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Jeans fit issues anyone? Mine slide down. Need advice.

CocoLion

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This is my number one fit problem. Even with my most fitted jeans, after some moving about (which is constant on my job), they slide down. With bootcuts the hems drag 1-2 inches longer than intended, with skinnys or straights the hem bunches too much at the ankle. Then there's a pop/snap sound when I walk because the crotch is too low.

The problem occurs with varying degrees on many of my jeans including these: 7FAM bootcuts, DL1961 Staights, Domino skinnys, and to a lesser degree Paige, 7FAM and Rag & Bone skinnys.

Sometimes it even happens when I wear a belt. Do you have any suggestions? Do I need a curvy fit/curved waistband? Am I wearing the wrong size?

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modgrl

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Yes mine too. I have to belt everything! Any suggestions would be great

catgirl

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This is my biggest problem with no hips or butt. I wish I had a solution other than belts or constant hitching. You are not alone!

Meredith1953

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CocoLion,
I have slide problems also. Even though my hips are bigger pants still have a tendancy to slide. I finally bought a skinny "isabelt" and it seems to keep them in place.

shoppingisfun

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I have a couple of pairs of jeans that do the same thing. The solution would be to take them to the tailor and have the waistband taken in. My jeans that do this are too cheap to bother tailoring, so I just put up with it. If you have jeans that you would really love, if only the waist were fixed, just take them to a tailor.

annagybe

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Have you tried JBrand? My worst offenders are my olive Sass and Bide skinnies. I think it's due to the high spandex content.

Kirti

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If the jeans slide too much, I too get the waistband altered, since what fits everywhere else is usually a little roomy in the waist. Otherwise, I've just gotten used to a little bit of sliding, as long as it is not too bad.

ironkurtin

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This happens to everyone, there was recently a bit in Lucky magazine about it. Belts of any type and hitching are what work. Unfortunately.

Janet

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Taking in the waist, even just a little bit, has helped with my worst offenders. Funny to note that, contrary to Anna's experience, JBrand fall down on me the most! But keep in mind I carry everything in the low hip/thigh and have no booty to speak of.

I also have an Isabelt, which helps. I mainly have this problem with my skinnies because they fit so closely on my thighs -- I'm constantly hitching my jeans back up when I stand up. :-/

ironkurtin

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Jumping back in to say, I was recently at a party where the slippage was so bad I used the belt off my coat in desperation. When I asked if this happened to anyone else, every single woman, of every conceivable shape, said YES! I think it's the combo of spandex and where waists are placed on pants these days. I don't ever remember slippage back when jeans routinely hit over the hipbone.

Bagaline

It is a mystery to me that a girl with an hourglass figure could have this problem.

Like you, I suffer from that plague, but I always thought that the problem was due to my shape, a very round apple. With no hips, no waist and no bum, I thought "No wonder my jeans are sliding down, I've nothing to "anchor" them". To avoid my jeans ending on the footpath, I have to wear my belt so tight I'm red in the face!

I have also noticed that this problem doesn't occur when I wear ordinary or dressy trousers. Which means that the origin of the sliding could be in the cut, I mean something different in the way jeans are cut compared to trousers. But what is different ? How to modify/alter the jeans so they stay up? Like you Coco, I hope someone has a suggestion.

CocoLion

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Janet, as I've aged my weight has shifted down from my rear to my low hips and thighs so I suspect this is part of the problem. In general, I find jeans to be too tight in the thighs and too loose in the hips and the back of the waistband (not the front). This is also a style right now, super tight legs. I have one pair of True Religion straights with a curved waistband and looser thighs and they slide the least.

IK/Alaska, Bagaline and Mod, I oddly feel better knowing that this happens to everyone.

Anna -- I have one pair of J Brands and the tight thigh/loose waist is such a big problem that I can't wear them at all. But maybe I shouldn't judge from one pair.

Meredith, I don't have an Isabelt but I do have an Invisibelt which I find awful, I hate the plastic smell and adjusting it is very inconvenient. I'll check the Isabelt.

Shopping and kirti -- I've never had the waistband tailored, maybe I should try.

Diana

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Major pear here (and I carry my weight at my high hip), and it happens to me too even with things that fit perfectly. (Now admittedly they don't slide very far on me, but they do slide down a little). I think the biggest offender in my case is sitting down/getting back up, because when one sits down, things naturally have to rearrange themselves, and they don't go back to where they were when one stands up.

Suz

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It's not YOU. It's the pants!!

Seriously, this is my big issue with jeans, too. My AT Modern fit skinnies are worst, especially when tucked into boots (the boots just pull them down!) and it is partly cut and partly the spandex.

Like you, I find that skinnies and even straight legs are tight in the thighs (and for me, also the calves). Combine that with the low rise and there you go.

I got a pair of DL1961 skinnies that have a higher rise and those ones seem to stay put on me. I can find the style number if you like; we're about the same size so they might also work for you.

I haven't tried an isabelt yet. Time to look that up - thanks!

CocoLion

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Suz I am surprised jeans are tight in the legs on you, too, as to me your thighs look really slim. OK it must be the style. Because I KNOW I have slim calves (12.5" one leg 12.75" the other) which means tall boots are consistently too big but skinny jeans are tight there.

I predict a looser, straight yet tapered leg look coming back. The denim oracle has spoken!

cinnamon fern

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I hope you're right, denim oracle!

christieanne

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And I thought it was just me! I have a very flat rear and minimal rectangle hips so it seemed this was the cause. If it happens on different body types, it is obviously the jeans makers.

I wore trouser jeans yesterday as a break from Levis/skinnies and did not have that problem but mine are truly cut with a waistband like a dress pant. They were so comfortable all day.

I am looking into that Isabelt. My current solution is not the best but being on Team Untucked, I use a very thin, cheap belt that must have come off some slacks at some point. It does not have a heavy/decent buckle so it does not add any bulk.

Jonesy

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Happens to me too, less so on my higher rise jeans from Urban Outfitters (though I still need a belt with them). I've just accepted that I will need to wear a belt :).

Parsley

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Same problem here- I thought it was just me!
I have a flat butt, and not much of a waist, and I can take off every single pair of my jeans without unfastening them! :-O
They all slide down and drive me crazy!
It doesn't matter if they're tight, loose, or in between.

Higher waisted ones are better, but still not perfect. I also bought one of those invisabelts from Amazon, thinking that it would be a smoother line than a regular belt, but I'm not too convinced that it's better.

My new Banana Republic trouser jeans are about the only ones that seem to stay in place.

Isabel

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What Janet said. I take in the waist on almost every pair of jeans that I get in order to stop this. I wear belts every once in a while , but I have many of my clothes altered.

Anonymous

It happens to everyone I can think of. I use a skinny belt for the worst offenders. I'm looking forward to a solution if any.

Sarah A

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I never wear jeans without a belt... I thought it was just after losing weight I was needing to size down but when I did size down I still need to hold those suckers up! Even my "high rise" flares require a belt... Go figure!

Debora

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Raising my hand - this happens to me too. I am getting quite skilled at surreptitiously shimmying them back up. (Probably not the most appealing sight on someone my age!)

HelenInCanada

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Same frustrating issue here, CocoLion, EVEN WITH A BELT! - until recently! As other ladies have mentioned, taking the waistband of my jeans/jeggings in an inch (or more) REALLY helped stop the slippage. The waist-hip ratio may not have been contoured perfectly enough on our jeans - or if they're a low-cut, may have even been nonexistent - so hoisting had become embarassingly necessary.

After I took in the waistband of each pair, it was SUCH a pleasure to wear my jeans worry-free, all day! Not one hoisting incident since. Hope it works for you!

ironkurtin

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How and where do you take in the waist? Does it leave a seam?

goldenpig

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Me too! This happens to me all the time! What's worse is I'm usually wearing jeans for MOTG and I keep flashing people with my underwear when I'm bending or crouching to play with the kids. And I'm not wearing low rise jeans either. I don't understand the laws of jeans physics that make them simultaneously too tight around my apple waist and so loose they're falling down.

HelenInCanada

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For me, above the side seams, IK. I believe Angie has written about taking in her waistbands too. I vaguely remember she does this routinely. Can't argue with that!

ironkurtin

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HIC, do you do it yourself or have a tailor do it? I don't really get how this works.

MsMary

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At Christmas a friend of mine got me the "hip hugger" half-belt from the people who brought you Hollywood Fashion Tape, and it's great for cinching in a too-big waistband. It has clips that attach to the side belt loops, then you slide it through the back center belt loop. You might want to give it a try, too!

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HelenInCanada

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I've done it myself - but believe me, it's not a completely perfect sight (inside out)! Still works, though. I just handsew a one-inch chunk of my waistband (measured on each side), slightly on an angle inward - and voila. A tailor can do this if you're not happy to do it as an amateur!

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