I am still seeing mostly skinnies or straight cuts. I need to do some research in other locations!

DD was just commenting last weekend that she never sees them. We are in Westside Los Angeles.

I have seen rolled jeans forever in Portland, but they are often skinnies or straight leg. Looser/distressed jeans I've usually seen worn with other menswear influences - oxfords, street sneakers, combat or moto boots, menswear belts - again a look that's been around a long time. I've yet to see the boyfriend look with heels for example.

Claudia, I just bought the Ralph Lauren's also, I have to wait until next Wednesday to pick them up. (I thought it was yesterday)

More great reads! I can't quite put into words how delightful it is to read these responses and get these little snippets into regional styles and stand out images and experiences, like the glimpses of people who style it well, the ones who really don't, the willful sales assistants, etc.

Diana, that does sound like a great outfit and good point about noting what the online reviews say. I find it difficult to evaluate potential jean fit these days following reviews. It seems a big part of the gap that I see between retail and street must also be people sizing down. I couldn't imagine that at first because all of the fashion images show oversized bottoms, but it doesn't seem to penetrate. I guess I can understand that now in retrospect due to the extremely different silhouette and change in rear flattery. Probably at the moment an issue from my side as well is that I am not getting out much aside from my commute, so I mainly see people dressed for work or students and that set square in conservative middle classdom.

It would be fun to go check a different part of town.

I see so many BF jean reviews that say "size down for a tight fit!" Or "runs large!" - makes my head spin. I don't think we are there yet.

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/ci.....egoryId=PP

Here in Silicon Valley I've seen the occasional bf jean, mostly rolled with ankle boots but a few with slip on sneakers. And mostly with fluid or oversized tops. My students are in skinnies and lace-up booties this year, which is a nice change from their usual skinnies with uggs. But it's always skinnies. Or maxi skirts.

I've enjoyed all the glimpses at worldwide street style. Though there is a small branch of a university downtown plus another college and junior college branch, it is more of a commuter situation and there is otherwise no hip area.
I don't see boyfriend jeans anywhere. Still the skinnies. Though older women past retirement age will wear a looser straight leg, like what the fit of LLBeans was or is. I'm 65 and I do wear a boyfriend fit with rolled cuffs. Not "officially" that way, it's just a look I enjoy. Not baggy and drop crotch in the extreme, though I might if I happened on a pair and the material was very soft and more fluid and not stiff and farmer-like. Everybody treats me as stylish, whatever I'm wearing, and I don't have any sense that I'm being placed in a category of past it or weirdo. I purposely, though, don't wear skinnies. I think they look great proportionately on all kinds of ages and bodies but to my taste it's too TMI for me to want to sport. I'm arrogant that way and don't like giving that much away.

I live in the frozen cottage country north of Toronto. Right now everyone is wearing large down coats and Sorels. I wear fleece leggings and fleece tops. Sad but it is the only way to survive the temps. When I was in the South I wore BF jeans and relaxed skinnies and it seemed to me that others were also wearing these styles. I didn't see as many skinnies as last year. In Savannah there is an art and fashion college and the students wore BF jeans. Lots of great outfits happening there.

Given that I live near the large university site and bump at students on the streets, bicycle lanes and on the buses, I do look out for the BFs and don't see many. Hopefully not yet. The lemminging here is all about skinnies+scarf, jacket and boots.

I definitely don't live in the coolest city and in all honesty sometimes I feel like 80s are not returning but time has actually stopped in the 80s (I heard Nik Kershaw in the radio in the shop the other day and basically fell into depression), but still...

I'm not sure. I've seen some, but not many. The most ironic result of the return of the tapered 80's jean so far in my surroundings is that while I go to H&M to buy a broken in "boyfriend jean", my 17-year old daughter recently bought a vintage Levi's 501 "mum jean" at the vintage shop. It is identical to those I wore to death in the 80's, down to the same size!

Are Levi's 501s vintage?? Weren't the 80's only.....um..... Ok, they're vintage....

Marmee, your experience buying your BFs is part of the problem! And also sort of makes me crazy.
I am happy to report that when I bought my Gap BFs in Portsmouth NH about six months ago, I asked the SA about the fit because they were really really slouchy, wondering if I should size down, and he (notably male) told me no, that they were supposed to be that roomy.
It's interesting that Catnip made note of the well dressed men in NYC. We have some quite stylish men in southern NH too, mainly of the bearded hipster type -- longish beard, close-cropped and pomaded hair, dark cuffed denim, fitted shirt, and usually really nice shoes. It's a look for sure and one that I often find quite attractive and sweet.
The young women, in general, seem loathe to adopt styles that are not conventionally flattering. Still see a ton of skinnies tucked into boots.

I just remembered the only woman I have seen in real life wearing BFs was when I was back home for the holidays. It was a woman, I suppose in her 60's. She looked very hip and fantastic.

I bet she reads YLF