woes and yays: jeans
Mar. 31st, 2006 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockYesterday I went to the mall and bought jeans for the first time in about 7 years. Until now I've restricted myself to cargo pants because I hate
a) flares/bell-bottoms
b) stretch-jeans
c) fake white-washed jeans
d) low-rise jeans
I miss wide-leg jeans so much, and for girls they went out with flannel ::cry::. Now, by the time I find something that can fit my hips, it's usually tight down the leg and way too loose at the waist.
So yesterday I went into American Eagle Outifitters and asked for jeans that were not any of the above. They couldn't find anything in the girl's section, so I ended up asking the guy (I think he was the manager) "What kind of advice do you have for a girl buying guy's jeans?"
He helped me find what I've wanted for 7 years: wide-leg jeans. I ended up getting low-rise boot-leg cut, which means the crotch wasn't hanging somewhere near my knees (the problem I had the last time I tried to buy men's jeans.) I went back and forth over loose-fit or boot-leg, and eventually settled on the boot-leg, which fit my waist a little better. They were $29.95, not a bad price. Unfortunatley, their "dark" jeans were actually just medium-blue, not dark. That's alright though; I'm fine with medium blue.
Anyway, now that I know what size & style I wear in men's, I can buy jeans again. Not getting a new pair of jeans for 7 years sucks, yo. But, alas, that's what today's women's fashion has done to me. It makes buying pants of any kind some freakish nightmare-- and that's at 10-12 in dresses, and 12-14 in pants, at 5' 7" tall. I'm in the fucking upper-middle range, buying pants shouldn't be hard!
...but, nevermind, all is good this week at least. I have 2 pair new jeans, yay!
a) flares/bell-bottoms
b) stretch-jeans
c) fake white-washed jeans
d) low-rise jeans
I miss wide-leg jeans so much, and for girls they went out with flannel ::cry::. Now, by the time I find something that can fit my hips, it's usually tight down the leg and way too loose at the waist.
So yesterday I went into American Eagle Outifitters and asked for jeans that were not any of the above. They couldn't find anything in the girl's section, so I ended up asking the guy (I think he was the manager) "What kind of advice do you have for a girl buying guy's jeans?"
He helped me find what I've wanted for 7 years: wide-leg jeans. I ended up getting low-rise boot-leg cut, which means the crotch wasn't hanging somewhere near my knees (the problem I had the last time I tried to buy men's jeans.) I went back and forth over loose-fit or boot-leg, and eventually settled on the boot-leg, which fit my waist a little better. They were $29.95, not a bad price. Unfortunatley, their "dark" jeans were actually just medium-blue, not dark. That's alright though; I'm fine with medium blue.
Anyway, now that I know what size & style I wear in men's, I can buy jeans again. Not getting a new pair of jeans for 7 years sucks, yo. But, alas, that's what today's women's fashion has done to me. It makes buying pants of any kind some freakish nightmare-- and that's at 10-12 in dresses, and 12-14 in pants, at 5' 7" tall. I'm in the fucking upper-middle range, buying pants shouldn't be hard!
...but, nevermind, all is good this week at least. I have 2 pair new jeans, yay!
