https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:29:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618737 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 23:19:06 +0000 BrieN 1618737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;I recently purchased the GAP real straight white jeans &nbsp;-- they fit me surprisingly well. And&nbsp;I have both the GAP crop in the mid-tone denim and the white upstairs in my dressing area trying to decide what works and what doesn't. &nbsp;I think they fit a little differently from one another -- at least to my eye. I much preferred the white crops. I haven't decided about the blue ones</p> <p>I tried the Kut Reese as well and they are beautiful, but preferred the GAP on my body.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618701 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 20:00:17 +0000 ladyjules 1618701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Look for jeans made of 98% cotton and 2% spandex, this blend does not cling that much to the skin (at least in my experience). Also I do think that bootcut or straight jeans fit better, and fit is everything when you're talking about white denim.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618668 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:45:47 +0000 Cerinda 1618668@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's some back story... </p> <p>Weeks ago, I ordered these jeans, find #1, in my usual size. Weird in white, terrific in denim. Returned the denim (too nearly a duplicate)<br /> and ordered the size up in white. Per&nbsp;Diana, may actually need a size down instead. Waiting.</p> <p>Found these Gap jeans, find #2, in the 1969 series, a real favorite<br /> fit. Ordered a size up (they’re white, right?) in straight-legs. Oh, wait!<br /> There’s a crop kick flare in white, find #3, &nbsp;and pale summer denim, #4? Ordered them. Waiting.</p> <p>Hit the mall tonight.&nbsp;Ugh. Nothing at J.Jill (limp,&nbsp;clingy per Rabbit’s and Diane’s comments, above) or H &amp; M (stiff, obviously&nbsp;off grain); not worth the necessary alteration. Nordie’s had nothing in my&nbsp;size.</p> <p>Per Angie’s instructions, ordered these, find # 5, tonight. Because of Nordstom’s return policy, I was&nbsp;emboldened to order these, find #6, too. &nbsp;(Thanks, ElCee. Rememberthe forum frenzy over the Catherine BFs way back when? I never tried the missy sizes, but repeated&nbsp;experiments with the plus ones failed.&nbsp;Maybe the smaller size range will work?) &nbsp;Waiting.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618626 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:44:21 +0000 Anonymous 1618626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought a pair of skinny cords that did that. I tried a size smaller, and it's not nearly as bad. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618518 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:35:51 +0000 Aida 1618518@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks like you got some pants advice already, but I just wanted to pop by real quick to say HI and how lovely it is to see you in these lighter shades </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618457 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:58:02 +0000 Angie 1618457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>EXACTLY what Diana said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Please try these:&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618448 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:38:34 +0000 El Cee 1618448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just thought of another option. A friend of mine swears by Chico's jeans and has a very nice pair of white ankle jeans from them that fit her beautifully. I believe that she is a size 14. Their sizing is not standard -- but they do accommodate larger sizes. For example -- As a standard 16-18, I would be a size 3 in their sizing. I have not tried their brand as they do not offer tall sizes. Here is a link:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.chicos.com/store/product/so-slimming-girlfriend-ankle-jeans-in-alabaster/1570142827?color=3145&amp;catId=cat8319290">https://www.chicos.com/store/p.....42827?colo</a></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618441 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:21:08 +0000 El Cee 1618441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>With me it has been hit or miss with white jeans. Like Diana mentioned, a lot of the bunching and wrinkling issues have to do with the fabrication. I also find that the wrong rise can cause bad whiskering wrinkles.</p> <p>Have you tried KUT from the Kloth? I like them for my curvier body. They carry up to size 16, but I find that they sometimes run a size large. I normally take a size 18, but their 16 often fits me just fine.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kutfromthekloth.com/browse/new/reese-ankle-straight-leg-9327.html">http://www.kutfromthekloth.com.....-9327.html</a></p> <p>I have also had periodic success with Eddie Bauer and Old Navy for white jeans. I like the Old Navy Skinny Boyfriends -- I can go down one size on those. They are not showing any non-distressed white jeans right now… but I am sure they will soon. Regarding Eddie Bauer -- I find that their jeans are true to size. They carry up to size 20. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618431 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:03:19 +0000 Diana 1618431@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In my experience, it's the fabric composition more often than not that causes this.&nbsp; It's more obvious in lighter colors.&nbsp; Anyway, I think denim that is too soft or too stretchy will do this in a style with some ease like straights or slouchy skinnies because it wants to cling and conform to your legs.&nbsp; A very tight skinny won't do this as much because the fabric has to stretch to conform so there's no extra room.In your case, I think going up a size might actually make it WORSE, because there will be more extra fabric.</p> <p>It also annoys me because it feels weird and clingy.&nbsp; I've gotten rid of jeans that otherwise fit nicely and looked good because of this.&nbsp; Now I try to stick to lower stretch denims because I think they hang on the body much better.&nbsp; </p> <p>ETA: A thicker fabric sometimes also helps mitigate the problem.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618423 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:47:23 +0000 rabbit 1618423@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I've had no luck with white jeans that don't end up having obvious wrinkling unless they are tight stretchy jeggings -- and even those seem to do it after awhile. &nbsp;I feel like it's something about the fabric formulations and color that creasing is both more visible, and anything not form fitting is more clingy/warpy than blue or black denim. &nbsp;Like how white chocolate isn't really the same thing as chocolate. &nbsp;I just live with it because I really like the color as part of an outfit.</p> <p>I secretly think they just photoshop blur the fronts in all the stock photos of white jeans, but I'm eager to read if someone else has found a magic bullet jean that doesn't do this. </p> <p>Do Loft jeans work for you or is the sizing wrong? The loft jeans I have aren't too bad right after they are washed, and they are a nice bright optic white (but still rumple pretty fast after wearing awhile).</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/advice-on-jeans-fit#post-1618414 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:26:24 +0000 Cerinda 1618414@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So the white jeans arrived today and they're one wrinkle after another! &nbsp;The clay jeans (pictured) are a different fabric and look a little better.&nbsp;</p> <p><b>When jeans fall into diagonal wrinkles mid-thigh to mid-calf, does that mean they're too large, too small, or something else altogether? </b>&nbsp;I just purged last summer's white straight-legs for exactly that reason, and they were way too big (two sizes larger than what I ordinarily buy, in a brand that runs big, and they <i>seemed</i> to be cut on straight grain). &nbsp;These are one of my usual sizes in one of my usual brands (NYDJ), and these wrinkles are an un-fun surprise (#2 current straight-legs for comparison). &nbsp;</p> <p><b>What do you suggest?</b> &nbsp;Order both in the next size? &nbsp;Live with the clay and reorder the white? &nbsp;<b>Other US brands/retailers</b> that offer larger missy and smaller plus sizes? &nbsp;Has anyone compared the Gap crop flares in white with the ones in denim? Could the Gap white 1969 straight-legs work cropped?&nbsp;Maybe I need to radically take in the waists of jeans from Talbots and J.Jill and just learn to live with how they stretch out? &nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for your help!</p> </p>