Skinny jeans

Marks & Spencer Twiggy jeggings brilliant; much more comfortable than skinny jeans but look virtually the same.

I have a pair of skinny and a pair of straight jeans I love, bought from the same shop at different times and both virtually the same fitting! I wear them with ankle boots (studded biker ones) in the winter and flat ballet shoes when it is warmer. I've had them a couple of years but I have just bought a pair of wide legged palazzo trousers in a floaty material and my affections have shifted. Maybe I'll go back to the jeans in the winter

"Skinny jeans - why shouldn't you?" Is'nt that a bit of a sexist comment from GNHQ?

Plenty of older women look great in skinny jeans (have made it my life quest to check them out), if you feel good in them, go for it (please).

Probably by the time all us grans are wearing skinny jeans they won't be fashionable any more. I have just bought a jumpsuit. It's really comfortable but a bit of a drag when you want to go to the loo....

2 brief comments - 1) I LOVE H and M and 2) why do women ask the man in their life what they think when it comes to clothes and, even worse, take notice of what they say? Please have confidence and go with what YOU feel good in.

absent go for it you have great long legs, and there is not n inch of fat on you. I am great deal shorter than you and a great deal wider and I love my skinny jeans

Thanks glass. Mind you, I can do the Max Wall walk if necessary.

Is that before or after a glass of wine

Don't you need a bum to do the Max Wall Walk? Size 6 implies that you haven't got much of one, absent!

I have just had to remove my trousers for GN's so I can now reliably inform you that they are 'Gap high rise skinny'. Really comfy , come to my waist , slightly stretchy and look good (i think) with ballet pumps or canvas lace up pumps. In winter i wear them with boots.
Always wear a long top with them as legs reasonable, hips not my best bit.

My legs are long - but nowhere near as long as absent's! I also have a 14-16 bum . I wear my skinny jeans with boots in the winter and with sandals or pumps in the better weather. Always with a very long top, though!

Never liked skinny jeans even when I was skinny. I find them very stiff and uncomfortable. I think they only suit certain body types and mine was never one of them.

Firstly, I apologise to absentdaughter who is a size 10 not a size 12. What on earth would be the point of my trying on skinny jeans that are two sizes too large? Anyway – I have done it. In fact, I have bought two pairs because they were "on special". The family is coming to lunch tomorrow so I shall get the verdict then!

P.s. I like them.

Well done absent!

I love skinny jeans and they look great with shortish blazers/jackets-I have 3 pairs!!

I have the same problem as the scarf lady with a generous sized bosom. But my legs are quite skinny, so I have to be very careful how I put an outfit together so that I don't look ridiculous, like an upside-down triangle. Being rotund with skinny legs means that I can wear skinny jeans easily, but need a long top to go over them so that it hangs down well over my bust, and balances out the pipe-cleaner legs. However, I do wear skinny jeans a lot in the winter, and shorts in the summer. I take the view that if people don't like what they see, they don't have to look. I just the way God made me. I am 67.

It's not the age but the figure type. Anyone who can should as far as skinny jeans are concerned. If I tried it - being a classic apple - I'd look like an old style penny balancing on cocktail sticks. One that's gone green with age and envy. As for shoes - I like the look - on others (gnash, gnash) - with ballet flats or long boots.

Totally agree Lupin - at 68 I would wear skinny jeans if I was tall and slim but as I'm sort and on the tubby side they look wroooong and are very uncomfortable.

Skinny jeans are practically a uniform for me. I love them with ballet flats, loafers or boots, wouldn't be without them however I could not abide them in hot weather. I've been in Greece for a few weeks now in 30 degree heat and have seen young ones wearing jeans in the day time, I've no idea how they do it, must be genetic.

Im a size 18 and I wear leggings all the time, my weight is around my middle and my legs are quite slim so as long as I wear a longish top I feel ok. If I lose weight is is always from my legs. Im looking of for a pair of skinny jeans at the minute probably will end up with jeggings though. As long as theyre comfortable I don't really mind. Im not a dress and tights person.

I'm looking forward to having the option of skinny jeans - ie when I've lost another 12kg. I may or may not take that option!

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Oh definitely go for the skinnies Absent you will look amazing with that lovely figure of yours .

To hell with Mr Absent. If you feel good in them that's all that counts. As others have said skinnies are far more versatile than boot cut as they look great with ballet pumps, trainers, flat short boots or longer boots.

who knows we might get you in leggings yet

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