Urban Outfitters has been selling them for quite awhile also!

My mom will be happy since she never stopped wearing high-waisted jeans (and she looks FABULOUS, she actually dresses young and fun with colorful and patterned blousons and scarves). But she has an apple-shaped body and low-waisted jeans don't do her any favour: she always complains how uncomfortable low-rise is on her. She never tucks and wears rather long tops (since she has a short torso and very long legs) so there is no long butt showing. I say 'whatever floats your boat and looks and feels best on you' here. And I actually think low-rise jeans are not meant for those with a muffin top, old or young, since a belly hanging over your pants is not my idea of a perfect fit.

Yes I saw a young, beautiful, slim, trendy woman recently in very high waisted skinnies with little oxfords and she looked amazing. Hers were dark wash. I'm not sure I'll ever admire acid wash.
I also like high waisted drapey dress pants and low rise jeans do me no favours. My butt is what it is for my age and I'm past trying to make it look 15 years old.

Suz have you tried one yet?

I too have a long torso. I tried a pair and am on the fence. It takes some eye adjustment, even if it does make the torso look shorter.

My neighbour, who is maybe 45-50 with a nice average weight type figure (curvy from waist to hip in her case), was wearing mom jeans yesterday. I think they do emphasize the curve from waist to hip but I don't feel that's necessarily a bad thing. Because she's not a hipster and the jeans were clearly unintentional, they do look dated, but not "unflattering" per se. No more so than skinnies on those of us with bigger hips and thighs, something the eye definitely had to adjust to after boot cuts.