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How many pairs of jeans, revisited

marianne

This has been discussed in the past but I thought I'd do an updated poll... how many pairs of jeans are in your current rotation? I don't know if it's Angie's influence or the fact that we've had an unusually warm winter, but I haven't been wearing jeans as much as I thought. I bought a pair of Elsons from YLF store a couple of months ago, and I have been sitting on them since. I just can't decide if it's worth adding another pair. Please help me convince myself!
FTR, I have 2 pairs of bootcuts, 3 pairs of straight/skinny (2 blue, 1 black) and denim leggings. I am not counting old rarely worn pairs. Does it make sense to add another pair of straight legs, however great? And yes, my work is casual.

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rute

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I have 4: two skinnies (one black and one dark blue) and two bootcut (one black and one dark blue). I don't use many jeans and don't feel the need to have more.

bella

(website)

Veteran

Here is my rundown:
-1 black skinny
-1 light wash skinny
-1 dark wash bootcut
-1 dark wash trouser jeans

I also have 1 pair of light wash bootcut jeans that I didn't wear at all this season because they look too casual. I want to get them overdyed.
I also have 1 pair of dark wash bootcut jeans in a very light fabric, which only works in spring.

Louise

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I currently have
2 pairs blue skinnies short for tucking and long for booties
1 pair wide legs
2 pairs bootcuts 1 long and black 1 blue and for flats.

I can't wear jeans for work but have aquired these over the last couple of years. I think if you wear jeans a lot i'd go for another pair x

Queen Mum

Veteran

To wear in public I own...
2 dark wash straight legs
black skinnies
1 pair of low heel height bootcuts.

I would like to add eventually a pair of blue skinnies, but I'll wait until next fall. My current collection has served me quite well and I wear jeans almost every day.

Dawn

(website)

I only own two pairs of jeans and they're both skinny jeans in grey and medium blue. I'm a skirt and dress girl though so I'm probably the exception!

chewyspaghetti

Veteran

My current rotation is only two- one pair of distressed David Kahn bootcuts, and a darker wash pair of Levi's straight/skinnies.
I'm keeping things purposefully minimal due to weight loss, so two is enough for right now. I will probably go down to a single pair of white for summer.

Beth

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You know, I have more than I thought!
2 pairs of Gap Long & Leans (dark & medium wash)
1 pair Gap bootcut (medium wash)
1 pair PDC bootcut (medium wash)
1 pair AG Angel bootcut (dark wash)
1 pair COH Elson straight (dark wash)
1 pair Levis straight (medium wash)

And two more pairs of "barn jeans." Goodness. I don't even consider myself that much of a denim girl. :O I'm not wearing the Long & Leans as much anymore as the flares are a little wide, but I'm wearing all the others.

Oh, and Marianne, those Elsons are so awesome that I think you need to keep them. Yes:)

Kristine

Veteran

I have

1 pair of bootcut dark jeans, long inseam
1 pair of bootcut dark jeans, short inseam
1 pair of dark skinnies
1 pair of black skinnies
1 pair of white capri

I would really like a pair of dark straight leg jeans to wear with flats and boots. I wear jeans when I get home from work, on weekends and once in a while to work. Will the new jeans fill a gap that the others don't fill (work with certain pants or outfits)? If yes, I'd get them. If not, probably not.

marianna

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In my current rotation:

- 2 pairs dark wash skinnies (one pair is super skinny for boots, the other is more of a straight leg)
- 2 pairs dark wash bootcuts
- 1 pair black bootcuts

I also have some trouser jeans that are starting to fit me again that I will add to my rotation.

I pretty much live in jeans so this works for me.

Mellllls

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I can't answer this off the top of my head. I probably have between 8-10 and I only wear jeans 3 days a week. Many are quite old though. I have 2 pairs that are for tucking into boots only so they will be put away after the winter.

Dashrashi

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Dang, I have a lot of jeans.
2 pairs of dark straight legs (exactly the same--duplicated)
1 pair of charcoal skinnies
1 pair of dark indigo skinnies
2 pairs of Hudson bootcuts (one for flats--worn often, one for heels--worn rarely)
1 pair of denim trousers (extended tab, welt pockets, the whole trouser shebang, only worn on casual Fridays or similar)
and about 3 more pairs I don't wear as regularly, but still wear occasionally (i.e. my favored jeans are in the hamper).
...Plus maybe 3 more pairs that I cant seem to cull out of my jeans drawer for a variety of reason (e.g., used to wear those all the time; need to keep those around in case I put the 10 lbs I accidentally lost this year back on, etc.). I have a complex.

Oh, and I ordered a pair of legging jeans (WILL. NOT. CALL. THEM. JEGGINGS.) because my skinnies are just a teensy bit bulky at the ankles and tucking them into ankle boots or regular knee-highs was getting kind of irritating. We'll see if they are keepers, though.

On the plus side, I feel completely satisfied with my jeans wardrobe, and I love wearing jeans. I was on Jeopardy earlier this year and they said no jeans and I almost cried. ("I won't wear those kinds of jeans! It will look bangin'! I swear!" Alas.)

Angie

(website)

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Yay! That means you're wearing more skirts and dresses, right?

Maya

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I have:

-7FAM medium wash bootcuts
-Rich and Skinny High straight legs
-Rich and Skinny High skinnies
-Gold Sign Treo trouser jeans (they don't have trouser pockets so I'm not sure if they count, but they are a uniformly dark wash and fit like trouser jeans)
-Earnest Sewn Zazo straight legs
-BR bootcuts, which I'm only keeping as my touchstone for knowing when I have lost enough weight. When I first bought them, the waist was too loose! Now it's too tight :\ I don't want them to be too loose again, but it would be nice if they at least fit. I like them a lot though. They are the perfect inseam, perfect wash, gently tattered hems (which I like), and not too flared. It would be great if I could wear them again.

I also have a pair of trouser jeans from NY&Co that I bought before I won the Gold Sign jeans. I should really get rid of them. Once you go premium, you can't go back.

Everything other than my skinnies are in hibernation right now because of winter. I can't really do anything but wear boots tucked, or with skirts and dresses. Since I am biz casual 2 days a week, that has also cut down on my jeans habit. I'm really glad I invested in premium denim because it means I don't have to think about jeans for a long time to come. My denim wardrobe is the one part of my closet that feels truly complete. I don't make too many investments in terms of clothes, but this was a good one.

cciele

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For full-length denim, I have:
- One pair white skinnies
- One pair dark wash skinnies
- One pair medium-wash skinnies
- One pair medium-wash bootcuts
- One pair dark wash bootcuts, hemmed for heels
- One pair dark wash wide leg trouser cut, hemmed for heels

But in regular rotation this season, it's really only the medium-wash bootcuts and the medium-wash skinnies. I find myself wearing my check pants, ponte pants, and dress/legging combos more often.

So, if you don't find yourself wearing jeans that often, I wouldn't invest in another pair. Perhaps find something very different than what you already have?

Kristen

(website)

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I have two pairs, straight-leg extra-long Levis and straight-leg Lofts. But I only wear jeans on the weekends so it's not a bad number.

I also have a stack waiting for me to get back into them...

Jenava

(website)

Veteran

I have 7 pair;
1 high-waist flare,
1 high-waist grey straight(ish) leg,
2 skinnies, both dark wash and higher-wasited (one with a small leg opening I only use to tuck into boots, either other leaning towards straight-leg that I wear long so it scrunches with flats or cover my foot with heels),
1 wide-leg that's almost too big in the waist
1 dark wash boot-cut
1 medium boot-cut hemmed for flats

I am realizing I have very little denim other than blue (one pair gray, that's it!).

Curious how the ladies with white denim keep it clean.

Anyone go out on a limb with non-neutral colored (other than blue, white, black or gray) denim??

Mac

Veteran

My current lifestyle (freelance: most of the work from home) is super casual. I have one pair of bootcut jeans that have never looked great and I've decided to let them go this week. Then, I have 3 other pairs of bootcut and 2 skinnies and one pair of ill-fitting trouser jeans that I think must also go soon. All dark wash.

Maya

Veteran

I hated colored denim when Angie first posted it, but I think in retrospect I just hated the jeans rather than the fact that they were colored. I think Ana has a pair of orange jeans (or pants) that she styles to perfection. I'd absolutely wear red pants!

LoP

Veteran

I'd wait until I wear out the old one to add another straight legged pair. I don't know if your body changes as much as mine, but I wear my jeans to the fullest before I can't wear them. I have the ones I posted last week during my jean challenge, a blue loose bootcut to wear as boyfriend, a black straight leg black that also functions as skinny somehow and a pair of denim leggings. I wear jeans a lot so I try to change the cuts and colors to add variety.

marianne

Thanks everyone for taking the time to participate in my little survey. I also forgot to list my white straight legs. I am starting to think it's a lifestyle issue. Angie, I definitely am wearing more skirts and dresses since I went back to work - and my denim leggings and micro-checks - because they are more comfortable for prolonged sitting than jeans. OTOH, the Elsons are more comfortable than most of my jeans, at least they seem to be - I haven't worn them out yet.
Also I could put the money toward a pair of Fidjis or a nice LBD... hmm.
Jenava, I wash my white jeans with Oxyclean and it works pretty well. I also think straight legs or skinnies work better than bootcuts in that aspect because the hem doesn't touch the ground.

Kari

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Not counting denim clamdiggers, my current rotation is two identical pairs of inky-blue JAG bootcut jeans, one pair of skinny DKNY jeans, and Esprit denim leggings.

I had a straight-ish pair of Ann Taylor jeans, but somehow managed to rip one of the back rivets out so I have a not-so-fab hole all the way through my pants. They're in hibernation until I figure out a way to repair them.

If I wore jeans more often, I'd invest in a pair of true straight-leg jeans, but now I'm fully converted to being a skirt-and-dress girl.

Ele

(website)

This was a surprise to me (because I always feel short on denim!), but I've got 7. My collection:

2 pairs skinnies, one black, one dark blue (Uniqlo)
1 pair straight legs, med. blue (COH Elsons)
1 pair straight legs, dark blue (Earnest Sewn)
1 pair straight legs, dark blue (Paige)
1 pair bootcuts, med. blue (7FAMK)
1 pair trouser jeans, dark blue (7FAMK)

And this is not counting my "skinny jeans", a pair of Habituals which I keep at my parent's house and try in vain to fit into every time I go home!

Louise

Veteran

Angie i'm definately wearing more skirts and dresses than ever before. I only really wear my skinny jeans at the moment out of all my jeans and then only on weekends (and not at all this weekend i was in dresses). During this winter i can count on one hand the number of times i've worn trousers to work!! x

rae

(website)

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1. loose black Hudsons to wear as boyfriend jeans
2. Miss Sixty perkins (wide leg)
3. denim leggings (SO awesome with my button front tunic mechanics shirts)
4. MNG straight leg
5. 7FAM straight/boyfriend
6. black Hudson bootcuts
7. dark wash Hudson bootcuts
8. Guess Daredevil bootcuts (more of a straight fit IMO; worn "rocakbilly" cuffed)

plus probably 8 more specialty ones... trouser cut, studded, ripped jeans from Japan, probably 4 pairs of Lucky Brand Maggies that will fit me again someday, pink jeans for when I feel preppy, embroidered ones that I insist will become stylish again...)

Yeah, I love jeans.

RoseandJoan

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1 pair of dark skinnies
1 pair of dark straight legs
1 pair of boyfriend jeans for lounging
1 pair of cream bootlegs (5 years old)

I would like to add a pair of grey or black skinnies

Sarah

(website)

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Black skinnies (BR)
Black straight leg (BR)
Dark wash straight leg (Goldsign)
Trouser (JCrew)
Dark wash bootcut (Cookie Johnson)
Light wash bootcut (Joes)
Mid wash bootcut (DK)

That's all for now. I have some Elsons, but I plan on pulling those out in the summer.
I also have some 7FAMs that are a lighter wash bootcut but they have some distressing and a hole on one knee. I save those for very Austin occasions only.
I had a pair of medium wash skinnies and medium wash bootcuts, but I shrank out of both finally. They obviously don't need to be replaced just yet.
I would like to add some white bootcuts, maybe white skinnies or straights, and some dark wash skinnies.

Sarah

(website)

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PS: I do have two pair of J Brand grey skinnies. One is super light and one is a medium wash with almost a velvet finish.
Bryan likes the second pair (they need to be hemmed) but can't get his brain wrapped around the first pair. So I never wear them (not that he would care if I did, I would just rather wear things he reallyreally likes).

April

Veteran

Hee hee -- I am dying for Tanya to chime in here...

(Tanya, I know you're neck-deep in moving boxes and I'm sure you have no time to inventory your jeans, just wishful thinking.)

yublocka

(website)

Veteran

Interesting question! I have:

- Rich & skinny skinny jeans - dark blue
- COH skinny jeans - grey (wear A LOT!)
- COH skinny jeans - white (worn only once this summer as I am too scared to get them dirty! And I don't know if white jeans are "me")
- JBrand black zipped skinnies
- Jeanswest straight dark blue jeans - old & stretched
- Jeanswest straight black jeans - old & stretched
- BR trouser jeans

Plus I just received my high waisted BDG jeans from UO that Shiny recommended along time ago. I was planning on getting these cut into clams, but I love them so much I may not be able to do that. These will work great for tucking into boots come winter as well. I might have to order another pair especially to make into clams!

Wow I didn't realise I had so many pairs.....I blame ylf as I only had 2 pairs pre-ylf! Luckily I live in jeans so all of these (except the white pair) get worn a lot!!

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