New fashion women's jeans.

Personally I like straight leg trousers and jeans now. Thought I was getting too old for jeans but my husband persuaded me to try some on in Next and I was surprised how well they fitted and thought they looked good too ( my husband is great to shop with and often spots things that suit me more accurately than I do - my late mum even liked shopping with him). I find tight jeans) trousers too uncomfortable and wide ones too flappy now. But definitely each to their own.
I think overall it's easier these days to wear whatever you want and there are fewer expectations/stereotypes about what you should wear at different ages.

The OP was rejoicing in the return of wide legged jeans and asking for hints on where to buy good ones. Her incidental comments were nowhere near as unpleasant as most of the replies.

None of the young women I know possess jeans. With the exception of one who has one pair ripped jeans.

|Anyone else never ever worn jeans?

Hetty58, I still have a decent figure ( pity about the face though)
being 5’ 1’’ and roughly still 34-24-34, and there must be many more of us. I rarely wear jeans, preferring Chinos, and I never wear leggings, except for exercise classes. Leggings, worn without bottoms covered, is redolent of someone, in the 60’s up till more recently, going out with only tights and no skirt or dress on, which would probably have been deemed strange. Fashions change, but some things just stick in our minds.

Blimey! Say it how it is sister! Admittedly some are better suited to different styles but there's no hard and fast rules, I was a jeans gal from the earliest I can remember so feel very comfy still wearing jeans of all styles! I'm not daft enough to think I can wear with my supercharged midriff on show , all very stylish and tasteful , but don't be so rude about others' 'look'!

I don't intend to change from Levy's 501 any time soon.

OP you probably did not intend to give offence, but we do need to be careful not to be too dogmatic about our likes and dislikes.

If you merely had said that wider legged jeans suits your figure, I am sure no-one would have minded.

I once was looking at hair dye which led me to a thread on some website where men were discussing how fat girls who give it out dye their hair blue. It was an awful website/thread, full of misogyny, so I think maybe people are sensitive to women being discussed in such a manner.

Wide leg jeans don’t appeal to me, even though I’m 5’7, but what I do find is that my mobile phone rarely fits into the pocket of women’s jeans. This is really inconvenient.
Additionally, I’m going to say that I don’t like seeing any women wearing the kind of trousers which cling tightly to their backsides with no top to cover said backside. It’s an opinion I’ve never voiced before, because I realise I’m perhaps a little old-fashioned, but regardless of what other GNetters say I believe I am entitled to my own opinion. By the same token I really dislike seeing half of a man’s backside.

I have had years of people who have felt the need to tell me I am too skinny! I’m not, I have simply inherited a slim build from generations of women in my family. I hated my figure for so long because of these thoughtless comments, especially in my teens. I could have retaliated with truly nasty comebacks but I chose to say nothing although I had my own opinions regarding their appearance. I still wince when posts about being termed ‘skinny’ is a frowned upon description of some women, seen through the eyes of others on GN.
I’m sure it wouldn’t go down well if I were to say to someone they were far too fat!

Wide legged, cropped trousers wouldn’t be a good look on me and I am more comfortable in high waisted washed velvet ‘skinny’ jeans and tapered trousers in winter and a few pairs of different coloured jeggings in summer. Each to their own and whatever your opinion of how other women look - keep it to yourself.

To Scotsman
Sorry you had to feel that way growing up.
Women need to support other women,skinny wide ,sailor bottoms torn or whatever if you are comfortable then do it hold yourself in positive esteem Happy New Year

pinkjj27

Lucca

I admit to sometimes thinking, "OMG!" at the sight of someone's outfit. I don't believe anyone who says they have never done that

Thanks greengran. There are some real saintly types on GN!

While I might think “ oh dear me no”. It does not mean those people,don’t have the right to wear whatever they like! It is just my opinion! And it doesn’t mean I think I am perfect….I don’t like my legs at all but I hope I dress appropriately…

I’m no saint, but I have had struggled with body image, I have had eating disorder and I have been physically and verbally abused by first husband, for being fat, after giving birth.Told me what I could and could not wear. I Had a mother who fat shamed me daily from the age of five. Why on earth would I then go on to do that to another women? I am actually more likely to tell someone when they look great, (even strangers) People love it, when you just say hay you look great, love your dress, your perfume smells lovely and so on.
Of course, we all make judgements and assumptions it is how we make sense of the world, but its how we act on those thoughts that matters. There are kinder ways to say and do things.
I think as women we need be more positive about ourselves and other women.
Fashions come and go and not all of them have been kind to us women, but kindness to other is the only way to go.

I too have body image issues. Mostly created by my mother telling me I was too fat for shorts etc.

You are implying that I judge people and tell them…of course I don’t. I also often tell people how nice they look, particularly if they are wearing something a bit “different”

My point is that I can’t believe so many people never have a passing thought about what another person is wearing….and by the way I think exactly the same about men wearing ill fitting trousers or t shirt stretched over beer bellies.

It’s not a hobby by the way….I don’t “wander the streets judging peoples legs”. ?

Elizabothe , its a statistics thing. What I mean by "real women" is the huge range of shapes, ages, and sizes. Models and celebrity beauties are among the tiny percentage who are unusually pretty.

I prefer fitted or even skinny jeans/trousers. I dislike fabric flapping around my ankles and am quite short so I don’t think wider trousers look nice on me. On one never to be forgotten occasion some family members (all somewhat bigger than me) laughed at my ‘skinny little chicken legs’ in my skinnies which really hurt so, very unlike me, I gave them a piece of my mind! Wear whatever you feel good in but avoid commenting on someone else’s choice unless they actively seek your opinion. And even then, please be kind!

Lucca

MrsJeeves

You're being a bit hard on Lillian40! When I read the OP the poem of Ogden Nash, which was in a book given to me 50+ years ago, came to mind:
"Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants
Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
You look divine as you advance
Have you seen yourself retreating?"

While I agree the op was a bit judgmental (a bit ?!). Is everyone on here saying they never ever look at what someone is wearing and think “oh dear that’s not very flattering” ? I know I do, be they old or young thin or not….so shoot me…

Bang!

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I am traditionally build and look like an elephant in wide legged jeans. I wear jeggings, leggings or skinny jeans with long tops or tunics. And anyone who judges me had better be prepared to be judged back hard.
It would have been really easy for the op to ask her question (where can `i get wider legged jeans/trousers) without the judging and the sneering.

Lucca

pinkjj27

Lucca

I admit to sometimes thinking, "OMG!" at the sight of someone's outfit. I don't believe anyone who says they have never done that

Thanks greengran. There are some real saintly types on GN!

While I might think “ oh dear me no”. It does not mean those people,don’t have the right to wear whatever they like! It is just my opinion! And it doesn’t mean I think I am perfect….I don’t like my legs at all but I hope I dress appropriately…

I’m no saint, but I have had struggled with body image, I have had eating disorder and I have been physically and verbally abused by first husband, for being fat, after giving birth.Told me what I could and could not wear. I Had a mother who fat shamed me daily from the age of five. Why on earth would I then go on to do that to another women? I am actually more likely to tell someone when they look great, (even strangers) People love it, when you just say hay you look great, love your dress, your perfume smells lovely and so on.
Of course, we all make judgements and assumptions it is how we make sense of the world, but its how we act on those thoughts that matters. There are kinder ways to say and do things.
I think as women we need be more positive about ourselves and other women.
Fashions come and go and not all of them have been kind to us women, but kindness to other is the only way to go.

I too have body image issues. Mostly created by my mother telling me I was too fat for shorts etc.

You are implying that I judge people and tell them…of course I don’t. I also often tell people how nice they look, particularly if they are wearing something a bit “different”

My point is that I can’t believe so many people never have a passing thought about what another person is wearing….and by the way I think exactly the same about men wearing ill fitting trousers or t shirt stretched over beer bellies.

It’s not a hobby by the way….I don’t “wander the streets judging peoples legs”. ?

why can't you believe it? There are many more interesting things to notice and think about than what strangers are wearing.

What is a G F Notagran55

winterwhite

The OP was rejoicing in the return of wide legged jeans and asking for hints on where to buy good ones. Her incidental comments were nowhere near as unpleasant as most of the replies.

but were they at all necessary to get an answer about a shopping question?

And anyone who judges me had better be prepared to be judged back hard

But nobody is judging you or anyone else out loud !

I bet if a certain ex royal American lady wore something unflattering there’d be plenty on GN commenting ……..

Fitted, slim leg jeans for me every time, at 5ft 3” I look ridiculous in wide, flappy trousers .

Sorry about all the spiteful responses you’ve had Lilian40. Am I blind not to find your post unkind? The remarks you made were general, not aimed at anybody and, let’s face it true, we are all different shapes and often make the wrong choice in what looks good. Anyway, jeans. I think good old M&S gives a good selection as others have said. I always wore skinnies but these days can’t bear the feeling of tight jeans on my legs. My last pair are balloon jeans, not the most flattering so next time I’ll have a look at the Mom jeans. I’m tall and skinny.

Bring back 1970s bell bottoms! Much more flattering and leg-lengthening than the current skin-tight styles of jeans and trousers. I never wear denim jeans because they aren’t comfortable, the colour runs, they take ages to dry and need ironing. ?
The worst item of women’s clothing ever created has got to be leggings! Men’s has to be long shorts…?

'What a judgy thread - I hope you do not say this in public to anybody

If you do not like to look at legs that are not of your taste, do not look or get another route.

Please spare those women of your unneccessary and unrequested view of them

Women are supposed to support each other, not be our worst enemy'

Amen to that, Hithere!! ?