Thanks to Kate's brilliant suggestion, I decided to attempt to turn an old unworm pair of jeans into skinnies today!

Before: well worn, old, bootleg jeans that are very frayed on hem and strictly for home.

After: still well worn, old & partially frayed on hem, but now skinny!

http://i294.photobucket.com/al.....120002.jpg

(excuse the stance - I wanted to show with and without boots, but was having trouble balancing and hadn't bothered to take my dress off, so was trying to hold it up too LOL)

Thinking I am going to get some black dye and make them into black skinnies and try and keep an eye out for a pair of dark wash jeans to turn into skinnies as well - unless of course by some chance I find skinnies I like.

I never thought I could do skinnies tucked into boots due to my hips because the other skinny jeans I had tried on were all very high % elastane & fit me more like leggings which was not at all flattering, but by using regular jeans that had only 2% elastane they didn't cling so closely, so I felt far more comfotable in them.

Thanks Kate