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For some straight legs are their skinnies...

Angie

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....and for others, straight legs are their bootcuts. And for others BF jeans are their bootcuts.

I just had this epiphany. I haven't worn my one pair of bootcuts since this post in 2011. 14 months ago:

http://youlookfab.com/2011/12/.....ttoned-up/

I wear straight legs and BF jeans (new FULL LENGTH True Religion Camerons are going to be wardrobe workhorses) instead of bootcuts. And of course, I still wear tailored skinnies.

Do you fall into any of these categories?

IMPORTANT: Bootcuts are still fabulous and I am in no way slighting them. I just wrote a post on how fab they still are! I'm interested to hear your version of bootcut wearing.

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qfbrenda

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Hmmm... I definitely still wear bootcuts and have purposely avoided the whole boyfriend jean craze. But I can see me embracing straight cut jeans more than skinnies as time goes on. I have athletic calves and skinny jeans often make me feel like my legs are in a squeeze vice.

annagybe

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I can't remember the last time I wore my boot cuts. Two years at least.

Sveta

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For me straight legs are skinnies because I cannot get skinnies over my big calves
Actually I wear all my jeans (I have one of each: straight, bootcuts, flares, BF) more or less equally but flares and bootcuts are more limited by weather.
Angie I could not help but notice that your bootcuts are pretty loose fitting, almost like wide legs - mine are fitted as straight legs to the knee. Maybe this is the reason you don't wear them lately?

kellygirl

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I've re-discovered my love for boot cuts. I've been wearing them once a week after tucking them away for almost a year. I find the style refreshing especially since all I see are skinnies tucked into boots in my neck of the woods. I love them with my Doc oxfords. So fun Now, of course, I want to wear them with some reflective Skylars (but I will resist!)

Anonymous

Angie I have gone off my really flared boot cuts and I've been wearing jeans with just a slight flare. I am also going to start looking for a pair of straight leg jeans as I dont fancy getting into the skinny trend. I shall definitely be PPP on my hunt for them though

Anonymous

I am wearing my one pair today, but these are my work around the house handywoman jeans

Laura

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Yes! Wonderful insight. This past year, I have tended to wear my faded flares more than bootcuts -- but BF jeans rule. I still have my much loved David Kahn bootcuts. They skim the ground, though, so they aren't good until the slush and snow are gone!

catgirl

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Rarely wear bootcuts. My skinnies and BFs are my staples. Partly because of PPL and weather constraints... I am really craving a well-fitting pair of wide leg trouser jeans, though.

Anonymous

I like and wear all styles: Trouser jeans, flares, widelegs, bootcuts, straights, skinnies, you name it, therefore I don't substitute.

I hear you on the bootcuts. Most women don't wear them as much, but I will continue to wear them even if I'm the last one standing. I love, love that leg cut. Add a pair of pointy toe shoes and I am in heaven. You just gotta check the weather, that's for sure.

Angie

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Yup, Sveta. My bootcuts - the ones I kept - are 9 years old and they were wider back then. I wear most of my things looser than most people do - my tailored fits are looser. It's a fit preference. But to answer your question, it's just not practical to wear wider hems in Seattle. AND, I feel more "no-nonsense" in tapered legs. I do have a few pair of wider leg trousers of which I LOVE the black pair. But I can be full of nonsense when I wear them

Angie

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You are so fast!

Thanks, ladies. Great insights. It's fascinating to me. LOTS of my clients still wear bootcuts - and they look fab. But they wear all other cuts of jeans too. ALL my clients have straight or skinny jeans - up to age 76. You have to in Seattle - in order to keep dry.

Vildy

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I mostly stayed away from bootcuts because there's something odd about the way they are cut. They go in too much near the knee and make me look extra curvaceous. I like the kind of bootcut originally worn by guys who wear boots. It just widens a bit gradually toward the hem in order to .... go over the boot. Boot cut dress pants have worked well for me because they're a bit looser and because I've gotten the pairs I have in Tall, I cut off so much of the bottom that the flare is contained.

Isis

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I like all cuts! I wear a lot of jeans, and just this week wore bootcuts, BF's and skinnies.

The skinnies are Kut from the Kloth though which are a little less skinny. Most skinnies are too tight in the calf for me.

And all my jeans are dark wash without distressing.

Would love to find a pair of white straight cut jeans!

Anonymous

I am still getting used to the skinny silhouette, so I don't wear them that much. And I love my BF jeans, but still don't have appropriate footwear to wear with them in the winter. My favorites are still my boot cuts. For the most figure-flattering look I need something at the foot to balance out the size of my thighs.

ETA: I forgot to answer the question. :-p Boot cuts with a more narrow opening (baby boots or slim boots) are my straights.

catgirl

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On this note, could someone explain why bootcuts are considered universally flattering? I find them the hardest to style although they are extremely flattering when done right.

poppylarue

Angie I still wear my bootcuts but not as often as I do my other styles. I think I will pull mine out and add them back into my current wardrobe.

Mona

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I have been wearing skinnies and straight legs since embracing the trend a year ago but lately with all the slouch loving on YLF, I feel boot cuts feel more fresh to my eyes. The only pair I have right now are these white ones long and leans from GAP. I feel this style nicely balances my curves and i am looking for a pair in traditional blue.

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jayne

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I have never worn bootcuts, and actually, probably before last year, not jeans at all. But once converted....I now own 3 pairs of identical straight legs in slight different washes...and a few others too. I tried a bootcut for kicks last fall, in a grey suit type slack and found it surprisingly flattering. But I didn't buy since it is a new silhouette for me...not much help I guess. I didn't ever find them flattering I guess. I have some memories of elephant pants that I associate them with which is probably unfair.

moira

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I just bought 4 new pairs of pants. YLF was definitely an influence here. 1 very straight leg in purple and 3 skinny jeans, (brick red, cherry and cobalt blue) with a bit of slouch since it turned out that they were a bit larger then I expected, even though I bought my size. I have adjusted my eye very quickly to the new silhouette and am surprised that they make my stubby legs look longer and do not accentuate the tush.
What a happy accident that turned out to be.

Beth Ann

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I am the reason bootcuts were invented. With heeled shoes, they are hands done the best in figure flattery. Straight legs are the next in line --- I, like Sveta have larger calves, although I prefer to call them curvy! I don't like skinnies that are too much like leggings in the lower leg --- my skinnies have some ease here. My colored denim are both straight legs -- mixing bold color with a classic silhouette.

My boyfrrends? I love them, but I'll only have one pair. Slouchy skinnies might work, but I really want a pair of slouchy trousers in a soft, drapey fabric first.

Isn't it great to have variety?

Angie

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So interesting! Vildy, you always think laterally.

Yes, Beth Ann! I love the variety too. I wear trousers a lot for that reason.

I wear bootcut jeans at the moment, and want to take them off asap. But I pull on wide-bootcut-trousers and love them.

Una, start a separate thread on that topic. REALLY, bootcuts balance out an IT frame beautifully, so I can't for the life of me fathom why they are hard to style. Clever lass like yourself should not have any trouble

Scarlet

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I don't wear straight leg or BF. Straight leg just does nothing for me, and BF just isn't calling to me. I like to wear skinnies, boot cuts, and flares. I would like some drop crotch jeans if I had the time to shop for them. Or at least I would like to see how they looked.

Suz

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I am glad we have so many jeans silhouettes to choose from!!

I have lots of different silhouettes.

1. Legging jeans (DL1061 and Bleulab reversible)
2. Regular skinnies (which in this case have become slightly slouchy because they bag out on me - my Kut Dianas in white.)
3. Slouchy skinnies (Banana Republic Heritage)
4. Boot cut. (Gap Long and Lean)
5. Super slouchy BF jean (from Gap)

I wear my bootcuts the least. Maybe once every month on average, but only in the spring and fall.

I liked my super slouchy BF in the late summer/ early fall. I will probably also enjoy them in the spring. They're a lighter wash, which is part of the reason -- also, they are softer and not as warm.

I know I *could* wear the white Dianas in the winter, but honestly, around here it is tough to find a weather-appropriate day. I can tuck them into boots and might try that.

Legging jeans: I am pretty tired of these and feel they are too body con for my current style preferences. However, tucked into boots they are my best bet in slushy cold weather. So I expect I will keep them for winter months.

Hands down, my absolute FAVOURITE jeans are my distressed slouchy skinnies -- the jeans I almost purged and feared for a while to show the ladies at YLF because I thought they would tell me they are not age appropriate and are too baggy in the bum!

I love these jeans because they are 100% cotton with no stretch. They are slim but not "grabby" on my calves. They slouch.

Angie, I think I do have to order a pair of those Camerons don't I. For all I know, they are not going to have the 100% cotton ones for long. They are a LOT of money. But I want a pair that are not so distressed....the distressing on my BRs is fun, but there are times when you want to look a bit more polished in jeans.

Lyn D.

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I too have been giving preference to straight jeans and even tapered cuts these days.
I have only one pair of bootlegs now and they are hemmed for heels, so won't get much wear.
Una- they have always been recommended for Pears due to the balancing of the hips aspect, in theory anyway.

Diana

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I like all of the above. =P. it's all about variety. So long as they are long enough, I like them all.

The only jeans I don't have are wide legs. I got rid of all my trouser jeans because I didn't like the combo of stiff denim and wide legs. Oh, and I guess I don't have super flares but I don't think many people have those these days.

cciele

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Great observation Angie! I too have been off bootcuts; can't remember the last time I wore them. Same with skinnies - as Kelly mentioned, there is a preponderance of skinnies tucked into boots around here, and I am rather weary of the look. Instead I've been enjoying my boyfriend and slouchy skinnies. Occasionally I'll break out my flares - I guess that's my current nod to bootcuts.

P.S. Anyone want a dark wash pair of J Brand bootcuts, hemmed for petite + heels?

Inge

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Straight legs are indeed my skinnies, they seem to fit me the same way in the thigh area, and I don't wear "stovepipe skinnies" so often the difference in width around the calf and ankle with regular skinnies and straight legs is pretty much the same on my body.

I love my boyfriend jeans, and am absolutely on the hunt for a pair of full length BF jeans.

I still love a bootcut silhouette too, but haven't been wearing them much at all during the last few months. Our weather has something to do with it, lots of rain, which makes straight legs (or skinnies) much more versatile. That's why I just asked our seamstress to transform my white bootcut jeans into straight legs, I'll get lots more wear out of them that way.
Still intend to wear my two pairs of blue bootcuts once the weather starts cooperating again.

cinnamon fern

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I hadn't worn my one pair of bootcuts in a while but I put them on recently, on a day when I was dissatisfied with everything I tried on, and thought: I look great in these. I'm now considering getting some more. For me, bootcuts and wide-leg trousers are infinitely easier to style than skinnies. Anything that allows some waist definition without feeling like there's too much fitted stuff in one outfit ...

Transcona Shannon

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I have two pairs of bootcuts and I do like them for me and wear them frequently. I find the cut gives me nice curves on my tush, hips and thighs and that the slight flare on the bottom half of the leg helps to balance my bigger midsection. I tend to feel taller and leaner in bootcuts. I also have one pair of straight leg pull on type jeans that I like and find figure flattering.

My other jeans are my skinny slouches. I'm not wearing skinnies at all these days.

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