Sunday, May 03, 2009

Jean Styles

Given that I wear only jeans, I shouldn't expect them to last forever. I owned three pair of pants, and in the space of two weeks, two of those pairs became worn/torn enough to be unwearable in public. I mean, like, they were only about 4 or 5 years old, which means each pair had been worn about 450-500 days. How dare they wear out already?!!

Hating shopping with a passion, I got online and discovered that my favorite jeans are no longer manufactured. Boy, I couldn't find anything without Spandex. Okay, okay, I'll order two with a little bit of stretchiness to them. But I made sure to buy the high-waisted ones. When they arrived and I tried them on, I discovered that the "high-waisted" jeans don't even come up to my belly button. I can't even imagine what I might've found if I'd chosen the hip-huggers or the low-rise jeans.

After a couple of weeks of wearing these, I'm beginning to tolerate the style. But they are not flattering. I am not a chubby person by any means, but this style makes me look like I have love-handles bulging at my waist. And Gary said the jeans make me look pregnant. (He's right.) If these jeans make scrawny ME look fat, why does a normal woman buy these? How does this company stay in business?

Eventually I discovered that Lands End has some high-waisted jeans that look like they might actually come all the way up to a person's waist, and they're all-cotton and no spandex. I might have to find space in my dresser drawers for a fourth pair of jeans.

6 comments:

  1. I've heard good things about these jeans, and they're actually made in the USA :)

    http://www.buddysjeans.com/index.htm

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  2. I can't stand the feeling of pants coming up to my natural waist! In high school and college (pre-baby belly), I wore my jeans a good 3-4 inches BELOW my belly button. I can't pull that off anymore, so I've brought them up a couple inches, but that's my limit.

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  3. The jeans that come up to my waist make me look fat. They also squeeze my ribs every time I sit down. I LOVE the styles that are 2-3 inches below the belly button...

    ...but it does drive me bonkers that they no longer make the only jeans that fit me in non-stretch. I don't want my jeans to be that loose after one washing!

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  4. I like the Lees I've found that hit right AT my belly button. Then you get a nice corset effect, instead of the over-the-top-flop or the round ball of tummy under the waistband.

    It's near-impossible to find jeans without stretch anymore. I HATE that.

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  5. Next time you are in the market for jeans don't forget to check out your local feed store. We buy our jeans at Tractor Supply because it's the only place I can find ones that aren't low rise. They are generally 100% cotton, inexpensive, and hold up pretty well (they last us about 1-2 years depending on how much we wear them).

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  6. the last jeans I bought out of desperation, at a thrift store, did have stretch (yuck),but they were long enough for me, and my others were going fast.There was a time when I wore ratty jeans, but I'd prefere $4 jeans to $50 jeans anyday! Frugal won out.

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