New fashion women's jeans.

Just pop into M&S and try on a selection (can still use changing rooms??).
I have a selection of straight, skinny, and my favourite atm is "Mom" jeans, rolled up or with ankle boots big jumper and massive scarf.
Have fun selecting.

Well said Scotsmum. Born with a birthmark on my face, "too tall", naturally slender, baby fine hair I can resonate with all you say. Criticised by my father for my looks, patronised by my mother, pitied by neighbours and school teachers......

For years my legs were my one redeeming feature, alas not now, scars, varicose veins, cellulite you name it. I rarely show them these days but I don't care. They work just fine and they serve me proud. I can walk, run (sort of) jump, skip, dance, who cares what they look like.

Sorry Lillian, I hate to say it but I agree your post was unkind and totally unnecessary. If you wanted to know where to buy wide legged jeans you only had to ask and you would have received helpful advice as to the best stockists, prices etc. there was no need to launch into a cruel diatribe about the appearance of others.

Not all of us have been gifted by perfect faces and bodies. If you have, then good luck to you, but perhaps spare a thought for your aesthetically challenged sisters.

I hope Lillian never walks behind me....whatever would she think to see one very normal leg and the other extremely swollen, disfigured and mis-aligned leg! Must be wonderful to be anywhere near perfect and how sad that she cannot source the wonderful jeans she so desires!

I like jeans which are on the skinny side but not too tight around the legs. I find that buying them one size too big solves the problem. I should add that I have rather a large waist and tummy so it works for me!

Scotsmum

Contentiously I like the slim legged jeans and think they look good on me!

@Lillian40 and all those legs that offended you so much got the women they belonged to their work, to visit their elderly parents, to collect their children from school etc.
What an unpleasant post ?

What a horribly judgemental Original post. I do not wear skinny jeans even though they looked good when I tried then on, I just find them uncomfortable.
People are all shapes and sizes, and dont need your input on what they wear.
If you had just asked about where you could get the flared trousers you would have had a better reaction. The rest of your post was just spiteful and pointless.

Bootcuts for me.

Well said, Scotsmum

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Like these ? She’s young slim and very tall. Imagine on someone about 5’4”…..?

Wide leg jeans ?? No thanks.
Straight or fitted are more flattering provided you team them with an appropriate length shirt /sweater etc.

Agree with a lot of what you say Scotsmum. Resonates with me !

I think we are old enough to wear the trousers or jeans we feel comfortable in. M&S do a good range and you can get slight flares or wide usually in three leg lengths.

i think straight leg jeans are better than drain pipes or tight leggings.

I am sorry that happened to you Scotsmum . Please dont apologise for 'the rant' I thought it expressed things much better than my sarky comments.

Hesitated before posting but I feel I have to say something about this seemingly innocuous post instead of just scrolling past. It makes me question a few assumptions.

Just wondering why on earth it should matter to anyone what shape anyone else is? Where is this code to be found that I or other women are supposed to be holding to?

As a child I had enough prejudice from my own father (telling me I was a yard of pump water; then post-puberty, instructing me to stick my chest out because I had barely got one; often slapping my rear and chortling that it would make an excellent bookshelf) and mother, who frequently told me what problems I caused her because my arms were too long - same with my waist, apparently, and to be sure to hide my scraggy neck with a scarf - and to use peroxide on my upper lip and teeth...is it any wonder I had zero self esteem and body image - and still, 60 years later, struggle massively with it?

It would be interesting to hear if you ever judge the many shapes of men in the same way. Or do females have an unwritten obligation to either delight all their beholders (which men escape) or render themselves invisible because they failed in the model stakes?

I find it really sad that the perpetuation of stereotypes and stigma is still going on. I am also sad that I can still be the unwitting cause of disgust in others, but secure at least that it is not my problem any longer but entirely theirs. sorry for the rant. A nerve was touched.

I won't be wearing them as I am 5’3 but each to their own.

Straight leg for me, I don’t mind wide trousers in the Summer but can’t stand them flapping around in the Winter.

Lillian40

At last wider leg jeans, lets be honest, how many older women look good in tight or narrow leg jeans.. Even some younger women would do themselves a favour and not show of the huge hips' and unshapely legs. We cant all look like models. I have walked behind bandy legs, bowie legs, spindle legs and fat legs. Not a pretty sight. How much more feminine we will all look in the wider leg jeans. The problem is where do you purchase them, they are promoted but in which store.???

Do you have a pic of yourself in jeans to show us?!

Used to love flares back in the day, but can't wear wide leg jeans now. Much prefer skinnies, but not too skinny.

I do not like wide leg trousers. I’m sticking with my slim look jeans.

I recently bought straight leg jeans from Damart. Side elasticated waist. They are very comfortable and look quite smart enough to go out to the pub in.
I also bought a pair of straight leg corduroy trousers from Seasalt. Flat front with side buttons. A bit more dressy than my jeans.

Is this a wind up? Wide legged jeans are very unflattering unless you are above 5’8’’ and below a size 12, so no thanks from me.

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