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My BF Jeans Ephiphany

Angie

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I have three pairs:

Gap (faded blue)
TR Cameron (faded blue) - which when folded over once still scrunch and are full length
KUT Catherines (white)

I love my white BFs SO MUCH MORE than my blue Gap BFs. I have to roll them to cropped lengths because they are short full length. The white is low contrast against my very pale skin tone so they look so much better to my eye. Being mezermeriszed by white jeans - my thing - also works its magical powers. I am *in love* with my white BF jeans. Have worn them three times and only got them last week.

I love my TRs because they are impeccable quality, slouchy, baggy, have naughty pockets, and are full length. That leg coverage seals the deal, as I continue to have a very stormy relationship with cropped pants.

I am trying hard to resist the urge NOT to chop up my Gap BFs into slouchy BF shorts. I'll be sitting on these scissor-happy hands.

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Latest reply was from Beth

Isabel

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Oh, I say if you want to cut off your Gap BF's so that they are more "likable" to you ...go right ahead.

I was just looking at the Kut skinny boyfriends online yesterday. The look amazing. ( I don't know if that is what you have . )

Scarlet

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But why not chop chop Angie? It has been clear to me for awhile that your Gap BF relationship was on the rocks.

Thanks for sharing your epiphany. I have been wavering about those Catherines and the point about white skin and white jeans is just pulling me under the tide even stronger. I am such a BF convert. It's like I am relieved to be wearing these jeans with more ease in the fit and I didn't even know I had the urge. I wear my light blue ones all the time. Just as soon as they come out of the wash again they are on. If it's not those then it's my white skinnies on.

Angie

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The KUT Catherines are absolute winners. I sized up so they are baggier on me than on the models. I have many, many clients in them. Many more than the Gap BFs:

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Isabel and Scarlet, I'll think about the Gaps and my scissor happy hands. Thing is, we have so much cold weather and barely wear shorts and clams around here - although we are in the midst of freak STUNNING Summer weather right now. I don't want the warm weather to influence my decision in a negative way.

annaj

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I agree with Isabel (and also have a healthy relationship with my scissors). If you don't feel the love, cut them to a length where you can love them! If you need another pair of BFs you'll know what to look for (similar qualities to your white and TR BFs). Why be attached to something you don't love?! Look fab, feel fab!

Angie

(website)

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Still thinking about it, annaj. Although your reasoning makes sense :).

I wear the Gap BFs more like photo #1 than photo #2. It's more practical for general Seattle weather. That is why I am sitting on my hands.

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Suz

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Interesting, Angie. It doesn't surprise me that you would reach for the white BF -- for Seattle spring/ summer they would seem to be a perfect solution. You want the whiteness/ brightness but need the coverage. I think I would like a pair of white BFs, too. Even though our climate is so different. I enjoy white jeans more than I expected, though it did take me a while to get used to them!

Scarlet

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Hmm, Angie, your reasoning makes sense too. But are there situations where you would rather wear your Gap BFs full-length as opposed to reaching for your Camerons? I am just loving that blush outfit all over again, by the way.

Okay, I have to have the Catherine's. It's just a question of how and when.

Angie

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Exactly, Suz! And today will be 27 degrees (FREAK Spring weather for Seattle) and I am very comfy in white BF jeans, cami, cotton or silk tucked shirt (popped and scrunched), belt and flats. I do not feel the heat quickly at all - and our a/c is not on. It has to be VERY hot for me to wear clams/skinny cut offs. So glad you are a white jeans convert!!

Scarlet, there are times actually - when I want to wear a top untucked, I wear my Gaps. The TRs have bulky back pockets - which I love - and I always wear then with a tucked top and belt. Get those Catherines

Scarlet

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Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for your answer. I always really appreciate understanding your outfit logic and I like how you outline it in your blog posts.

ironkurtin

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Angie, I see why you love your other 2 pairs, but I'm not sure why you're not loving the Gaps. They certainly look nice on!

My advice is, if they work for your Seattle-environmental norm, I'd hang on to them.

Vicki

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Hide the scissors from Angie, please! Greg, are you listening?

No, really, I could SEE you in them as you've described and what variety you would then have in your BF capsule.

Jenava

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Angie, you may be wearing more shorts in the coming months anyway, if this lovely spring (?) weather is a bellwether for what our summer months have in store!

I have the Catherine's already but they are too small for me now. Boooo! Hissss! I am very tempted to re-purchase and maybe even size up.

Transcona Shannon

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27 degrees? Wow - how wonderful (and freaky)!

We've finally hit spring with getting up to 15 today and into the low 20's predicted for this week. I always say NO ONE appreciates summer like a Winnipegger!

I'm glad to hear about your love for the white BF jeans 'cause I just ordered two pairs of the Kut from the Kloth Catherine slim BF's in white. I searched and searched to see if I could find them without international shipping but no luck. I decided these were worth the risk and cost. I ordered my regular size and one size up. Keeping my fingers crossed that one of them will work.

Angie, you have single handedly converted me into a white jeans lover and now I can't imagine not having a pair in my wardrobe

Caro in Oz

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I wouldn't chop unless I was 100% sure Angie, especially in your climate & with your internal thermostat:)

Sveta

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<waving to Kut white BF twin> I wore mine twice as well and just got them last Saturday. Happy to hear you sized up in them because this is what I did and was not sure if I should have gone with my size to reduce the volume.
My light wash BF pair is Kut as well so I still love them
I am sure whatever you decide to do with the Gap jeans will be the right decision because nobody is more ruthless in the closet than you
And talking about the love for white jeans...mine is still not shared as I still cannot find the perfectly fitting pair of full length straight jeans: as much as I like BF they cannot replace them. At least I will have SOME white jeans this summer...

Mona

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It is great that you are enjoying your white Bf's so much. I understand your hesitation about GAP BF's. Summer is so short here and given that you run cold, shorts probably won't get much use. Like Vicki said, they can be part of your BF jeans capsule.

Raisin

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Angie I have been seriously considering those white KUT BF's and now you have me wanting them even more! How do you find the sizing to be? They are not the usual 25, 26, I think they go by 0,2,4 etc, so I'm a little unsure on sizing there.

Isabel

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That makes sense Angie. So I have changed my mind. If they work for a specific look ( untucked ) then don't cut them up.

BTW, as soon as I am done here, I am pushing the "purchase button" on the Catherines !

krishnidoux

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Great observations! Looking at pics on the thread, I wonder if the problem about wearing shorter jeans stems from footwear options. If you Kut your Gap (sorry the pun was too tempting), then you have to be dedicated to the idea that the Gap become something you can wear one-two months a year at best, and even so, day only. Then you'd have the TR as your unique faded blue BF. How would you feel about that?

I so understand your love of white BF! It is also a fantastic lower body shaper, very sexy in a "not-in-your-face" way.

I find you so darling in the rolled up with heels version. Shame that you are not too comfortable with it, or that you don't have too many occasions to sport it.

Raisin

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Angie, in addition to my sizing question which I hope you can answer, can you please link to where you are sporting these fab white jeans?

Anonymous

Not Angie, but I believe an 8 is usually a 29 and a 10 is a 30 -- those are the two sizes I wear most often. Back-calculating should make 6/28, 4/27, 2/26, 0/25?

velvetychocolate

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Raisin - while I don't have the white version of the Catherine Kut from the Kloth BF jeans (yet!), I do have some pale blue ones that I bought after seeing them on Sveta last summer. In my opinion, these run a little bit on the larger side, at least in the pale blue colour option.

I am wearing mostly a size 12 these days, and in the light blue Kut BF jeans (Catherine style), the size 10 is just slouchy enough. They fit very nicely in that you still get the BF 'look' without feeling like you're wearing someone else's pants. You get all the slouch, and none of the 'too baggy' if that makes any sense.

Having said that, I've read in between the lines on the reviews for the white, and I suspect the white version might be cut a bit smaller?

In general though, I find Kut jeans to be somewhat generously sized (at least on me), so I would normally advise sizing down.

Here's hoping Angie chimes back in and that maybe Sveta sees this too - I'd be interested to hear if the white pair is any different than the other washes.

You know what? I just realized something - the fit of the Kut from the Kloth Catherines is such that even if you sized UP (as Angie mentions) - they're still going to look good - there's just something about the cut/fit of these particular BF jeans in that they're definitely 'boyfriend jeans' but not sloppy-looking, if that makes sense. These are (imo) an extremely flattering pair of BF jeans, no matter what colour you get.

Here's a link to the Kut from the Kloth "Size Guide" ....scroll down to see their size chart and how the waist sizes correspond to dress sizes ( I put in a picture of their size chart):

http://www.kutfromthekloth.com.....s/1825.htm

PS - editing to add: when I first bought the Kut from the Kloth Catherine BF jeans last summer (in pale blue, like Sveta has), the first reaction from my DH was, "Those look really sexy!" - and yet they are slouchy, loose, comfy and so on. They just fit nicely, is all I can say.

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Karie

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I love those Catherine BF's! I have been on the lookout for white jeans - I have always loved them, probably because they do look good against pale skin. The most recent pair of white jeans that I was debating about are going back to the store. It's time to try the white KUT Catherines!

Raisin

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Thanks for the info Ceit, that makes sense and jives with what I tend to wear.

Velvetychocolate, thanks for the chart. By the chart I would wear a 0, those are my measurments exactly, but I always wonder what they take into account with a chart? How do you determine if it's accurate? I mean what if they determine that's the size to wear on those measurements if you want it tight, or roomy? How do we know? Are they taking into account that they are supposed to be a bit roomy, or do they just figure even if someone of those measurements can squeeze into them, that's the right size? I guess that's why I'd like to hear from Angie and anyone who's tried them on. And if I want them roomy would one size up do, or more? I hate going too many up because I already get the gappy waistband at my normal size a lot of the time. Thanks for all the help!

Sveta

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VC, light wash Kut BF jeans from last year and white ones are very much the same in size and fit but white are 2-3 inches shorter. I did size up in both to get a looser fit. However you are right, the cut is very good and they fit well on the hips without bunching.
Raisin, the whole point of BF jeans is to wear them lower on the hips so waistband does not bunch that much.

velvetychocolate

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If you normally wear a 0, or the chart suggests 0 for you - then go for this - it will work! These are really nicely cut BF jeans, and it will be hard to go wrong. Even if they turned out to be a little bit big on you (like I said, Kut can sometimes be on the generous side), the cut/style of these particular BF jeans is very flattering. If I were you, I'd go ahead and try the size 0. It would be ok if they were a bit loose (owing to the fact that I personally think Kut jeans run a little large), because the shape/cut of these jeans is flattering anyway.

eta: but let's see what Angie has to say - I think you might be a similar size to Angie, and it would be interesting to see what size she ended up getting.

Raisin

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VC, Angie said she sized up, so I would think that means she had to at least have got the size 2. I would like to see her wearing them though to see the fit. I was thinking 2 would work for slouchiness. Ok, now I'm just going to hang out and wait for Angie to respond.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Angie, could you let the hem out on the Gaps? You could gain about an inch, if you let the hem down and left it unfinished. I know RATE is typically not you, but just a thought.

Thistle

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I keep contemplating BFs or white jeans. But after my last jeans search, I think I still more recuperation time!

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