The Matchstick jean is a very nice jean, perfectly dark wash, nice denim, and a "just right" leg width. The rise, however, is definetly lower than 9 inches.
I have an hourglass figure and short legs too. I also hardly have a butt - I guess it's kinda flat... or these jeans just made my butt look flat!
If it's helpful for comparison, my measurements are height 5'0", 33-25-33, with 18 inch thighs. Like you, I like my rise to be around 9 inches. Part of this is because I don't like my mid-section; the other part is just the reality that the way my hips are built, anything lower than that, doesn't stay up. Because my hips kinda go straight down. I like to wear my pants at the belly button or just *slightly* below - which translates into a 9 inch rise.
My daughter, who wears the same size jeans as I do, loves the Matchstick jeans and looks really good in them. She (we) take a size 26 in this jean. But she is a pear with curvier hips and butt and tinier waist, and a perfectly toned mid-section who can get away with lower rises.
On me, these jeans just don't stay up!!I find where the rise hits me is just .... annoying. It's too low - hitting on a place on my hip that guarantees it's going to keep slipping down. I thought it might be the wrong size, but if I go down to a 25, the rise is even lower, and they are way too tight in the thigh.
Also, they end up bagging out terribly in the butt!! I have actually analyzed jeans and determined that the length of the back rise is just as important as the front rise, and these jeans have way too long of a back rise. What's more, the pockets are scaled to large for someone my size. The petite version may solve this, but I suspect that the rise would be even lower.
So basically they'll look okay for about an hour, then they bag out and slip down and look ridiculous on me.
You can find higher rise skinny jeans. I have tried them on, but flaked and didn't buy them. I can't remember the brand now. It may have been JBrand.