WIW: I don't think I like the skinny jeans

Today I was wearing skinny jeans and realized that I hardly wear them. Well, probably because I don't feel like its the best cut for me. I have two pairs of skiinies and 2 pairs of bootcuts and guess which ones I wear maybe once every two weeks if that? Tell me what you think but I just don't how skinny jeans look on my skinny legs with even skinnier ankles. May be I am blind? btw, I changed my cardigan from purple to magenta as you can see so make it a little more colorful
On the other hand, I have taken the plunge and bought the Brighton purse that I posted about yesterday. It is beautiful and my only regret is that its not as large as I would normally carry but I did want to cut down on some stuff that I carry anyway. The third pic is so you can see the color, its very pretty, sort of like dark cherrywood and even if i didn't want brown handbag, this one is quite dark and elegant looking so I really like it.

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13 years ago

Anonymous

I think the skinnies look great on you! And love the purse, such a find.

Transcona Shannon

Veteran

That purse is lovely Victoria! And I like you in the skinnies - think you look fab!

Jem

I missed the post about the purse, but it looks great! I also think you look fab in skinnies.

rae

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I find skinnies tough on proportions, too - the famous ice-cream-come effect. I like them best when there's something to mitigate the effect - volume on bottom created by boots or even the scrunch of the legs, for example. Since you're turned to the side, I can't see a lot of the leg shapes, but it may also not be as bad as you think.

One of my male friends is self-conscious of his skinny legs, and likes shorts and jeans that add volume to the bottom half with pockets, zippers, and such. Maybe there are some cargo skinnies out there?

texstyle

The skinnies look good on you, but I agree with Rae, cargo skinnies would be a great thing to try. I have a couple of cargo skinny pants from BR last year and I really like the way they flatter. My main complaint with skinnies is that they feel a bit too restrictive unless they are really soft material. A few of the ones I bought on sale last year are really not all that comfortable -- and no way in summer, but the skinny cargo's are a softer, thinner fabric and feel fine even in the heat.

Victoria

Rae@yes, the "ice cream cone effect", LOL. I am not saying these look bad, just not as good as say, bootcuts which as you said, have that volume on the bottom. With bootcuts, I also feel like I don't have to put too much thought in what shoes to wear as pretty much anything goes. I think that skinny jeans look best with boots, and heels in general and since I can't wear those because of my feet issues, that makes it more complicated. And when it comes to fashion, I don't like to complicate my life

I don't think I ever seen cargo skinnies. Can anyone post a pic?

rachylou

Hmm. The skinnies look like straight legs to me.

K. Period.

Honestly, Rae just has such an amazing eye. I think she put her finger right on it.

Your skinnies are hemmed so that they hang straight. I always think skinnies look better with a little scrunch of extra fabric at the bottom to break them up and add some weight and balance the look out. I think of it as fast and slow. Your eye slides down your jeans really fast but has no place to slow down with the skinnies until it reaches your toe. Without that break as part of the jeans, your experience of them is faster/shorter and more stumpifying (which is ridiculous because you have enviably long legs).

Even though I love skinnies, every time that I've tried pinning them up to have them hemmed shorter, I find that I don't like the look as well as when I have the scrunch. When you first tried them on did you like them? Did you have them hemmed after that?

That purse, by the way? Utterly gorgeous. You will love that color so much. Everything that I've had in that color was great because it went so perfectly with such a broad range of colors. Great buy!

Victoria, you have the kind of build that so many women aspire too. Don't knock it. You don't look skinny, you look delicate, as far as I can see. Skinny, in my mind, means gaunt and bony. Which you are not.

JennyAnne

I think the skinnies look great on you, but I remember I went through a phase this past winter when I just couldn't bear to look at myself in another pair of skinnies. Variety. Maybe if you wear your bootcuts awhile, you'll crave the look of skinnies in a month or two.

K can shop@ I totally understand what you are saying! I actually didn't hem these jeans-these are bit long so I rolled them under. I will try to post a pic tomorrow with unrolled scrunched look and see what does everyone thinks. Thanks for the great advice!

JR@thanks, you are a dear(and I think I sound like my grandma saying that, LOL)

April

Victoria -- here are my cargo skinnies from last year: http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....o-skinnies

I too have decided that skinny jeans are not my thing except with boots. I have normal-sized thighs and skinny calves, and the skinny jeans just exaggerate that disproportionality.

But I do still love my cargo skinnies, usually with a voluminous top.

April@thanks for the post, these are cute! I am going to try find some in my area and see how something like that would look on me

rachylou@ these probably look more straight leg because I don't like jeans supertight. My other pair of skinnies is stretch and supertight and I don't like it on me at all. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought those

Scarlet

I think this outfit looks great on you (love the colors!). You can definitely wear skinnies, no problem, but to be honest I can imagine bootcuts or flares being even cuter on your shape.

Julie

I'll echo Rae's comments and the only thing I'll add is to wait for the cooler weather and shove those skinnies into a pair of high heel, knee high boots, before you make any more judgements on them. I don't know what your tall boot selection is like but if you care to show us, I'm sure you'll gets lots of advice and opinions.

Cheers

Meredith1953

You look nice and slim in those skinnies Victoria! Come Fall and Winter you should be strutting your stuff with those tucked into boots. My thighs are definitely "fuller" so I am envious of your willowy limbs!

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