This business about skinny jeans being over?

[KeepthePower]

I keep hearing it but I can't see any evidence.

Earlier this week I travelled almost the whole length of the District Line, from East London, through the City and West End out to Wimbledon and back, over the course of about 10 hours.

I'd say at least 97% of women, of all ages, from very young to not so young at all, were wearing either skinny jeans or very slim leg trousers. I saw one group of young women all wearing wide leg, ripped jeans and a few wearing joggers. That it. This would be a mixture of tourists, Londoners going about their business, working people and people out for the evening.

I had coffee in the City, lunch in a West End restaurant, drank in a swanky West London pub, attended a sporting event. Honestly skinnies everywhere.

I looked because I'd worn a skirt rather than skinny jeans and it was raining, so wide leg ones are horrible. Didn't see many skirts either Certainly very little evidence that no one's wearing skinnies any more.

I live in central London and I very rarely see skinny jeans anymore, maybe still on some blokes, but that’s about it.

Skinny jeans stopped looking right on me after I had dc3 and couldn't lose baby weight. I've been very happy to run out and buy high waisted flares, which look like bootcut in my chunky legs. I live in a warmer dryer climate than anywhere in the UK, so I wear them with chunky sandals.

As I remember, it took a good 7 or 8 years for skinnies to take hold in this not particularly fashionable part of the world, and even then you still saw boot cuts / flares. I don't see what's happening now as any different. Most of us don't switch overnight, especially not when it might require different shoes and tops too. We wait, we watch how other people are wearing them before taking the plunge.

What I do think is new is having so many styles to choose from. I didn't expect that but I think it's great and I don't really understand why there's so much negativity when there's never been more choice for jeans wearing.

Skinnies definitely still worn round here but I would say down to about a third now, with mom jeans the most popular and wide leg 2nd - they're not wide as in 70s proportions (yet) and I guess we might see less of them when the weather turns, whereas I think mom jeans are practical in most weathers.

The dark horses I think, are the flares. I'm starting to see a particular style more and more and it's pitiless: very high waist, sculpted over the arse, tight to the knee. If they get a grip, we're all in trouble.

@MissJeanBrodiesprime

I love my skinny jeans, but I’m over 40 so no one else cares.

I'm the best part of 60 so I'm thinking practically invisible!

They have been over for 2 years. A few middle aged women are clinging on- think of those who wore animal print the the 1970s and were still wearing them in 1995.

Mumsnet loves a mum jean.

Until designers create an equally flattering shape as the skinny, I will continue to wear mine, I don’t give a toss what ‘fashion’ dictates, I’d rather look good than ‘on trend’. Mum jeans, boyfriend jeans, anything baggy does not suit my figure and I frankly hate that scruffy, sloppy shapeless look that ‘those’ type of jeans create. I also spend half my life in wellies as I have a horse, skinnies look good with wellies and country boots, mum jeans, not so much 😂

What exactly are 90s jeans anyway? I was a teenager then. The kids I see wearing baggy ripped Mom jeans, my friends didnt wear those. We wore Levi 501s or similar. I am 43. I briefly wore combats in the All saints era, then back to 501 type jeans.

Did I miss something?

I'm in London and work with a young media/fashion savvy crowd and they all have still have skinnies in their rotation.

I have a good bum and good legs. I'm not hiding them in mum jeans- they make everything look massive. A bit like the tumbly boos from night garden. Or makka pakka.

90s jeans were 70s jeans. We usually wore 2nd hand ones, men's, from shops like cafe society and got annoyed when our dads said they used to have loads like that. And a lovely velvet jacket. Or I'd borrow my boyfriend's jeans,as he worked on a building site and they had proper rips in.

I'm keeping my skinnies. I tend to dress a bit Ramones, so it works for me.

Fashion's a funny thing too. I have friends who will relentlessly wear fashionable clothes, whether they suit them or not. I know what suits me and my look and stick to that. But then, I've never really liked dressing like other people.

Ok, I need the perfect boyfriend jeans after lockdown!! Not skinny but a slight baggy look!

Anyone???

Wear what you want, it really doesn't have to be 'in' does it?

From a practical point of view I won’t be giving my skinnies up any time soon. They are the only jeans I can wear with my knee highs come the cooler months. Plus looser styles make me look short and dumpy!

I was thrilled to ditch the skinnies.

I saw teens in low rise cargo trousers and handkerchief tops this week, they all looked like they'd been auditioning for an Atomic Kitten tribute act

@Bobmonkfish

What exactly are 90s jeans anyway? I was a teenager then. The kids I see wearing baggy ripped Mom jeans, my friends didnt wear those. We wore Levi 501s or similar. I am 43. I briefly wore combats in the All saints era, then back to 501 type jeans.

Did I miss something?

You're right, really.

Jeans were just jeans. Straight, no stretch. 501s or 901s if you went in at the waist. Or cheap equivalents.

I saw teens in low rise cargo trousers and handkerchief tops this week

That look suits my figure but, sadly, I’m not a teen anymore.

Exactly Mod. We just called them jeans

I live somewhere that isn't remotely fashion forward and these last few weeks I've noticed that 3/4 of the teenage girls are now in wide-legged, baggy or flared trousers. Some are wearing joggers. Definitely only adult women wearing skinnies! I don't shop in Primark but I had a look in there a couple of weeks back and it was all skinnies, leggings and joggers though so someone must be buying them!

I live in a large city up north and work in a large FE establishment in said city. Plenty of the students still wear skinnies. Seeing more wide leg/mom cut but skinnies definitely still in

I think whilst 'body con' is still popular there'll still be a demand for skinnies and jeggings. Mom jeans don't fit in with that look at all.

I'm in Scotland and think skinny jeans are less and less common among people I see. I ditched mine a few years ago and now wear Levi's 501s, or balloon/barrel leg jeans. Those are good for my shape, which is slim-ish (UK 10) but with a big arse/small waist.

I don't think skinny jeans ever looked particularly good on me, tbh. I don't really like the skinny jeans/long boots look, but I appreciate that it is practical in wet weather, and for that reason I can't see skinny jeans ever disappearing totally.

32 and you won't catch me in any jeans that aren't skinny.

Detest the baggy hips/butt area on mom jeans et Al.

@CheerfulBunny

I think whilst 'body con' is still popular there'll still be a demand for skinnies and jeggings. Mom jeans don't fit in with that look at all.

That also touches on the fact that there is fashionable and there's 'sexy' and the two are pretty unconnected, so 'sexy clothes' don't change much. I lived in Essex (I know, it's a cliche but there's some truth to the fact that there are women who dress up a lot here) as a teenager and moved back quite recently and what the women seeking to look overtly sexy wear hasn't changed at all in that time, even though the fashion you see people wearing casually has changed a lot. The only thing that has changed is the eyebrows and the lips (both bigger). And while some of the 'dressed up for a night out' crowd would wear skinnies with a sparkly top they wouldn't touch mom jeans, no matter how 'in' they are. So there will always be that market.

It's the old chestnut isn't it, if you're old enough to remember it the first time round, you probably shouldn't wear it now.

I wore cardboard jeans and crop tops in the 90s and I have no desire to repeat the horrors today :) I think the current 90s trend is hilarious, and I must admit I do like seeing young girls in clumpy shoes and comfy big jackets, but I'm in another fashion universe.

I will be in slim jeans until my demise. Maybe a boyfriend if they're beautifully soft. I don't want to look 19, I want to look like my stylish best at 50.

I was thrilled to ditch the skinnies

I don’t get that, why did you wear them if you didn’t like them? I’ve never ever worn something simply because it was on fashion even though i disliked it. That’s proper dedication to fashion you’ve got going on there. 😃