baring though!).

I am sadly v big at the mo so couldn't pull it off these days

I LOVED low slung combats. I was young and had a totally flat stomach and an enviably toned bottom. They'd look bloody awful on me now, mind.

They have always been dead to me. Personally i have never seen anyone i think looks good in skinnies. I just hate the shape on everyone.

My jeans last summer were Mom style. This summer i am in a straight leg style because that's the only mat jeans i can find that i don't hate. If you think skinnies look ridiculous on those chunky of thigh they look even more ridiculous on someone with my current shape.

Low slung combats a la All Saints looked great on me (and probably still would when not pregnant) if only they were still in fashion.

Personally i think jeans in general are very overrated and that there are many better, more comfortable and more flattering types of trousers. Cigarette pants/cropped trousers in a slightly stretchy fabric from Gap are my casual 'go to' trouser usually. Rather than unflattering and uncomfortable round the fanny denim.

I don't know why jeans are so popular.

Ambroxide, I have decided that I will make a concerted effort to lose all my excess weight now just so I can champion the All Saints look again!

Really? Nobody mrskoala? REALLY!?

Ah yes, the high waisted mum jeans. They are in here as the only alternative to skinnies. They have THREE buttons going up the waistband. THREE!

I like my mid-rise jeans because I can sit comfortably in them. I have a pair of highrise ones (perforce) and they cut into my belly. The idea of having three buttons cutting in is just too much! You wouldn't be able to sit down in them.

I hope not. The idea of long jeans you have to faff around with and get just the right length so they look right is not something I want again and even with the right length they drag in puddles and end up fraying at the back very quickly. I've just got rid of a bag to charity vowing to never wear them again!

I'm wearing slim leg straight cut jeans this year, they make my legs look longer!

Now I love high waisted jeans! The higher the better, I find the very comfy and they don't cut in for me!

I prefer higher waists as well. Mid and low rise just cut into me. I am pear shaped though so my waist is 12" smaller than my hips. My urrent favourites are a pair of relaxed skinny from M & S.

MrsKoala I assume from your name you don't live in the UK. Believe me, in our climate jeans are a pretty good option, except on the occasional really hot day when they are uncomfortable, and skinny jeans are even more uncomfortable in the heat.

Yes, eloquent, apart from with long/welly boots on in the winter/ rain I just think they don't look nice. Everyone either looks too fat or too skinny. There seems to be no point where someone's thighs are slim enough but their knees don't look too big and calves always appear too chunky or non existent. The balance of the leg just never looks right to me. And feet either look tiny or massive (my 8s look ridiculous).

It seems such a hard look to wear, I wonder why so many people do given how unforgiving they are. I even think they look shit on models. It's just such a bizarre silhouette to me.

No, I am London born and bred.

I think jeans look fine on most people. As DD is a teenager I tend to notice what other teens are wearing, and nearly all of them look lovely in skinny jeans.

I think you just don't like jeans really.

It's not that i don't like jeans (i do have an odd relationship with them i admit ) it's just that there are so many other trouser materials and styles out there (which i think are more practical and flattering) that i find it hard to understand the reign of denim at the expense of all these other things. To me denim is uncomfortable, much more so than a trouser with a lycra give etc, and it's not that flattering (if at all) to justify it's popularity.

Part of the fashion myth of jeans that make them so attractive is that they are so easy to wear, you just pull them on, look great and like you've made no effort and go (a bit like natural looks make up etc). the reality is that this is quite hard to achieve. There is a reason fashion writers see finding the perfect jean as a sartorial holy grail. Because it's hard. The reason it's hard is because loads of them look shit on our figures, yet we still try (me included), buying into this idea that we will just slip on a pair and look effortless and gorgeous. It's part of the temptation and frustration of the product.

I do think teenagers are different - they usually look great in everything! the bloody bastards

I kind of know what you mean MrsKoala. In fact I'd just written a long post about how - even though I've worn jeans all my life and I'm slim and have ok legs and arse - I've never found a pair I was entirely happy with and... then I realised you'd beaten me to it

I think you've made a very good point. As my mum might have said, we've been sold a pup.

Agree with Tate above - the high waist cut in less than the low rise on me as they pretty much stay where they are meant to be, rather than slipping down then cutting into low belly/hips when you sit (and muffin tops are uncomfortable). However you then have the hard seam round the fanny issue and unattractive bunching which gives an undesirable 'cunt triangle' (as my friends and i referred to it in the 90s).

I also find the length of a high waisted Mom jean difficult with shoes, as when I sit they shorten considerably (and pull on the knees unless there is lots of give which then changes the look also). So only shoes which require no socks and look fine with a lot of ankle showing and then it means are only really suitable for summer.

Flo - Fashion needs us to be a bit miserable and always looking for something better. If it wanted us to look good it would want us in what suited us and was practical. Instead it wants us to keep buying more jeans which 'aren't quite right' and feed the denim beast. Otherwise how would they earn their money? What would writers gnash their teeth about twice a year? Don't fall for it! Reject the hegemony of denim!!!!

I may join you at the barricades MrsKoala - as soon as I've decided what to wear

I think sooner or later young people will get their act together and we'll have another 60s moment, consigning jeans - and all who wear them - to fashion history. At least I hope so, even though I'll be swept away myself. I like watching what people wear and at the moment we've got 3 or 4 generations looking the same. It's boring.