woes and yays: jeans

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Yesterday 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!

Comments

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

And now you know why I've pretty much stuck with men's/boy's jeans and pants for the last two plus decades.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

For jeans I think I might just stick with them. For cargo pants I still will buy girl's pants; although, that's probably just because they make girl's cargo pants almost the same as guy's.

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Girls stuff was always too small in the waist for me. Seems women with my hips should have less in the waist department, and that seems to be true whether I weigh 110 or 185.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

that seems to be true whether I weigh 110 or 185.

I don't really know how they judge that stuff. I just know that even if I dropped 30 pounds I'd still buy a large in tops-- because my shoulder bones are just that size. My friend complains about being short and petit, and thinks it's a disadvantage. I wish it were sometimes, because if that were the case then I'd get an advantage for being medium-tall. You'd think, anyway.

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

*shrugs* I think the clothing industry is just nuts. I'm only 5'4" and it hasn't made any difference whether I was a size 7 or a size 14, most of the women's pants just don't fit me. Blouses, no problem, but not the pants. I have an inseam of 30-32", depending on where I want the cuff to fall, so you see I'm not exactly long in the leg (another reason most women's pants don't fit me). Personally, I think they make the stuff for the Barbie dolls out there, and most of us are not, were not, and never will be Barbie dolls.