I love my skinny jeans! In fact, they are the only pair of jeans I wear at the moment…

I don’t wear skinny – I haven’t been able to pull them off in a flattering way. I am a total inverterted triangle with broad shoulders and relatively narrow hips. I have an average figure but can’t pull off skinny jeans and a small top (I’m almost 40 and it looks like I’m trying way too hard) I hate tunics as they typically make me look broader than I am as my shoulders are my widest part.

I wear them. But I reserve them for tucking into boots, whether with dresses or shirts/jackets.
I really want to wear them with my cherry red heels, but I admit I haven’t found the perfect pair to try that with. I’ve tried on numerous skinnies, but I must be looking in the wrong place.
I found some lovely ones at the Gap, but they had fading along the thigh area. Why???!!!

I have 1 pair of skinnies. Before I wore them, I made sure to follow the rules for my body shape. I donned my new outfit, looked in the mirror and one image came to my mind: Mermaid Man from Spongebob Squarepants. I will never wear them again.

it took me a while to adjust to skinnies, but now i’m hooked. i have three pairs — blue, black and grey — and love them with boots. in fact, i’m just now branching out into wearing them with other footwear. and in fact, i’m wearing them right now, with a tunic top, knit vest, and booties! chilly day in chicago, brrr.

ILS. I LOVE skinnies. I’m even looking for a pair to put on my preggie body.

I do have one complaint about most of the cuts. I have narrow hips and fuller thighs which is probably the opposite problem of most people. So the legs are usually really tight on me. Looser styles are more straight legs than skinnies.

I have straight leg denim which I love, and made clams from a pair of Gap Long and Lean because they seemed too wide for today’s look. So I think my eye has adjusted to a leaner look, but actually haven’t tried any skinnies. I don’t have enough tops to pair with them, nor do I have flat boots. I can’t see myself wearing skinnies unless tucked in to boots.

I love skinnies. I am in the +50 crowd, so I wear the Not Your Daughter’s Jeans version of skinnies. For the more mature fashionista, I think they are a terrific look. Not too overdone, not too skinny, not too scrunchy at the bottom – just right.

I really don’t like how skinnies look, but I’ve recently been worried that, if I don’t start wearing them, then fashion will leave me behind and I’ll start to look like I’m stuck in a time warp. I’ll be 26 in December, and I live in LA, so maybe I have a warped vision, but I am worried that my beloved bootcut jeans are turning into the new mom jeans… I asked my 20-year-old sistar about this, and she said it is possible! Ugh!

When I first saw skinny jeans, I ran in the opposite direction. Then the look grew on me about a year and half ago. I squeezed into a pair in a dressing room, took one look at my image in the mirror and took them off only to try them on again about a month ago. This time I loved what I saw in the mirror because the cut was perfect, the thighs didn’t look like sausages, and I could see myself wearing them out without a cloak. So for me personally, it was important to lose the weight before I felt comfortable wearing them. I love when I see women wearing skinny jeans the right way that works with their body shape.

I just don’t like skinnies. I do like the slim-fit, but I hate hate hate the tapered leg, how the jeans pile up at the ankle, and that the entire foot shows. And I haven’t found that I like the look on anyone … I much prefer a slim straight leg. Maybe I’m scarred from my teen years of not being able to find jeans long enough, but I prefer my jean hem to almost drag the ground.

I have one pair of skinnies and one pair of stirrup skinnies – both bought to wear tucked into boots. I have only recently worn my skinnies with a tunic top and gladiators and felt cute in that.

I prefer a nice boot cut because I feel more balanced between the top and bottom and I think the silhouette is nicer on me.

I keep getting rid of jeans that I acquire that are not skinnies. I don’t like and
don’t wear the sprayed on look. I wear them the way the photos show. I have
2, a black and a dark denim. They were sold as denim leggings and I merely
bought them a size up. I get lots of compliments on them, too.

I (psychologically) can’t wear bootcuts. I’m an hourglass by measurement but
unlike those other hourglasses that look that way when viewed straight on,
I don’t look so curvy. Guess most of the measurement is taken up all around.
When I wear bootcuts, I do look like I have very curvy legs and it isn’t a look
I like so much for myself. I just like a leaner line.

Very happy to hear skinnies are sticking around.

I have one pair, and enjoy wearing them with a tunic and boots. They have become one of my MOTG uniforms in the winter. Haven’t tried them without boots though.

I *heart* skinnies. Trouser jeans, boot cuts & wide legs have all taken a backseat to my beloved skinny jeans. They look great with so many things, are very flattering on me & are comfortable, too! I can’t wait to tuck them into boots this fall and winter. I hope this look never goes out of style!

I’m a flared jean gal. I don’t really even like the look of skinnies but it’s always good to know when something you like is going to stick around.

Newbie to the blog and forum, but wanted to chime in on the topic. I actually quite like the look of skinnies in photos and such, but feel somewhat intimidated in terms of trying them on myself. I still have a few pounds to lose, and I’m also a bit lost in terms of what kind of footwear will work. I realize there are some blog posts around on this topic, but I’m just kind of tentative about the whole thing. For instance, there seems to be a ‘rule’ that you must wear flats with no hose or socks of any kind. Well, fall and winter are on their way, and I feel I may have missed my chance to wear this look properly. Don’t have any boots just yet, and wouldn’t know what kind to get to wear with skinnies.

Plus, another thing – I’ve been scouring various stores’ websites, in search of ’skinnies’ that might work for me – (non-distressed, very dark wash etc.) but one of the things that has me a bit worried is that most of them are very low-rise. I fear ‘muffin top’.

All of that said – I really do think they look nice – they seem to look great with the new ‘boyfriend blazer’, the longer cardigans and such.

In the very near future, I am going to make myself go and try some of these. Still stuck on the footwear aspect though, and wondering if there are ’skinnies’ without the super-low-rise.

I love skinnies mainly for tucking into my scrunchy boots. Even though i am short and curvy i like this look with longer tunics.

How timely this question is! I had been waiting to lose the weight before I tried skinnies, and I was really looking forward to it. This weekend I tried on many pairs while out with my shopping girlfriend.

But so far, it’s been a big NO for me. The new Gap and the BRs fit just fine, but I still look like an ice cream cone; my hips are still are and always will be wide, and the shape of skinnies emphasizes that in all kinds of unattractive ways. Adding boots should have balanced out the proportions, but it doesn’t. I look stuffed in from both directions!

So I’ve decided to hunt for the perfect straight-leg instead. Now *those* are flattering on the new bod!

I love the look but still haven’t found the right pair for me. It’s frustrating; I’m restricted by both my body shape (pear) and my budget. I’d really love to have a great pair for Autumn, though. They’re on my list.

I’m loving the skinny jean trend and I happen to be a pear shape gal. Finding skinnies with a tad of stretch also helps for the extra curvy areas. I love wearing my skinnies for a night out on the town with heels and a nice tunic top. It definitely makes me feel more pulled together and “sexy”, without having to show too much.

I’m not against skinnies now (I was in the beginning). I totally see that they can be stylish. I could probably wear them, but I choose not to because I still think that a bootcut leg to balance out thighs and hips is a more feminine and attractive style for most women. I wouldn’t try skinnies unless I got completely bored with bootcuts. Or unless–perish the thought–bootcuts stopped being sold!

Aha. Interesting. Very interesting. Great responses so far.

Melody, it just goes to show that beauty 100% lies in the eye of the beholder. Our visual perception of skinnies is polar opposite. It’s precisely what you loathe about the look that I think is genius. The scrunched effect is just genius! Fably textural and different. It’s a billion times better than the version we did in the 80’s. And skinnies tucked into a magnificent pair of boots is one of favourite looks of all time. For that reason alone I could wear skinnies forever.

Maddy, I love your comment.

I’ve finally warmed up to skinnies and vowed to get a pair in the fall. Now I’m pregnant, so I’m looking for the perfect maternity skinnies. (Patience – have you seen the pair at the Gap? – I’m tentative about ordering them online but they’re cute.) Like Patience, I have narrow hips, almost no rear end (especially now), and thicker thighs, so I worry about fit.

I think skinny jeans are a great alternative to leggings. Although I wear a size 6 and have ok legs I was hesitant at first, but I am getting used to the tighter fit. That said, I think that jeans worn all scrunched up above high heels look ugly and are likely to appear dated in a season or two. I prefer ankle length with flat shoes (ballerinas, loafers, sandals) or longer, but not scrunched, with boots.

Sarah — the fading along the top of the thighs is intended to look slimming. Example:costumes for hefty opera divas with a panel of light or bright color down the middle with dark colors down the sides.

I really like them after taking a while to warm up. I actually find they do more for my hourglass/ muffin top tendencies than my regular bootcut jeans.

Banana Republic’s Classic Skinny Jeans fit me wonderfully. They are very forgiving in the waist. I believe I am an hourglass with apple tendencies and so the silhouette really seems to work for me. I wear them with more voluminous tops and the highest heels I can handle for going out. I’ve yet to incorporate them into my daily MOTG wear but will probably do that more this fall with boots. Right now I have a dark blue pair and a grey pair and would like to add a black pair.

I stopped wearing tapered jeans in 9th grade after the trends changed in the early 90s, and I vowed to never, ever, go back to this unflattering shape for my hourglass figure and thunder thighs. I am grieving the loss of bootcut (I too fear they will soon be the passe shape of the unhip), and I am holding onto straight legs. When I started seeing skinnies with zippers my 80s instincts told me to either scrunch several pairs of neon socks over them or french roll them. I just can’t take them seriously as fashion. I’m choosing instead to (*gulp*) embrace leggings because if I’m going to wear skin tight pants, they better have an elastic waist band.

I’d love to hear more about the ‘magnificent pair of boots’ aspect.

agrace: off to investigate BR “Classic Skinny Jeans” – maybe they’ll work for me too.

I’m not a big fan. I have one pair that I wear occassionally. In my opinion the boot cut option looks much better on most people. I like skinnies on really slender girls, and the teens all look cute in them. But for women like me in their 40s, I wouldn’t mind seeing this trend go away

Well I am quite a late-comer to wearing skinny jeans–I just bought my first pairs two weeks ago on a trip to London. Years ago I was convinced, as many were, that this was a trend that would pass right on by because it seemed really difficult to wear. I tried on pair after pair in stores but they always looked terrible.
but this summer I found a pair, not too expensive, and they looked great(I thought).Got a pair in black to and am ready to try them for fall.
But I have to admit I will probably still wear them with tops that fall over my behind and hips, partially because I am shy about letting the “junk in the trunk” out in all its tight-jeans glory, and I am still working through accepting the look in my mind’s eye.My DH is having the same issue and gently let me know they looked “okay” but he preferred me in bootleg cut jeans(I do too actually). So it will be sweater/long cardigans and voluminous tops for me right now as I ease into the skinny jean territory.but I am constantly playing in my closet to see what works and what doesn’t. Guess that is the only way to know, right?

Bootcut lasses! No need to worry! Bootcuts aren’t going to disappear. I’d put my head on a block saying that. Continue wearing your beloved bootcuts if that’s your preference. Always stylish.

Btw, slim straight legs are a version of skinny jeans in my book. So if you wear pukka straight legs, you’re invariably wearing a tame incarnation of a tapered style.

Maris, as an older and wiser lass, I’m so glad you chimed in. I bet your skinnies look fab. I have a 66 year old client who likes to wear the equestrian look (very classic Ralph Lauren). She needed skinny jeans and incredible flat boots to create the vibe. Trust me, she looks KILLER and completely age appropriate.

I was SO not into skinnies when they first came back and I’m pretty sure I vowed never to wear them. Honestly to this day I only like them on a few people. Last year I decided to get some to tuck into boots, but when I pulled them on I was shocked to find they didn’t look too bad. They were low rise enough (absolutely necessary for my super short waist), a nice very dark rinse, long enough for once, and not super skinny (but skinnier than straight leg). I bought one pair and then found out that they’re some of the only jeans I own that don’t stretch out as I wear them. I went back and bought another pair. So now they’re my favorite jeans even though I still don’t actually like the silhouette. I tell myself it’s OK because I’m stylish even if I don’t like the style, LOL. In case anyone’s wondering, they’re Tilt brand and AFAIK you can only get them at PacSun outlets. I know – how random, right? And they hold their shape better than my Gap jeans, BR jeans, Express jeans… Not bad for $20/pair!

This is a timely post as I’m planning to treat myself to new premium skinnies or straight legs if the right pair can be found that has a higher rise and flatters a flat rear. I like the look on others even better than bootcuts or wider flares. To me a heavier or short person looks blocky with much leg width. On myself, I like the look but need to find more of the right tops for an over-60 body and that don’t have cap/puffy/short sleeves and enough length.

I LOVE them. With a bit of guidance from our dear Angie i started wearing them with tunics and knee high boots. With a bit more encouragement i’ve branched out into wearing them with banded tops and flats. As a pear i thought this would never be possible but i think everyone could pull off the look if they like it, just takes a bit of legwork finding the right pair and the right tops

It took me a while to adjust to the look, especially on my curvy body, and even more so when I’m carrying more weight than I’d like, but I like skinny jeans and have worn mine much more during the last 6 months. I think the key for me is that unless I wear them under boots, the skinnies need to be a bit wider at the ankle – not quite a straight leg, but not tapering a lot.

I still can’t get past the “chopped” look by the feet/ankles. I am 5′3 and love how bootcut jeans look with heels, elongating my leg. I haven’t even tried a pair of skinnies on yet as I can’t imagine liking how stubby they would make my legs look.

I love the look and have been searching for a pair that fits me. I just cannot stand any sort of “binding” anywhere and don’t have the figure to carry off sausage-squeezed areas – my pear-shaped lower half produces some interesting pooches that seem to be emphasized in the skinnies I have tried so far. And I also have the low-rise issue…I need a mid-rise to hold in the pooch.

At this point, I have not found any that meet my comfort OR fit requirements. I have had some luck with the straight-leg look and some of those are slim enough that I can wear them in the same ways that one would wear the skinnies. Overall, it seems this style of jean requires even more sleuthing to find a fitting and flattering pair that has no binding areas.

It took me AGES to come around, and I still am more of a straightlegs girl, but I have to admit that I now feel less polished and chic in my bootlegs than I do in my closer-fitting jeans. I never thought I’d see the day …

I agree with you, Angie: If you hate the look or are uncomfortable in it, avoid it. But if you like it and feel it wouldn’t work on your body type, experiment a little before giving up. There are MANY styles of skinny, and it’s amazing how many shapes and sizes can pull off the style.

I avoided it because I didn’t like it. Now I avoid it because it’s everywhere. There something to be said for the counter-trend.

I am reasonably tall and slender and yet a real woman who made two babies and has a body that shows it if you look closely. I do have a straight leg pair that I use in-lieu of skinnies (with tunics, volume tops, etc.) I would not do real skinnies.

I also continue to own a fabulous bootcut – but now with more flare – so it looks like I am wearing it on purpose. I do feel more fab in my bootcut – but with all the pretty tops, I can wear with my straight-leg pair, I would not pass on either of my pairs of jeans.

I continue to be on the lookout for a white pair (a little late I know – but I want to wait for the perfect pair) – and for that pair, I doubt if I will find a straight pair that looks fab – but one never knows.

I love my skinnies. I wear them with boots, flats and heels. I’m a curvy gal (about a size 12), but I’ve found wearing my skinnies with banded bottom tops show off all of my best assets.

I love them – but do I wear my straight legs more often. Except in the winter, when skinnies are so much easier to tuck into boots. However you said straight legs are skinnies in your book. If so, then I own four pairs including my straight legs. The three true skinnies include one that can’t be tucked into boots (too much scrunch), one that can because I cut them short and reserve them only for this purpose, and a third pair with high waist which are super comfortable and miraculously they can be work tucked or untucked.

I don’t often wear the skinnies with ballet flats, even though I adore the look on others. I seem to either need boots, or pumps with a bit of a heel (whether for real or just psychologically). And it can’t be just any heel: I prefer a chunkier heel or wedge and a rounded toe. In my mind, you add a substantial shoe with the ankle scrunch, or a boot, and it somehow balances you out on the bottom. Not quite as dramatically as a bootcut does, but balance nonetheless.

However I would simply get bored if there was only one style of jean to choose from! I love my bootcuts just as much, and I also love my trouser cuts too!

Great question, Angie! First I have to say that I don’t loathe the trend. In fact, I bought my first modern pair of skinny jeans in dove gray from Zara 4 years ago during my honeymoon in Europe. (Exactly 4 years as our anniversary is in 3 days. Yay!) The look was just surfacing and I loved the fresh edge it brought. Then I got pregnant and they became a well-used part of my preggers wardrobe even if I had to update them in three sizes. I still own two pairs in blue and black, but I only wear them with long-ish tunics and jersey dresses as I always did. I want a fab red one for fall to tuck into brown boots! They are the must have when tucking jeans in boots as well, but I don’t like them at all with short tops. (I’ve seen a few exceptions.) It is much more flattering to wear straight cuts if not bootlegs. I don’t like that skinnies are pushed by the fashion industry as the must have choice in any outfit. They are hard to style with short tops for most bodies and often make women look shorter in my opinion. I’m 5′10′ – size 6 and manage to feel stumpy when I have skinnnies+short tops. Again, I like them only when they are styled right and I’m getting tired of seeing badly styled skinnies.

I LOVE skinnies. I’m rarely an early adopter of new trends, but I jumped on skinnies right away. I now have a pair of regular denim, some bright colors and a couple pairs of skinny cords. I also have some very slim trousers (not quite skinnies) that I wear for work. I love love love skinnies.

I love them! And I’m glad that they continue to be fashionable I’m really glad I duplicated my Express skinnies last year -the ones in dark blue denim-, since the first one is now quite washed out and lost its luster. I also have a grey pair, and just bought black skinnies.
My favorite way to wear them is tucked into boots (which also allows me to wear regular size tops without feeling too thick in the hips), or with flats or heels and a short dress. Very comfy, very chic. Hooray to skinnies

I just bought another pair of skinnies at the gap – and they are great! As long as they have stretch, the skinny is fab!

Velvetychocolate – I really would recommend trying them! I got them somehow on a major sale in a store for a great price and honestly they were and still are somehow more comfortable than even my ‘curvy bootcut’ by GAP jeans. I’m very leary of low rise jeans and anything overly snug as I definitely have muffin top! But these are very forgiving in the waist and are somehow so comfortable. They do not dig or pinch and I think they are very slimming. Before these I was terrified of skinny jeans. This is the style number of the pair I have:

Cut BR 5518
STYLE 663322
Summer 09

So, I do not know if what they have online is the *exact* same or not but this particular pair works wonderfully for me. Good luck and report back how you fare!

Ok, I’ll chime in – initially, this pear shaped plus figured “ageless” (read:50+) gal hated those skinnies – all I could find was tapered old lady jeans, or too short, or low rise (read: NO WAY!) I finally found some and wear the heck out of them. Yes, like already noted – went a size up (hey, nobody reads the tags inside but me) and more of a straight leg than a tight skinny. It really does depend on the proportions of what you put with them. My go-to look with skinnies is t-shirt, drapey sweater or vest, sometimes a skinny little belt over the top and flat booties or flats (my knees can’t handle heels) – the pairs I have are a black all over faded and a really dark blue. Slouchy or drapey on top seems best for me. But if I had to choose, my favorite jean is still a nice boot cut or flare type, seems to balance the “pear-ness” the best.

Another fan of skinnies here — in fact I just counted and I now have more skinnies than bootcuts in the closet.

And this comes from the girl who a year ago posted “help, I look like a turkey drumstick in these jeans” about my first pair of skinnies!

I’m skeptical about them for my own use because of my own non-skinny size, but am convinced of their practicality and versatility on those who can pull them off.

Ilove my skinnies and feel frumpy when I wear my boot cuts now. I am a rectangle I think so they work for my shape. I have a pair with stretch in a dark wash.

agrace: I just wrote down those style numbers – thanks

Laura: Can’t help but laugh at ‘turkey drumstick’ – yep, that’s what I’m worried about.

I have always LOVED skinnies on other people, but I’m still ambivalent about skinnies for myself. I don’t find them as comfortable as other jeans. By the end of the day, I’m ready to just rip them off and let my legs breathe a little. I have a friend who can’t stand them clinging to every inch of her legs, so she just never got into the look.

If it weren’t for tucking into boots, I would probably not own a pair of real skinnies. My straight legs are able to fulfill the same role, but they aren’t tapered enough for boots. I think straight legs are a much more flattering option for most body types, so other than the boots thing, I really see no point in owning true skinnies.

Also, I realized the other day that my legs taper a LOT. I go from having fairly average thighs to teeny tiny ankles, so I really felt like skinnies looked odd on me. Add a big chest to the equation and I felt like I was going to topple over. Another reason I prefer my straight legs, even with tunics and voluminous tops. They provide the same sleekness without making me look like a lollipop.

Funny – I read a fashion articale somewhere the other day which stated that women over 40 should not wear skinnies. I was insulted. I’m 49 and love them -

I’m in my 40s, 5′3″ and I love skinnies! Several years ago, I didn’t think I could wear them, but then I finally found the right pair. So now for jeans I only wear skinnies or bootcut/flares. I don’t like the way I look in straightleg jeans, for some reason.

Like others have mentioned, you really need to try on different pairs of skinnies to find one that works for your body. I’ve had pairs that are kinda of loose on and others that are spray-painted tight (and not too flattering). Keep looking!

I love skinny and straight leg jeans. Last year I was a little afraid of wearing them and looking like I was too old for the new trend. This year I feel my eye has adapted so much that everyone looks great, and perfectly normal in skinnies. Even my best friend who lives 1200 miles from me complimented my skinny jeans yesterday as I was leaving for the airport. She said, “I like those jeans. I really like those jeans. What brand are they?”
Also last year it was much more difficult to find longer tops to go with the skinnies and leggings. This year it seems the makers are coming around with a bigger selection of longer tops which I love with the skinny leg pants.
I still like bootcuts and trouser jeans too. I like the skinnies a little better though.

I love them but when I see them in the street on women with: either no butt at all or larger butts and thighs together with shortish tops that don’t hide nothing, I cannot help to think again and again it is the wrong look for them.

I am totally in love with skinnies and I am NOT a skinny girl. I have one dark denim pair that I bought at Torrid and I have been wearing them nonstop. I flew in them yesterday and when my mom picked me up from the airport one of the first things she said was: “You look great, I love those jeans!”

I feel really modern and put together in my skinnies. Really elegant too. I sized up so mine are not very tight, but seem to fit me just right. In some ways I feel that my body looks nicer in skinnies. I can’t explain it. I’m plus-size, but not curvy, so maybe that makes a difference.

Currently I prefer skinnies (or straight leg) one most bodies! I really like the look. When I put on a pair of boot cuts I feel less up-to-date.

If any plus-size girls are interested, I have these, and they’re great:
http://www.torrid.com/torrid/s.....1743335031

I can’t live without my straight-leg (bordering on skinny jeans) with tunics. Without the tunic, I’m all hips.

I don’t particularly mind them but I’ve yet to find a good pair for me.. I prefer to go for its more wearable cousin, the straight-leg

I still prefer straight legs and bootcuts to skinnies for myself and on most of the women I see. Skinnies can look great on slim, long-legged women when they fit properly, so those people should definitely keep wearing them, but much more often I see people wearing skinnies that are too tight, or with a top that is too short and/or too tight (which looks cheap), or the person’s body shape is simply not right for skinnies. I count myself in this latter group.

Still hate ‘em.

You can wear straight leg jeans in all the same ways as skinnies and they are much more flattering.

Skinnies aren’t my favorite – sorry. Being “vertically challenged” at 5′3″, I always feel as if they make me look short and dumpy. The only time I wear them is in the winter — tucked into boots with a long sweater or tunic covering my bum. So I guess essentially, I’m wearing them as leggings.

When will I ever get the nerve to post a picture of me…anyway, I LOVE my skinnies. Bought them at the NAS in a faded, slightly frayed denim. I am careful to wear them with chic tops, possibly layered and nice shoes since I am 60 now. Ha! But I have long legs (and a little belly that I hide). I noticed that these premium Hudsons have clever stitching. The front panel of the leg is narrower than the rear panel so the seaming makes your legs look slimmer!! Quite nice, there. Then I bought a ponte knit black skinny pant from Macy’s. I’m so, so hooked on skinnies!

I forgot to add *very important*: the seamstress at Nordies, cut the into the rise over an inch for me which added length, and helped with the muffin top. $20 for that.

I love the skinny jeans! I keep buying more of them every season. It’s the perfect jeans for me since I’m petite. I can wear it with flats when the weather is still warm and tuck them into boots when it gets cold. They can go from day to night. As long as they’re fitted, I think they look great. I recently bought the new Always Skinny from Gap. They’re fabulous!

I was onto skinnies straight away, I bought my first pair for a summer holiday four years ago, however after living in my skinnies, in every shade and carnation, ever since I’m so ready for a new look. Please, let there be a savvy alternative.

I love my darkwash skinnies — although it took me a good long while to find the right pair. For the slighter of hip relative to muscular calves, I found a pair of Paige jeans I’m wearing right now!

I love skinny jeans and straight-legged jeans on other people, if they are styled right. However I’ve always felt they look a little off on me (and often find that they are quite low-rise as well, which I don’t like). Skinnies are perfect for tucking into boots though, and since I absolutely love that look, I’ve decided to start looking again for a pair that will work for me. Fingers crossed;-)

I am convert, thanks to YLF, and have only been wearing them for a bit over a year, but I have quite a few pairs now. But I am still loving my bootcuts as well and now basically spend equal amount of time in either.

I haven’t had a chance to read the comments & likely won’t until later. Here’s my 2 cents though. What I would have called a skinny before – very narrow leg & wouldn’t have worn I still won’t get into (it doesn’t feel right on my body & I don’t think it’s flattering). However, the CK jeans I just bought are ironically “skinnies” according to CK. Although they are actually a straight leg jean to me that I love to wear all the time. So, it’s all in the definition of a skinny for me as it seems to vary by brand & retailer. At least that’s my perception.

Love the skinny silhouette on me and on others, tucked into boots, when it fits well and flatters. They’ve really kept me warm the last few winters.

Skinny jeans haven’t been my summer preference, though. I’ve been wearing looser boyfriend type jeans.

I also recently got a pair of very dark wash straight legs that still fit into my boots, and are more comfortable than my skinny jeans, so I may end up wearing straight legs more often than the skinny ones come this fall/winter.

I find I don’t wear boot cuts at all any more, so dropped them off to consign last week!

Skinny jeans have just become another of the main stream styles of jeans along with boot cut, flared and boyfriend style. I wear them sometimes but other times I feel much smarter and more comfortable withmy bootcut jeans.

In the winter skinny jeans require careful consideration of footwear or boots that can be worn over.

I love my skinnies too but have to admit that hated them until this season. Couldn’t find a decent pair that I didn’t have to pour myself into. Like them tucked into boots or with long tops. Am so happy that now there are more choices and fits and I agree, everyone now should be able to find a flattering pair.

It took me awhile, too. But I love them now. They go with everything.

Can’t stand them when they aren’t tucked into boots.

With ballet flats or anything else? Hate.

I like skinnier straight-legged jeans, but actual, tapered jeans or tight ankle jeans … really rub me the wrong way

The only skinny jeans that I’ve ever had perfect for me are men’s skinny jeans. They seem to suit my body shape better – women’s skinny jeans just don’t work for me.

I love the look of skinnies but have yet to find a pair that flatter me, after many try-ons! I’m very short and my legs are very muscular, so I find they look strange on me- very lumpy. I’ve yet to find a pair of tall boots that I can zip up, as well. So I tend to stick to wide leg trousers.

I hate them. Enough said.

I have a love-hate relationship with skinny jeans. I’m 5′4″ and have a straight boyish body. Sometimes I find that skinny jeans make me look too much like a boy, but with longer and looser tops I think they actually look ok on me. I like the willowy effect

What a fitting topic because I tried on skinnies today. I liked the way I looked but the jeans didn’t make it to the register because I was hesitant. Can I pull them off at 55? How does a 55 year old wear skinnies so as not to look like her daughter?

Gail

I was apprehensive when I tried on my first pair. A couple of weeks solid daily workout on the Gazelle fixed that. Now I wouldn’t go anywhere without them.

Favorites: Not You Daughter’s Jeans in Black, Levis in medium Blue, Refuge from Charlotte Russe in faded blue.

I love them! I resisted for a long time, mostly because skinnies used to just be cut in junior sizes, so they looked terrible on most people, and I could barely get my German farmgirl calves in them. But now that they’re made for women of all sizes, I’m sold. I buy them big enough to fit my thighs, and I’m good. I don’t know why women are so intent on hiding their hips. The thighs, yeah, I want to hide mine, too! But I’m a woman! I’m supposed to have hips, and I’m not going to hide them in wide cut jeans.

I love skinnies! My weekend wardrobe would not be the same without them. How can you not love pants that you can wear with flats, all heel heights, and tucked in to boots? Not to mention, they add the appearance of curves where I need them. I currently have two pairs in a dark blue wash and would love a lighter wash casual pair… or grey… or black… or all three. Like Shiny, I would get bored with just one kind of jeans though.

Velvetychocolate, I have the same problem as you do with muffin top, despite the fact that I have a very flat butt an am thin everywhere else. You might want to try on the Mia dark wash skinnies at Express, if they still have them. They are the only pair I have found in dark wash with a high rise that come in my size. BR jeans are great too, but I’m between sizes in them. I swim in 2s and can’t zip up 0s.

I like them, but only in a dark wash and when they fit PERFECTLY. I have curves, so I generally pair them with booties or knee-high boots. They’d look really good with OTK boots, too!

I like it on other people. Haven’t really tried to find a pair for myself though. I tend to the apple body type and am not convinced it’s a good style for me (used to make my own stovepipes back in the 80’s and loved them!).
This trend will not go away for years to come!

87 comments! Wow – lots of feedback on this one Angie

Yes, I think that is a record.

No, I don’t like skinnies. Not on me, and not on most other women (or men!).
I am a typical pear shape with a long torso (European size 38 on the top and 40 for trousers), and skinnies make me look short and overweight. I prefer straigt jeans.
I see a lot of younger women here wearing fitted tshirts with skinnies. A terrible look, showing bare hips, and even worse bare hips with a tattoo.

I actually like the skinny style best.
Seems they look great with every jacket length, top, blouse, volume or sleek, layered with a cardi or not, and every shoe style, boot and heel height. What is not to love about them:)

They look good on far fewer people than the wearers think they do.

When I use skinny jeans I feel that my wide hips and thighs are on display. I tried to combine them with long tops or tunics, but I didn’t feel one bit slimmer. At the same time I don’t like the bootcut-look anymore; It feels very 2002, if you know what I mean. All the fabric around the calves gets in the way:) However, it seems like many of the new bootcut jeans have a slightly slimmer leg (often labeled “slim bootcut”) than before, which I think is great. They agree well with my pear-shaped figure, and I don’t feel as outdated as I do when I wear my old Levi’s 572’s.

I *do* wear long tops and tunics (in addition to dresses), but I think they look a lot better combined with leggings. The scarce selection of flattering-looking jeans has forced me to try new looks, so nowadays I’m more of a dress-girl, which feels great

Kristine (Norway)

I’m coming out of my month-long hibernation to comment on this one!

I love skinnies; I bought my first pair 5 years ago (I had my boyfriend bring some from London, because they hadn’t landed in Canada at that point) and never looked back. Though I wear a lot of straight-legs now, I still love my skinnies.

I know full well that they’re not the most flattering cut on me, but it isn’t always about flattery, and if I find the right pair they can look great. Truth be told, anything wider than a very slim bootcut looks dated to my eye now, and I can’t bring myself to touch them (yet- I know things change).

Skinny and straight leg jeans were a godsend for me. Bootcuts and flares swallow up my legs (I’m naturally a boyish kind of figure with very skinny, I say toned, legs) so skinnies and straight legs are just the right amount of jean for me so I don’t look like my legs are non-existant or toothpicks.

I do love the skinny jeans and pants. I own a light pinstripe pair, a darker pair (but not dark enough) and a brown pair of skinny pants. I wear them mostly with flats because I feel too skinny wearing heals with them even though I love the look on others.

I like the look on everybody just as long as they are worn correctly. As with anything, they can look horrible on any body type when they are the wrong size or the wrong top is paired.

I just can’t wear flared or boot-cut jeans. They make my wide hips/thighs look even wider. But narrow cut jeans look really good. NOT the super-tight, no-circulation-in-your-legs type of tight. Just ones that skim the basic shape of the leg, wider at the top, narrower at the bottom… I’m SO happy to find more of these in the stores!

(More info: I’m almost 60 and have to wear flat shoes due to foot/leg/orthopedic problems, so my experience may be not-typical. I do have fairly long legs from ankle to knee.)

Sorry, I hate them. They remind me too much of junior high/early high school, years that I don’t wish to remember or duplicate, and I just can’t do it. To me, the style “updates” of the current skinny jeans are not enough removed from the version I used to wear (and looked terrible doing it).

My gripe with skinny jeans is that I have a flat bottom and I have yet to find skinnies that flatter my backside the way boot cut jeans do. Skinnies tend to make my bottom look wider and flatter than it really is. I wear them with longer tops though. I like the look.

I have a next-to impossible time finding pants that fit my size 16, tall body so I quickly gave up on the hunt for skinnies that actually got past my knees. let alone flattered me. Just one more fashion trend I feel left out of…

I have never purchased a pair of skinny jeans.

As an inverted triangle with comparatively short legs, it probably wouldn’t be the best look on me, but it probably wouldn’t be that bad either.

The real reason is simple: I have big feet. *sigh* I just can’t get past that one…

No skinnies for me. I think they look too casual, make me look like I’m trying to look younger, and aren’t flattering to my shape. However, I have some great boots, so that might work…?

I would give skinnies a try except that I’m so short, I have a lot of trouble finding the kinds of tops that I could wear *with* the skinnies — I would need tunics, but most are just too long for me. Although I’m finding a few intriguing prospects window-shopping, so maybe once I have the time to do some serious shopping this might be the season for me…

Overall, I see many many MANY more bad interpretations of skinny jeans than I see good ones. It definitely suits people with a certain physical shape & personal style, but the majority of them are not served well by them. Especially at the university I work at – I see way too many girls (and boys) smooshing themselves into skinny jeans when they’re just not flattering. So many people have no sense of what styles work well for THEM, they just want to wear what’s been proclaimed “hot”.

As for me, skinny jeans are definitely a big no. I’m 5′2″ and round – my stumpy little legs topped by big hips/butt/boobs just look terrible in anything that tapers. It might work with a top that was just the right length, but most tops that fit MY top properly go down to my knees… apparently only tall women are allowed to have large chests/hips.

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I found skinny jeans to be really confining, even the stretch ones. It’s really odd, since I do love skinny clamdiggers, but it’s probably because it does not cover my entire calf area. So it’s not that I dislike them, especially since I do wear a lot of tunics, but straight legs and bootcuts are still for me.

I still can not believe it.
I bought my first skinny jeans! I never thought I would ever do this.
It was a 5 € bargain, and far too long. But after I shortened it I was really impressed. The look was not so bad, actually I liked the sleek, modern look.
And guess, after that, I bought the bright turquois skinny trousers my favorite store had in their bargain corner (also 5 €!), too!
What a funny day!

Sadly, I can still remember when flared legs first gave way to skinny jeans back in the late ’70’s. Back then we thought it was a passing fancy too, but it stuck around for eons. That long “tunic” top with a wide belt at the hips and skinny legs with flats or trashy spike heels was a very Madonna phenomenon. Furthermore, I also remember when this trend finally did pass, it took at least another decade for die-hards to give up their comfy but unflattering leggings. How many Oprah shows and episodes of ‘what not to wear’ have drilled into the collective consciousness that women need to balance their hips with wider legged pants? And finally, when the last middle-aged woman had relinquished her last pair of leggings, the trend comes back and we’re all supposed to leap back into them again. Oh well, we’re living in a material world, and I guess I am still a Material Girl.

I wore lots of leggings when I was little and was thrilled to dump them for flares when they became fashionable in the late 90’s. I vowed to never wear tapered jeans at that point. I’m still not really into the skinny look but I could see myself wearing them with boots and a tunic if I could find a pair of tall boots that didn’t make me look trashy. I have one pair of skinny pants and have yet to wear them out of the house. I have broad shoulders, average thighs but super skinny calves so skinny pants make me look very top-heavy (even though I’m slim and small-chested.) I also, for some reason, feel indecent in them… they’re too tight around my hips and it doesn’t feel work-appropriate. I’ll stick to my boot-cuts and wide-leg trousers, thanks!

I love skinny jeans even though I am a curvy woman with ample thighs (the product of three children aged 4, 2 and 6 mos). At first I thought there was no way I would be able to wear the style as I believed you needed to be skinny to wear them. However, I found a pair of dark blue-black wash skinny jeans at Winners for $25 and I thought what the hey…they’re cheap and they fit really well. I have discovered skinny jeans are as flattering and versatile as my leggings. Wearing tunics or short dresses with wide wrap belts at the hips and knee high boots make my legs seem longer and slimmer. The jeans are so comfortable that I find I am wearing them every day. My boot cut jeans seem more boyish and casual in comparison and I am beginning to really loathe the low rise waist as I have too much waist right now! And at the age of 39, I am too dignified to want to flash my undies or my behind. The other advantage of the skinny jeans is the variety of shoes that can be worn with them…from ballet flats to heels and boots. The only draw back was summer sandals…too chunky and clunky. I think its great when a trend you believe only looks good on rail thin runway models becomes mainstream enough for a middle aged housewife and mom to rock it. love your blog! Thanks

i dislike skinny jeans greatly and I do not understand why curvy women hate them. The reason I dislike skinny jeans is not because i am curvy, or fat, but that my body is not perfect. if you do not know what that means than think about it. i have seen both curvy and boyish women looking amazing in skinny jeans. skinny jeans do not look good on me because of the shape of my body. the idea of the skinny jean is old from back in the 1940’s our fashion designers these days always ressurect old fashion because they are too lazy to create something new. 99.9 percent of women can probably pull off the look except if they are fat but that .1 percent of women who do not have good hips or good legs will always be the losers unless those fashion designers create something for all kinds of women.

i Love skinnie jeans on other peiople but i hate them on me ..
im tall & skinny & everyone says thay would suit me but i think i luk so fat in them .. help??
my mum buys me stright leg jeans wich are kinda better
but i have normail jeans witch go ou at the bottem
& i wear them with purple knitted uggs ..