https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 01:55:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136221 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 01:17:22 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2136221@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do love my jeans. Cardiovascular prison--haha! I can see it, but I don't feel that way about them. I do have to set them aside on the hottest days, when I go for dresses or shorts. But I will wear cutoff jeans shorts in summer; they are my favorite shorts, when I can get the right fit and style. Just ordered a very cool pair that turned out to be too long in the rise for me, and I was so disappointed! I spent a good part of the afternoon online searching for another pair to order. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136162 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:30:31 +0000 always trying 2136162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been wearing jeans all my life, and I am old.&nbsp; Until they started making jeans with stretch, and drop waist, and all the new stuff-jeans were the comfort items we all wore, comfortable and practical. Not in hot weather though.&nbsp; Two things are happening right now-wearing sweats, shorts, and stay at home items, plus some weight gain for many, I can see the wearing of jeans on the decline.&nbsp; &nbsp;This, along with other things will be on the decline for a while.&nbsp; Everything now depends on how much longer the pandemic lasts, and the economy.&nbsp; We are in a wait and see world---- </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136153 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:37:12 +0000 Gail 2136153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article. I like jeans and can love the way they look however they are certainly not &nbsp;comfortable for all day stay at home wear for me.<br />It's been hot and humid here in PA therefore &nbsp;I haven't really worn even my white jeans this summer. I would usually wear them for an &nbsp;evening out but as we all know that's not happening right now so in my closet they sit.<br />I expect that when temps fall too low for dresses and skirts &nbsp;I'll wear them for a trip to the grocery store, providing that they fit &nbsp;lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136132 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:27:19 +0000 Zaeobi 2136132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a side note, I had been living in floaty skirts (the kind that don't stick to your legs) but have had to up my casualwear recently (for obvious reasons) &amp; am finding sweatpants &amp; cargo trousers to be surprisingly flattering alternatives (so long as they have a tapered ankle cuff). </p> <p>I used to avoid these styles as a pear shape because I felt that I had to wear wide-legged EVERYTHING to counteract my 'too wide' hips. I'm also finding leggings look great &amp; are comfy too, so I completely understand the younger generation's obsession with them now. The more you know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136131 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:22:31 +0000 Zaeobi 2136131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aha I've been saying jeans are too uncomfortable for casualwear for YEARS (since I was a teenager, in fact) &amp; everyone would look at me like I was crazy! So I suppose that begs the question, did jeans suddenly become uncomfortable recently (not likely, considering you can now buy them with Spandex/ elastane)? Or were they always less comfortable but just with some insidiously strong marketing (to the point where everyone associated them with casualwear despite them being 'cardiovascular prisons')? </p> <p>I agree with @Janet that weight has nothing to do with it (I used to find them uncomfortable even when I was 90lb!) but maybe what @Joy was observing was a matter of body shape. For me, jeans have always been hard to fit because my thighs have always touched, my butt is too round for proper pocket placement &amp; my waist is much smaller than my hips (leading to either plumber's crack from a gaping waistband of extreme pulling around the seat &amp; legs of the denim). </p> <p>So of course I can't speak for everyone (if you have similar fit issues to my pear shape but somehow find jeans to be comfortable, feel free to chime in with the particular brand of witchcraft, err I mean denim, that you use to make that happen lol), but I think I'll stick to just my two pairs of non-jeans (jeggings &amp; denim trousers) for now, reserved for only the depths of winter &amp; standing-only parties, thank you very much </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136091 Thu, 30 Jul 2020 02:20:43 +0000 Laura 2136091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our kids would never, ever in a million years, wear jeans for all the reasons cited in this article. I don't think that bodes well for denim companies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136011 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:15:07 +0000 kkards 2136011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I still love my jeans...But, yes, right now its to hot...and back in March/April when i was WFH and wearing jeans, i found that I wasn’t reaching for my fashion jeans, i was reaching for my basics...and so, in preparation for WFH this fall, i did buy another pair of basic jeans.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136009 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:10:55 +0000 Janet 2136009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cindy, I hear you on all of those TX fronts! We were toying with the idea of swinging through there on our way out for a big road trip, and then we thought, wait, why go through Texas in August, when it would be much smarter and more pleasant to go in October or November if there is nothing pressing at the ranch right now.&nbsp;</p> <p>Numbers of cases and hospitalizations in Smith county are not looking good. We have a friend in east Texas who now has the virus. His husband is a nurse so he is in good hands, but we are worried. My MIL loves her church and is reluctant to give up in person worship, and his brother thinks the whole thing is just a phony crisis, so we're just praying they stay safe. Sigh.&nbsp;</p> <p>I miss my jeans too. I don't find them uncomfortable unless they are tight, and I've abandoned the skin-tight jeans style anyway. But these days, with the heat and staying home most of the time, I'm living in stuff like this: </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2136005 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:43:54 +0000 cindysmith 2136005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I COULD wear jeans right now. It's too hot, though. Almost all of my denim is actually quite comfortable (hello, AG The Legging jeans and similar styles from other brands), and:<br /> A) this is Texas, and August is coming, so the closer I am to nekkid the better for body temperature regulation. If this were Game of Thrones, House Texas: words would be "August is coming"; colors would be red for the cosmic death ray that exacts a toll on us for much of the year, plus brown for all the dirt; and our sigil would be the aforementioned cosmic death ray and a burnt longhorn cow rotting in the fields under the blinding light from the aforementioned cosmic death ray)<br /> B) this is Texas, where covid-19 cases are exploding, and I'm at high risk of complications (like death) if I catch this novel coronavirus, so I'm not going anywhere I don't HAVE to go<br /> C) I work 48 hours over 5 days every week, outdoors; so even if there WERE places to go, I'm too tired to go to them<br /> D) if all those things weren't facts of my life right now, I'm still in a bit of a financial mess because I just moved, just missed an entire week of work, and now have to buy 4 new tires and 1 wheel for my car because roads in rural texas eat tires/wheels/other car parts LIKE WHOA; so I can't AFFORD to go anywhere or do anything.</p> <p>I miss my jeans! I'm likely in the minority here, I know; and yet, here I am, missing my jeans. My experience is that jeans are only restrictive or uncomfortable if they don't fit properly; and leggings just don't feel right on me, possibly because I'm so short through the torso that most leggings available today would actually almost serve as strapless onesies on me which is totally NOT comfortable. Someday, I'll be able to wear jeans again, if I live through the coronapocalypse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2135992 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:59:38 +0000 Bijou 2135992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet thanks for posting this article, it was an interesting read. My DS is 11 and very slender and refuses to wear jeans. He has a formal school uniform, so on weekends he likes to wear track pants. At his age, I lived in my jeans. I think jeans are becoming less relevant to younger generations. That said, I really enjoy wearing my jeans. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days/page/2#post-2135956 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:38:09 +0000 slim cat 2135956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love my jeans but rarely wear them now - except for my cropped slightly destroyed ones ( occasionally in the evening ). That particular pair of jeans was bought one size up and have slouchy look and very soft feel.<br />I expect people will go back to wearing jeans in the fall. So far I see customers that are looking for the denim shorts and there is hardly any available. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135953 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:03:56 +0000 rachylou 2135953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel like people wear jeans... but not necessarily denim... do those or do they not count as jeans? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135946 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:15:52 +0000 Janet 2135946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, Jaime, my non-jeans style is not leggings either — it would be looser athletic cuts. Not really a leggings fan and only wear them for workouts. </p> <p>I do plan to wear jeans again when the weather cools, but I suspect so many of us will have lifestyles that are changed long-term from this pandemic. Here in the states we are feeling it right now more than many other parts of the world and I think we are in for a long haul. I hope I’m wrong, but I have a feeling that much of my beloved wardrobe will be gathering dust well into 2021. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135937 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:44:31 +0000 Jaime 2135937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I saw this article and a number of similar lately and I am not convinced. Just as the whole pandemic is a new experience for everyone, the post pandemic will be new. And my guess is people will be looking to both return to the old days and try new things. Anyway, I hope that is what will happen.<br />Meanwhile, I find jeans quite comfortable and I feel less self conscious in them than I would in a pair of tight leggings. But I was never one for the lie down to zip up variety of jeans . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135934 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:05:23 +0000 Windchime 2135934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can’t imagine that jeans won’t come back in force, post-COVID19. &nbsp;My jeans go into hibernation during hot summer, but I’ll sure be glad to start wearing them again in fall, when temperatures come down. &nbsp;I just ordered white jeans for more variety in my jeans capsule. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135928 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 23:16:07 +0000 Anonymous 2135928@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeans can be as comfortable as you want And weight or body size has absolutely nothing to do with it . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135922 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:14:27 +0000 Style Fan 2135922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great read.&nbsp; Thanks for posting.&nbsp; I rarely wear jeans in the summer but in the fall I definitely bring them out.&nbsp; I have been thinking carefully about what to add to my wardrobe because of the current situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />I do find jeans comfortable but I find other bottoms more comfortable.&nbsp; I don't wear my jeans super tight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135916 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:19:33 +0000 Sal 2135916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am wearing my jeans but it is winter here - and they are ideal for my lifestyle.&nbsp; I do wear jeans in summer, but not often, because I prefer to wear dresses and lighter fabrics.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I suspect once the current situation eases people will wear jeans more - they have a ruggedness about them that might suit the mood.&nbsp; Sheltering at home, softer fabrics seem the right choice because we crave comfort.&nbsp;</p> <p>My teen sons do wear jeans but choose tracksuit pants or chinos more often.&nbsp; Or basketball style shorts.&nbsp; The teenage girls in the neighbourhood are into jeans now - wide legs, high waist, 90s style.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135900 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 18:18:51 +0000 Kate 2135900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great read, Janet, thanks!</p> <p>My last three clothing purchases have been from Athleta, Lululemon, and Sweaty Betty, so yeah, I'm on this comfort train too. My fun purchases are patterned masks!</p> <p>Today's work outfit is a sleeveless rayon top from Uniqlo, Athleta bermudas, and Birkenstock Gizehs. If I had to go anywhere,&nbsp; I'd exchange the bermudas for a RipSkirt and be out the door and on my way in minutes.</p> <p>I love my jeans, and that won't change, but our summers are way too hot for anything denim, so my jeans always go into retirement then. I'll return to them once cooler weather comes back.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135895 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:55:05 +0000 nemosmom 2135895@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fun read, Janet! Thank you for sharing!&nbsp; I do love my jeans, and won't give them up - I am wearing straight-leg full-length jeans today.&nbsp; I feel tangled in dresses, and naked in shorts, so jeans is always a go-to. </p> <p>I admit to spending WAY more time these days in cotton-blend joggers. Easy to sit in for long periods, and forgiving enough to allow for breaks when I need to stretch and move around.&nbsp; And the elastic waist is more forgiving of my cookie indulgence... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135889 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:47:54 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 2135889@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, jeans have had a 150 year run so that’s pretty good I’m not wearing them right now because of the heat/humidity and I miss living in a place where I could wear jeans year round because I love them.</p> <p>For practical days, I’ve been reaching for tech<br /> fabric pants. Joggers and leggings don’t work for me for that because they don’t have pockets, or the pockets they do have are tiny. For lounge days in the summer where I don’t have to worry about that, I’m most likely in a knit dress, because they’re so easy to put on and there’s lots of airflow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135888 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:47:08 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2135888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love jeans -- but I don't like to wear them in the summer because it's fun to have the option to wear dresses, skirts and shorts and not be cold. Come October, they're back out! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135880 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:32:16 +0000 Joyce B 2135880@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, thank you for the copy and paste.<br /> I shared a similar article for Inge’s post.<br /> What I am seeing at NAS are basically skinny jeans and no new styles.<br /> I love my jeans and was able to get a few good ones this year.<br /> Maybe for people who wear/wore jeans to work it is a relief to wear something else.<br /> I did not wear them to work so I still love them but they need to be comfortable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135876 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:22:36 +0000 LaPed 2135876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I stop wearing jeans every summer as soon as it's too warm and humid for them. Most years, I have one miserable day when I wear jeans or other heavy cotton pants out in the world and then it gets way hotter than I expect and I regret it, and then I shove all my jeans to the back of the closet until September. That hasn't really happened this year because it's rare for me to spend a whole day away from home without the option of changing into shorts when it heats up. Much of my non-gear wardrobe has been languishing in the back of the closet since March, so at least the jeans have some company. ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135875 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:15:39 +0000 Angie 2135875@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the article paste!&nbsp;</p> <p>I DO find my jeans comfortable, but whenever I wear my checked pants - which is often - &nbsp;I think WOW - more comfy than jeans. As for hot weather, I am very committed to dresses and skirts </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135873 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:49:59 +0000 Janet 2135873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, I honestly do not think that the comfort issues of jeans have anything to do with a person's weight.&nbsp;</p> <p>Nuancedream, I'm doing the same thing -- trying on some of my non-stretchy pants or jeans every few weeks to make sure my size isn't changing too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135871 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:47:00 +0000 Anonymous 2135871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>"Jeans are cardiovascular prisons."<br /> Yes!!!!!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135870 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:44:58 +0000 Anonymous 2135870@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>People, even children and teens, do not wear jeans or think of them as dressing up clothes. I suspect, as a group, they weigh more these days. On a thinner person jeans are more comfortable. My very slender DS wears jeans yet, but his younger brother prefers utility pants of tech fabrics that he hike and rock climb in. Even at work there is a rock climbing wall.<br /> I have noticed that the college students, male and female, are not wearing jeans. Way too many leggings as pants on the girls, usually worn with a flannel shirt as a jacket over a knit tank or tee. Boys tend to wear those nylon basketball shorts all year with sneakers. I wonder what they will wear later in life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135866 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:34:18 +0000 Suz 2135866@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So funny!&nbsp;</p> <p>I admit I am not wearing my jeans, either, but I'm pretty sure I'll be back in them come fall, at least on some days.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/team-jeans-is-not-a-majority-these-days#post-2135860 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:14:01 +0000 nuancedream 2135860@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;Like Janet, I'm not getting rid of my jeans. I just don't wear them in the summer&nbsp; because they're too hot. Over the past few months, I have gravitated to more "comfy" and "stretchy" options while WFH. Admittedly, I have tried on my jeans just to make sure they still fit. I don't want to fool myself into believing that all is well in the kingdom and I haven't picked up a few pandemic pounds.&nbsp; </p>