Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Style and beauty

Looking for style advice? Chat all about it here. For the latest discounts on fashion and beauty, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

What style of jeans are you wearing?

42 replies

ForSaleChesterDraws · 26/06/2025 20:08

I don’t have any jeans that fit me and want to buy some for casual weekend wear. I’m 5’4”, size 12 but smaller waist and larger over the hips and thighs but with proportionally little legs so tend to need short length. I hate cropped. I think barrel are a step too far. What have you bought lately and loved?

OP posts:
Kwean · 27/06/2025 14:54

I'm loving these 'magic' top slim flare .... very flattering on my 5'3 frame.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/magic-shaping-high-waisted-slim-flare-jeans/p/clp60627217?color=INDIGOMIX#intid=pid_pg1pip35g4r4c3

unsevered67 · 27/06/2025 14:57

I’m 5 ft 4 with proportionally bigger thighs and short legs
I like Levi high rise bootcut ( 725 s) for when I’m going out.
I also have mango culottes which are high waisted and wide leg but full length on me. They re much cheaper

NewAgeNewMe · 27/06/2025 14:59

M&S siena regular and Eva short. I’m 5’3 pear shaped.

dEdiCatEdFeliNeEntHusiAst · 30/06/2025 05:10

Elpheba · 27/06/2025 06:46

M&S Siena soft- straight leg and v comfy. Got 3 pairs- 1 in each colour!

Me too. I've just swapped my skinnies for these. Highly recommend.

Ontheedgeofit · 30/06/2025 05:22

FluentAquaMoose · 27/06/2025 13:31

I don't normally wear jeans however we were at York DO and my other half swerved me into Levi's and despite a mini 'I don't wear jeans,hate jeans' spat to the assistant she got me to try a pair of 514's and OMG...... they fit beautifully. I'm a 28 leg and size 31 waist although could go smaller.
Need to expand my jeans wardrobe obviously.

Never seen 514s and can’t seem to find them online anywhere. Can you send a link?

ForSaleChesterDraws · 01/07/2025 07:14

Ok, they have arrived! I can confirm I look an absolute twat in barrel leg jeans. They are already in the post going back! I also bought some palazzo jeans from Sainsbury’s, but given that my legs are short, I find they make my legs look short squares.

The New Look Adalae jeans are a different kettle of fish and I love them. I ordered them in a dark blue wash and a mid blue wash in petite. The mid blue are looser fit than the dark blue. I am keeping the dark blue and sending the lighter ones back. Both are labelled an extra short, but the ankles skim
the floor, so good luck with anyone that is properly petite!

OP posts:
TizerorFizz · 01/07/2025 07:26

M&S wide leg. The Autograph ones are excellent. I like the flared ones too. I’m quite tall but I know shorter people with them. Barrel legs suit tall skinny people.

Diggetydawg · 02/07/2025 13:47

I've recently discovered levis and bought two pairs of the superlow loose which i love. I feel a bit of a twat in all barrel jeans that I've tried on apart from the M&S Carrot Jeans, which I love for this time of year. The New Look Adalae are very good too.

ladygindiva · 02/07/2025 22:08

M&s carrot ankle grazer jeans. Bloody fabulous. Bought both colours

Nextdoormat · 02/07/2025 22:46

Levi 912 which are vintage I love them so much. So comfy and on trend atm, can't find another pair tho😢

stclementine · 02/07/2025 23:09

shardlakem · 26/06/2025 20:57

M&S wide leg in short length, I am a similar size to you and they are suprisingly flattering!

Me too - but fatter and still looking good

Ruthietuthie · 02/07/2025 23:14

I am also a pear shape. I just bought the AYR secret source jeans in the shade good mood, seen here. They are incredibly flattering - make my legs look really long and my stomach and bum look a good shape, without being uncomfortably high-waisted.
I also have the AYR knockout jeans in both colors, which are here. They have a hint of the fashionable barrel shape, but not so much that you look like you just got off a horse! They are gorgeous.
In both cases, at 5'4" I got the shorter length.

The Secret Sauce

A cult classic. Looks incredible. Wildly comfortable. Waitlists longer than a 2010 brunch line, the heyday of avocado toast. We recommend "S" for 5'6" and below, "R" for 5'7" - 5'8", and "L" for 5'9" and above. Please email us at [email protected] if we...

https://www.ayr.com/products/the-secret-sauce-1?variant=42706030100559

Hallywally · 02/07/2025 23:16

I’m still in skinnies! I just can’t part with them, I love them so much. I know it ages me, makes me look not on trend blah blah but I honestly don’t care. I just love them so much and they have ticked every box for me for the last 15/16 years. I’m just too old to change now.

Booksandsport · 16/07/2025 22:17

NewAgeNewMe · 27/06/2025 14:59

M&S siena regular and Eva short. I’m 5’3 pear shaped.

I love these too. 5ft 4 and VERY pear-shaped with heavier calves and they are great.

Gwenhwyfar · 19/07/2025 14:55

From Mango I got what they call flares so they have pockets on the front rather than on the sides and flare out into being wide legs. However, they're cropped (other people's ankle size, but normal size for me). I like wide legs at the moment with a top being short or tucked in.

Gwenhwyfar · 19/07/2025 14:59

dEdiCatEdFeliNeEntHusiAst · 30/06/2025 05:10

Me too. I've just swapped my skinnies for these. Highly recommend.

I've got the Siena in two colours, but preferring wide legs for the summer.

crackofdoom · 19/07/2025 15:06

I've just bought another pair of the black Primark "mom" jeans I bought 6 months ago. They were reduced to a tenner which I deduce means they're going out of style, but I absolutely cannot countenance wide leg jeans. I'm broad of thigh and arse, and I'd look enormous if my jeans hung straight down from that point! These are nicely tapered, and make me look curvy rather than bulgy.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page