Do you have to be skinny to wear skinny jeans?

[Dragonbutter]

Out of interest. I see skinny jeans are very in and as i have inherited my fathers chunky legs I'm presuming skinny jeans would be a definite no-no.

I'm a size 14, 5'2" pearshape.

Skinny jeans, yes or no?

i am not skinny by any means and i wear skinny jeans

basically - long ish top to cover arse and thighs and high heels

i think i look ok!

Yes.

I am a size 10 and was reluctant to do it but kept seeing women larger than me wearing them and looking fab.

Don't be put off when you initially try them on, it's scary going from non-skinny to skinny. Take an insistent bullying friend with you.

I am a similar shape too Dragonbutter, and yes I would wear them - if I could find a pair to fit! Usually if they fit over my thighs there's a large gape at the waist. I don't like belts! In principle yes though, with a tunic-y top, would look ok I think.

ah but tunic-y tops make me look really unshapely. i have a waist somewhere that i like to cinch in at but have a c-section overhang which needs disguising.

i sound dreadful don't i.

so you really think i should try some on?

Nope. I think skinny jeans need to be on skinny people. Otherwise you emphasise the apple/pear shape.

yes if tucked into boots otherwise you will look like an unside down bowling pin.

@ thegoat

i think they look fab if worn with the right clothes/boots. and size 14 is hardly large, is it. wear what you feel comfortable in and dont give a stuff about what other people think.

mixed opinions here.
i will try them on and try to keep an open mind...but i doubt very much they'll look good. that's not very open minded is it.
ok, i'll try really hard.
thanks

yes, i'm size 12 and i just don't look right. However it depends on self image. If you feel good then fine.

My dd is very skinny so skinny jeans look baggy on her

YES. Yes. Yes.

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Wear them with a long top but cinched in at the waist with a fancy belt maybe?

No. 1 - no-one over 14 looks good in skinny jeans. No 2 - they are 'out' and wide legged jeans which would suit your shape much more, are now 'in'. Skinnies look DIRE on pearshapes - they just highlight our short legs and saddlebags. Avoid like the plague, and buy a pair of dark bootcut jeans instead.

I think it depends on what you're wearing them with. I like mine, but I wouldn't wear them with anything other than boots. I wouldn't wear pumps or stilettos or anything with them, and the top has to be reasonably long.

I am a size 10 and I think I look crap in skinny jeans. I think they make everyone with hips look like they have a fat arse. I can't wait for them to go out of fashion - I see from luxmum they are ... but not yet in Aus ...

Generally i don't think anyone is fooled by the tunic

They seem to be coming IN to fashin for men? I am still scared from seeing an overweight 16yo boy wearing some a few years ago - he looked like an idiot.

I'm not over keen on them. They emphasise a pear shape. Look better tucked into boots I guess but even so...

I don't like them at all worn with very flat shoes.

I have short legs and only wear them tucked into boots.

Wear with a dress, belted over the top.Gives you a waist, covers a multitude of sins..And tucked into boots if you are worried..

Is not about the size you are with skinnies though..is about the shape of the leg maybe?

I am size 10/12 and pear-shaped and am wearing them today but feeling like I shouldn't be. I think that I can get away with them if they are tucked into boots but not otherwise. And from what I can gather the tucked into boots look is a bit passe thereby scuppering my efforts to be vaguely fashionable.

Well if tucked into boots is passe so are skinnies. Go an get yourself some bootlegs and stop worrying