Are these jeans in fashion?

[dontsworery]

So as a skinny jean lover for more years I care to remember.
I'm being told by influencers that they aren't in fashion and we should be wearing these ?
Apparently in for autumn ?
I just can't help thinking they aren't as flattering as skinny's ?
Am I missing something ?
What's the name of these jeans ?
How would you style them?
Lots of influencers wearing them

This is a bonkers take. The late 90s / 00s seem to have really done a number on a lot of people's perception of what looks good. Clothes don't have to be sprayed on.

Very close-fitting lines are really an anomaly in the history of fashion, and personally I find they look dated and uncomfortable.

Last night I was helping a friend buy jeans online. It made us realise again how preoccupied women of our age (40s) are with looking as slim as possible. It’s really limiting and can look a bit dated, always fretting about this or that part and how to make it look smaller or bigger (generally smaller)

The current way of dressing has shifted focus to outfit proportions rather than body proportions, and I really like that. It’s inclusive of all body types, I think. With no expectation that anyone’s bottom looks tiny and neat or is hidden away like a dirty secret if it isn’t, wearing barrel legs and a shorter, boxier top piece looks great on everyone. Not ‘flattering’ in the sense we grew up with, but balanced.

I wear my more structured ones with flats and a blazer for meetings regularly. With the right accessories there’s nothing intrinsically hedgewitch about them just because they’re not fitted.

Give them a try, OP, if you fancy a change. They’ve been more popular for a few years, they’re not a ridiculous micro-trend. I’d go for a wider top to balance the bigger jean, one that hits around the waist somewhere. You’re after a dividing line in the right spot rather than proof you have a tiny waist or the illusion of one, if that makes sense.

This post was brought to you in association with the Barrel Leg Jeans Marketing Board of Great Britain 😁

I really like the ones the OP has posted. I’m just not sure what shoes to wear with them in the winter, but this is my yearly struggle with non-skinny jeans and winter footwear.

@Alltoowell10minuteversion I accidentally bought a pair of slightly too big Whistles Barrel Legs on Vinted over the summer and have solved this problem for myself. I am not a fan of them with a big boot on the end so always sadly packed them away. Turns out my bit too big pair sit on my hips and hit the top of my shoe. I like the way they look like that and I can wear them with longer socks and trainers in the colder months. Might even stick some thermal leggings underneath

@Tinymrscollings

Last night I was helping a friend buy jeans online. It made us realise again how preoccupied women of our age (40s) are with looking as slim as possible. It’s really limiting and can look a bit dated, always fretting about this or that part and how to make it look smaller or bigger (generally smaller)

The current way of dressing has shifted focus to outfit proportions rather than body proportions, and I really like that. It’s inclusive of all body types, I think. With no expectation that anyone’s bottom looks tiny and neat or is hidden away like a dirty secret if it isn’t, wearing barrel legs and a shorter, boxier top piece looks great on everyone. Not ‘flattering’ in the sense we grew up with, but balanced.

I agree entirely with this. I'm early 40s, and in the last few years I've managed to shuck off the psychological torment that was inevitable from coming of age in the 90s:

1. Every part of your body that deviates from the Kate Moss template is a Problem Area
2. Problem Areas must be dealt with either by "skimming" over them, or subduing them with torture modern corsetry

Bloody Trinny and Susanna and Gok Wan telling us to wear fucking wrap dresses and "control" pants—sad Pygmalions, determined to sculpt our substandard bodies into acceptability.

I spent three decades feeling like I should diminish myself because I'm built like a Viking. That's insane. Fashion now is so much more about the interesting shape of the clothes—it's fun and exciting.

A flattering garment isn't one that makes me look small, it's one that makes me feel immense.

It doesn’t look dated, it just looks silly. There’s a middle ground between sprayed on and looking like you’re wearing your dad’s clothes and this isn’t it.

Agree with you both @TheLeadbetterLife and @Tinymrscollings and I love this:

A flattering garment isn't one that makes me look small, it's one that makes me feel immense.

Yeah it's a great feeling when you find clothes that do that and if the price is they make my arse look bigger then so be it.

I fell hard for Trinny and Susannah's rules and it was years before it dawned on me that 'flattering' basically meant 'makes you look thinner' - fine if that's what you personally like but I refuse to believe it's a superior way to dress.

People pay good money for a big arse now, @Floisme, so it's a win-win.

They just prove that style is so far removed from fashion. One is for the individual the other is for the masses.

Shall I be Miranda Priestley and do the cerulean sweater monologue or does someone else want to? 😂