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Apparently skinny jeans are back 'in'!

198 replies

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:07

All I can say is 'Ha! Ha!'.

I've still got them in my wardrobe. Won't be fairly embarrassed wearing them now. Will also keep on enjoying me wide legs and 'mum' styles.

It made me giggle, though. It seems that as soon as anyone approaching middle aged wearing any particular style happens then a new an opposite style has to occur! 😂 Well, 'Mwhah, ha, ha!It takes me a while to throw stuff away. So I will remain perfectly cutting edge.😁'.

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meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:14

And the fashion bods will have to keep on rolling through those styles as soon as I get my middle aged arse into them!😂

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Whataretheodds · 08/09/2023 14:17

Oh really? Where did you get that from?

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:19

Sheerluxe who I think got it from the Standard. If I recall correctly. Some fashion writer.

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LemonLimeDivine · 08/09/2023 14:20

Skinny jeans really suit my figure so I would just carry on wearing them regardless of whether they are in / out of style.

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:20

Here:

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meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:21

Yes, @LemonLimeDivine. It just made me laugh a bit.

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plehpleh · 08/09/2023 14:22

I thought skinny was out and then I realised young people were still wearing them, they were just styling them differently!

PrincessHoneysuckle · 08/09/2023 14:23

Thank christ.Only jeans that look right on me

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 08/09/2023 14:24

I hate skinny jeans.

Janieforever · 08/09/2023 14:24

They didn’t ever really go out. Just other styles also came in fashion. My young adult daughter and her trendy friends never stopped wearing them,

Birdie8989 · 08/09/2023 14:27

Were they ever properly out? Whenever I go shopping for jeans there are so many styles of skinny and only the odd wide leg / mom jeans around anyway. I never stopped wearing skinnies - can say I was ahead of the fashion trend lol

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:27

@Janieforever that's what I thought. I maybe did wonder momentarily whether where I live was deeply 'uncool' but that is just stupid and regionalist! Shops still have been selling them. I only doubted when I read posts on here!🧐

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Polis · 08/09/2023 14:29

I never stopped wearing them. The shops certainly didn’t stop selling them.

Delatron · 08/09/2023 14:31

How are the youngsters styling them? This will be key.

I used to love a skinny jean as my legs are my best feature. So skinny jean, oversize jumper and boots was a favourite look. But that is out. As it all seems about crop tops and baggy cargos that I can’t do.

My compromise is a slim boyfriend or straight leg with a top tucked in.

Delatron · 08/09/2023 14:32

I’d also like a low rise/mid rise jean to come back (heard they were) as I don’t like the high rise jeans

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:32

@Delatron who cares? It'll change in a blink as soon as a middle aged person is spotted styling it in a similar way! 😂 Just style as suits. 😁🥳

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Polis · 08/09/2023 14:32

I only doubted when I read posts on here!🧐

I think sometimes people on here will declare something as out or old fashioned when they don’t particularly like a style themselves and are trying to influence others.

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:33

@Delatron go on start a trend! Or anti trend! 😂

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Delatron · 08/09/2023 14:33

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:32

@Delatron who cares? It'll change in a blink as soon as a middle aged person is spotted styling it in a similar way! 😂 Just style as suits. 😁🥳

Ha you are right. I mean my crop top days are over so skinny jeans and baggy jumpers it is.

ginderella85 · 08/09/2023 14:34

They've never gone 'out' here!

Polis · 08/09/2023 14:34

I never stopped wearing combats either, although the shops did stop selling those.

iloveeverykindofcat · 08/09/2023 14:34

YES LORD.

My total 5"4 height is about 70% leg so they are the only kind that looks good on me.

meanderingbrook · 08/09/2023 14:34

@Polis combats, back now.

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TarquinOliverNimrod · 08/09/2023 14:35

Never went out of style in my house 🤷🏻‍♀️

(I did buy a pair of mum jeans just to try another style, and my DH asked me very politely to put my skinnies back on and to never wear ‘those hideous baggy monstrosities’ ever again)

Furryrug · 08/09/2023 14:36

I've never stopped wearing them and certainly haven't been embarrassed to either.