Comments on: Jeans Shopping: A Rant

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:32:37 +0000

hi. I hate jeans shopping more than anything. I went today. I couldn’t find anytihng that fit and my sizes were missing. It was really frustrating cause there was hundreds of pairs. The most frustrating thing I can think of. I spent so much time I left only with one pair and they are to long. I’m going back tommorow. I’m going to try to be patient. I hate how sizes are aren’t the same from each style to the next. It drives me crazy.

By: A Thank You from Me and My Booty - The Pursuit of Harpyness

A Thank You from Me and My Booty - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:37:26 +0000

[...] I wrote last month about my deep and abiding dislike of shopping for jeans, several commenters suggested I try the Joe’s Honey line, which is made for those of us [...]

By: swedishfishing

swedishfishing — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:49:56 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with everyone who recommended Joe’s Jeans Honey fit for the very hourglass-y among us. They’re cut a little bigger in the hips/butt in each size so that there’s no gapping at the waist. I LOVE them. They even have a skinny jean in the honey fit now, if that’s your thing. I bought my first pair at anthropologie, but I know you can order them online at revolveclothing and you can get them at Nordstrom too.

Jeans and pants shopping is the reason I wear skirts and dresses 80% of the time. It’s such a pain to find jeans and pants that fit me really well, and when I find them, they’re ridiculously expensive. It’s so much easier for me to find skirts and dresses that fit me perfectly off the rack, so that’s what I do. I do sew, but making pants is a ridiculously monumental pain in the ass, so I don’t bother.

Why are women’s pants so hard for clothing makers? I know a lot of women have the gapping issue, so it seems like it would make sense for companies to offer 2 or 3 versions of each size per style: one for women with less than average hip/butt measurements compared to their waists for that size, one in standard sizing, and one for women with larger hip/butt measurements compared to their waists for that size. Eh, eh, clothing companies? Wanna go for it?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:24 +0000

I seriously spent a whole afternoon crying and trying to figure out how I’d make it another 50+ years of my life without being able to buy another pair of jeans, after trying on every pair in the entire mall!

I remember being able to find perfectly fitting jeans not too long ago. Now my body has not changed much. My measurements are about the same though I did put on 5 pounds. But now since all these jean lines have changed nothing is made for normal people anymore!

Why can’t women’s jeans be more like men’s with waist and length sizes? A 4 is not a 4 for everyone at every store! They are totally different no matter what line of clothing you choose and my hips might be the same as someone else but my waist may not be. Jean manufacturing companies have gotta get their shit together!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:54:58 +0000

I am a proud member of this sisterhood! I had pretty much exactly the same experience as BeckySharper as a teen – went to bed with a boyish figure, woke up with 38 inches of booty. I adore jeans, but only if I can find a pair that actually fits, and the search is never fun. And I’m rather on the short side as well, so that just complicates matters.

Actually, I’m going to be due for some new jeans soon . . . not exactly looking forward to /that/ shopping trip . . .

By: BookGeek

BookGeek — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:24:06 +0000

I used to wear men’s jeans (nicely low rise in an era of “natural waist” jeans and I don’t have a waist) until one day, senior year of college (I was a late bloomer in this area) I woke up with hips and stretch marks. WTH? And thence began the endless search for jeans. Why I got stretch marks from normal growth but not from pregnancy, I cannot say.

By: Ellen Meister

Ellen Meister — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:45:05 +0000

Jeans are pure hell for me, but my figure problem is the polar opposite. From the waist down I’m built like a 12-year-old boy.

Think that’s not a problem? Try buying women’s jeans. Or any women’s pants for that matter. If they fit in the waist you can fit four of me in the seat.

My solution? I wear a lot of yoga pants. Jeans are impossible. I shop in the junior department but that’s a hell of its own, which a crotch rise of about 1.4 inches. Middle age women get arrested for wearing jeans that low.

And don’t get me started on my husband. He’s worn the same model Levi’s with a size 32 waist for his entire adult life. To him, jeans shopping means checking to see if they have his size in stock.

By: Magnetic Crow

Magnetic Crow — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:26:15 +0000

Yar, my mate has a problem with finding jeans that fit him, because he is apparently on the “short” side for a guy. Which is still a head taller than me, but since I can’t find anything outside of the children’s section that doesn’t entirely swallow my feet and drag on the ground that’s probably not saying much.

Finding clothes for short people is a pain. Even in sizes ‘petite’ and ‘XS’, I have yet to find a sweatshirt or jacket that doesn’t make me look like a child wearing her parents’ clothing. My winter coat is even ‘petite’ AND ‘XS’ and technically a child’s size! But it is still baggy and too long in the sleeves.
Right now I am wearing a pair of pants that are supposed to be tie-up capris, but they come to my ankles.

What makes this all worse is that I would prefer to shop in the boy’s section and get nice baggy cargo pants with tons of pockets, but I have that whole butt-and-hip thing going on too. GRRR.

I need to write a post on my own blog about what a pain being short can be, apparently, because I just uncovered a whole can of angst here.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:52:22 +0000

Oh my sweet Lord, how I feel y’all’s pain!

Shopping for jeans makes me weep and mutter “fuck this shit” in an ongoing stream of frustration.

I’m 5’2″, 28″ inseam with big thighs, a 28″ waist, and (wait for it) a 38″ ass. That’s ten inches of disparity, yo. Bootleg jeans, which are supposed to be manna from heaven for all body shapes? Make my hips go swooping out on either side like jodhpurs. We’re not even going to discuss the evil that is skinny legged jeans–make they perish from the earth!

Seriously, jean manufactures? Would it be so dammed hard to make pants for women with asses?

Ranting aside, I have had decent luck with Banana Republic’s classic wide-leg trousers, which run $90 when they’re not on sale. They only come in one inseam (naturally), so I have to wear them with 4″ heels, but they make my legs go on for days.

I also got great feedback for http://makeyourownjeans.com/

I love love love how customizable and CHEAP they are–I’m planning on taking my measurements and ordering a pair this month;
anyone want feedback for how that goes?

Does anyone else think that if department stores made their lighting flattering, it might end the economic recession?

By: emilyanne

emilyanne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:10:06 +0000

Also the waist/length thing explains my US jeans issues – in the UK they do come in waist/length in most places, I have been very confused trying to find the equivalent here.