I am ready to search for a new pair of jeans and I want collective advice from the forum. I want higher-rise, form-fitting, minimal-stretch, dark-wash, straight-leg or boot-cut (not tapered / skinny), something that will last through at least 20 (gentle) cycles through the laundry, $200 or less. Brands, stores, other advice?

I am a curvy hourglass shape on bottom, generally size 8 or 10 in dresses and 32" inseam (bizarrely when I bought my current workhorse pair of BRs the size 4 fit best.) I buy jeans as tight as humanly possible knowing they will stretch out.

I am a skirt person through-and-through and I only own 2 pairs of jeans. And they get worn most often for the same reason my tots use bibs - as a receptacle for bits of baby food! In reality this means that many Saturdays I end up wearing them all day. Anyway the wash on my current pairs is looking kind of dated to me and also they are pretty stretched out, thus the search.

All thoughts welcome!