https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:01:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better/page/2#post-1099707 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:49:37 +0000 judy 1099707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I see this thread is old…wondering too&nbsp;which size did you end up with? &nbsp;I've tried these jeans on, in a size that was too big, but was curious about them…they did seem to run large if I am recalling right…but they felt FABULOUS. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better/page/2#post-1099690 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:31:23 +0000 Greyscale 1099690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cocolion, I know this is a year old, but I'm thinking of asking for these jeans for my birthday (which happens to be Black Friday this year, so maybe they'll go on sale again). Do you have thoughts on how your size in these compared to your normal jeans size? I usually wear a 25 or 26, and my legs are muscular.&nbsp;I guess really I should just order a few sizes and return the ones that don't work.</p> <p>They look great on you, by the way, here and in all your WIWs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-799942 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:54:50 +0000 Vicki 799942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Had to come back from the other link, with the blocked jacket, to see these. I'm so glad you got the 25s and I love these pants for their slouchy pockets. Fantastic choice, Denise. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797219 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:16:46 +0000 rae 797219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>25! No contest for me. I think the lines get a bit ruined in the 26s for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797204 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:49:04 +0000 Jaime 797204@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well I love them, and am glad I don't have to decide which size. I guess I have a warped way of seeing things because it is not so obvious to me that the back view of the smaller ones is much better. I think it is good, but the bigger ones look fine to me too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797111 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:03:51 +0000 Niefern 797111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had never seen this style jeans before, interesting! I clearly prefer size 25. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797093 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:31:54 +0000 Tina.b 797093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look so amazing in these! I think the 25s are perfect, they skim your hips in exactly the right way.</p> <p>Reading the thoughts on flattery is so interesting, and I completely relate. Figure flattery always comes into the equation, but it cannot trump all in each and every wardrobe decision. I would become so bored with fashion if I were only to settle on pieces and shapes that focused exclusively on this goal. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797091 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:31:33 +0000 cciele 797091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these pants and would love to own a pair myself! I'm casting a vote for the 25. And yes my first thought upon seeing them was they reminded me Angie's jodphur jeans! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797085 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:21:06 +0000 Angie 797085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Denise, I love the way you compared your new pants to art: "modern/abstract art vs. figurative or representative artwork. Ugly to some, beautiful to others". Spot on. </p> <p>And I have used the term "flattering enough" many times on YLF. Something has got to look just flattering enough for you to think it's fabulous in an unexpected way. This is how we create an edge. </p> <p>Shelley, I hear you and IK too. My jodhpur jeans fit similarly to Denise's pants and they are my favourite jeans in the whole world for many reasons. To many they are ugly and unflattering - yet to my eye they are "flattering enough" and look modern. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797027 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:13:47 +0000 pil 797027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As we used to say to a friend, they're great "on you". Nothing I could ever wear, but I quite like them on you. I've read the responses, but am sticking with my initial impression of the 25. They still make the point, but not in an as exaggerated manner as the 26. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-797023 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:09:58 +0000 CocoLion 797023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks -- it looks like the 25s are edging out.</p> <p>Shelley -- I do appreciate your honesty. In fact, both you and Ironkurtin (in my other thread) said the same thing ... "terribly unflattering." </p> <p>I actually don't think they are so extremely unflattering, I think they are just flattering enough to work. What they lack in "flattering" I think they make up for in the unusual and unexpected which are important to me in my style journey right now.</p> <p>Something like this feels like modern/abstract art vs. figurative or representative artwork. Ugly to some, beautiful to others. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796978 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:58:29 +0000 Beth Ann 796978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Didn't read before I voted, and, while I'm hardly an expert, I much prefer the 25s. Still fashion forward, but still polished.</p> <p>Go for it, Denise! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796966 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:33:36 +0000 Shelley 796966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Must be because I'm on team tailored, but I think they're both extremely unflattering. Sorry. I hope you really wanted honesty. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796959 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:11:21 +0000 Angie 796959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hands down the 25s. </p> <p>I LOVE THESE TROUSERS ON YOU!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796903 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:49:29 +0000 cinnamon fern 796903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If the fabric will stretch out more, definitely the 25s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796866 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:35:57 +0000 cobaltblue 796866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>By appearance, another 25 vote here, but comfort is so important. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796848 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:56:44 +0000 Raisin 796848@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty much what annagybe said. I like the front view of 26's and back view of 25's. That makes it hard to decide. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796790 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:50:32 +0000 CocoLion 796790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for your responses.<br /> The tally so far: 6 votes for the smaller size.<br /> 2 votes for the bigger size.<br /> 4 votes that are sort of tied -- saying front looks better in the bigger size, back looks better in smaller size.</p> <p>Here's my take: I like the legs and rear of the 25s. To me there is a lot of bunching on the 26s, the legs are quite a bit looser.<br /> I don't care about the loose rear of the 26s because I am on team front side.</p> <p>I prefer the way the 26s look in front.</p> <p>Both are equally comfortable. The slight pulling around the hips in the 25 bugs me, but I can add a button to the cross over waist band that reduces a lot of the pulling.</p> <p>I need to sleep on this. And see if Angie has an opinion.</p> <p>How I would wear this: similar to my first thread.</p> <p>Another thought: I believe this fabric stretches out. I already see some stretching with the 25s. Both of these I tried on with silky long underwear underneath. It's suddenly cold here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796748 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:22:24 +0000 Anonymous 796748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This style pants are fabulous on you! I slightly prefer the 25s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796737 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:10:01 +0000 ManidipaM 796737@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually feel like the 26 is too loose in the crotch to the point that the pants are 'frowning'... it's camouflaged by the cut, but that's what it looks like to me. I'm voting for the 25 on the basis of the *front* view, therefore.</p> <p>And yeah, it's been said --- but really FANTASTIC pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796650 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:47:27 +0000 Isis 796650@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I vote the 26's---love the slouch!</p> <p>Which ones feel better? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796640 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:37:38 +0000 Suz 796640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are they equally comfortable? That's important. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796581 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:22:17 +0000 Janet 796581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I honestly find the front view so similar between the two that I'd have to go for the 25 because the rear view is so much better. </p> <p>I really like them on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796572 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:10:40 +0000 catgirl 796572@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gah! I think the ladies have spelled it out (front of 26 but back of 25). I'm team front view so I'd go for the edge of the 26s. </p> <p>I want these!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796548 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:52:58 +0000 bj1111 796548@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>both have merits and come down to the vibe you want to give. the slouchiness of 26 feels newer, but the butt is a touch too slouchy. the 25s have that figure flattering fit, but is less edgy. </p> <p>where do you want to go with these pants, sartorially? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796541 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:51:16 +0000 Suz 796541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Anna said!</p> <p>Oh, wow. I LOVE those jeans. </p> <p>As long as you keep one pair, I will be happy and will live vicariously through you. </p> <p>Hey, if you want to send the other pair to me, I will see what I can do with them. .... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796525 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:42:38 +0000 Anonymous 796525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Anna ... like the 26s from the front, but not the back view. Much prefer the back view of the 25s, although something about them still bothers me.</p> <p>I'm all for an unflattering backside (i.e. boyfriend jeans), but these ... I don't know. These pants really push the envelope for me in the backside department. Love the front view, but am really put off by the back view on these. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796524 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:41:07 +0000 Diana 796524@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think overall I like the 25s since they fit better on top, but I do like how the 26s have looser legs. (Also, not sure if it's just the photo, but does the 26 have a distressed spot right over the crotch? It's bugging me a bit.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796522 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:41:01 +0000 Transcona Shannon 796522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In this particular style, I prefer the smaller size. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/r13-x-over-jeans-size-25-vs-26-which-is-better#post-796520 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:40:13 +0000 K. Period. 796520@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They both look fabulous. I think the rear fit on the 25s would win the day for me. (But I'm on Team Fitted, so slouchy fitted is my preferred shape.) </p>