Can we talk about jeans?

[fluffygreenmonsterhoody]

So, I need a new pair of jeans. Was never a huge fan of skinnies but eventually just went with it.

I’m glad they’re apparently on the way out, but I’ve only just realised the benefit of them - you could wear with flats without them scraping the ground. Anyone remember baggy/flared/bootlegs getting soaked to the knee up? (I’m 5’ 4” and standard length scrape while petit are too short.

What jeans are you wearing? What’s my solution?! Help!

@Boogiewoody

Imo skinny jeans already look dated, in a couple of years they'll be what bootcuts were for years - still in shops, still worn but not the height of fashion and will mark the wearer as being a certain age.

I don't think so. All the teenagers round here still wear them.

I don't doubt they might date... but also, we've been predicting the death of skinnies on this board for quite a few years now and I still see them on the not frumpy 🤷‍♀️.

Also, leather look and sports leggings seem to be de rigueur now and they create a similar silhouette to skinnies.

Whoever said they look like a parsnip in skinnies 😁🙋‍♀️. Yep! That is me in anything slim fitting other than tights or leggings under a dress. I do wear skinnies, but only under knee boots for cold, wet, muddy walks. With trainers, I don't suit skinnies. Sorry, just pointing out I have no skin in this game (no skinny in this game arf arf).

Boyfriends or straight leg turned up so they don't drag on the floor

@BrideofBideford

So funny, about 12-15 yrs ago, on here, people said skinnies were universally unflattering and their low rise boot cuts would have to be prised out of their cold dead hands Skinnies would never be mainstream as universally unflattering, unless worn by the young and thin.... lots of mentions of “looking like a parsnip” in them, and not being able to wear them for the over 49s as it was a rehash if the 70s..

Plus ça change

Totally this! I remember getting my first pair of skinnies about 15 years ago. My workplace had a casual dress code, and lots of my colleagues thought I was trying a bit hard to be trendy, the words "you're brave!" were used a lot!

I felt like such a fashion trailblazer having lived in bootcuts for as long as I could remember (90s teen) 😁

Now of course, I'm probably a "frumpy mum" or uncool GenX-er in my skinnies.