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?!

[TheWindInThePillows]

I got roundly told off on a previous thread on skinnies when I pointed out that all the students at my uni (which attracts quite a wealthy crowd) ubiquitously wore skinnies- apparently what young people wear isn't what drives fashion.

I went recently to a huge venue packed with a slightly older crowd- and the skinny/blazer combo was favoured by 30-60 year old women too.

Skinnies are just not over, however much people want them to be!

[TheWindInThePillows]

Flo I noticed that skinnies crosses the generations. I thought once middle-aged women like me wore skinnies, it might render them uncool and the youth would flee from them, but that doesn't seem to have happened. Both me and my dd wear skinnies as our staple wear.

[Judydreamsofhorses]

I love a "mom" jean in the summer, and they're good for my shape (small waist but hippy), but I think they only look good - on me, at least - with a tucked in top and bare ankles. Otherwise I like a high-waisted, ankle-grazing skinny with Chelsea boots. Have recently discovered All-Saints Stilt and love them. I do agree that finding a "perfect" pair of jeans is really, really hard.

[Twinklestar2]

Never I hope! I love them.

[GlassCircles]

Oh I had forgotten about combat trousers - how I loved them. They somehow didn't seem to move about (to the wrong places) as much as jeans, and suited my low-slung figure.

Agree re jeans being a nightmare on any kind of non-perfect non-standard human - look at Jeremy Clarkson.

[ThumbWitchesAbroad]

Yes, I would have to agree that which jeans style cuts more into your middle is probably more dependent on yer actual middle than the jeans. As I said before, mine's an apple shape. Apple muffin, in fact. And therefore the high-rises are the worst for me. :(

Plus I don't like blue denim - nor solid black - washed out black is my preferred option (also currently not particularly fashionable or easy to find!!)

[MrsKoala]

I would have thought Thumb, that something higher waisted would sort of hold it all in rather than having low rise with a muffin top? I feel much more uncomfortable and less secure with bulges over the top of trousers than with a nice tight held in feeling. What kinds of tops do you wear with the low rise jeans?

[Fireflybaby]

It doesn't bother that much for adults, it does my head in that I can't find "normal " trousers for my daughter. She hates wearing skirts and dresses or leggings so it's a real struggle to find trousers that are not skinny.

[StickTheDMWhereTheSunDontShine]

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.

IOW human shaped.

Learn to like it. It's the way we're made.

[MrsKoala]

It's not like i don't like the shape of legs, or i don't know what legs look like etc It's just that i don't think that shape looks good under skin tight denim.

And 'Learn to like it' ? Err no. I didn't realise i had to like anything. It's perfectly okay to not like an item of clothing. It's not the person underneath i am criticising, just a type of garment.

[Floisme]

Pillows I agree, young people are not driving fashion at the moment. As a teenager in the 70s, I'd have chewed off my own arm before I dressed like my mum so I have to admit, I find it quite unsettling!

I think it's partly because young people have found other ways - e.g. technology - to make us irrelevant. And I do like it that I can still look reasonably modern even though I'm nearly 60. But the downside is that no-one's shaking things up and fashion is getting stale and frankly - I think - a bit dull. And we're reduced to arguing about a few square inches of denim.

[Floisme]

Sorry, chopped off a couple of words: ' .. to make us feel out of touch and irrelevant.'