Thank you ALL for the wonderful and detailed input ladies, I really enjoyed reading it all. Boyfriend jeans are so fascinating! With so many details that can be tweaked one way or another, it's so interesting to hear everyone's preferences about what they find appealing in a BF jean. Seems to be a pretty even split on the back pockets being a dealbreaker as well as the roll being too thick, but I think for me the authentic aspect of these trumps that (kind of like how I would rather stud my own clothing than buy something pre-studded). Now to get hubby to stop gardening in them, which he was doing this morning....
Una, if you want actual men's jeans I think you should check out 527s. My husband is not tall (5'9"), and has slim hips, longer legs, and broad shoulders (sound familiar?); the 527s are cut for tall, leggy, slim types so they're quite a lot narrower than most men's jeans without being skinny (they're loose on him), especially through the thighs. You could always chop off the extra length if they didn't actually belong to your guy They do take quite a while to break in if you buy them new, though.
AJ and MNsara, I was trying to figure the pocket spacing out this morning since he was wearing these earlier. All I could come up with is that since I have *erhm* a lot more butt (and hips for that matter) than he does, on me the back drapes around and on him it just drapes down. The pockets looked totally fine on him!
Heather, thanks for the fabulous styling suggestions! I want to try them ALL
Angie, ahh I was wondering what you'd think of these! The thick roll was a concern of mine, but ultimately I decided I was fine with it so I'm glad to hear that it works. I've been itching to wear these after snapping the photos last week, glad to finally have YLF approval (well, half anyway ), yay!
