<p>i wear levis 501s. I like button jeans. they aren’t stretch. I have some wide leg jeans I got at Target- merona I think. I used to like Gap a long time ago, but they redesigned their jeans. Since I am very short waisted ( I am 5’2"* and 1/2* but I have a 30 " inseam) I like the lowcut jeans because they hit just slightly below my waist instead of coming up to my chin. ( I don’t really have hips- my levis are 30" x 30")</p>
<p>Calvin Klein boot cut used to fit me, but I don’t shop in dept stores anymore and Costco only carries some weird kinds.</p>
<p>I like Lucky, plus shopping there reminds me of when I was 13 and bought my jeans at Jeans West ;)</p>
<p>Oh Jcrew* sometimes* I don’t think they have good quality control, cause I have to try on a billion pairs and I don’t like to do that :p</p>
<p>I found some at Old Navy, “The Diva” low rise boot cut, that are more flattering than anything I’ve had in the past 20 years. As far as body type, I am 5’7, could lose 10 lbs., but thankfully don’t have rolls yet. </p>
<p>I hope high waisted jeans NEVER come back into style, so not flattering. I’m sure many of you have seen the Oprah shows where she has on the two Brittish woman doing the ambush makeover’s, and the high-waisted jeans ones are always the funniest!</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t want the high waist ones back either. I’m long waisted, though, so I can use a higher rise than most without making jeans high waisted. I read an aricle about some places that will make custom jeans. Interesting.</p>
<p>Those women are Trinny and Susannah, from the original British What Not to Wear. Stacey and Clinton have grown on me, but the Brits are still the best.</p>
<p>I found some Gloria Vanderbilt’s at Sears (they have a Mall of America store) last week for $20. Sears had a ton of selection (I went all over the mall looking specifically for jeans).</p>
<p>I had been buying a more “relaxed” fit (looser through the thighs) after I gained a little weight. Got some with a closer fit and everyone thinks I lost weight… DH keeps telling me to get another pair of “those great jeans”. I think cut matters more than brand.</p>
<p>I have always done well with GAP curvy jeans and love that they sell “ankle” length so I don’t have to take them up to fit my 5’1" frame, but was convinced to try on (and then bought) an expensive pair of Big Star jeans a months ago. I love them. They look like True Religion jeans with decorative stitching on the back pockets, are not too low and flatter my figure (make me look slimmer).</p>
<p>Land’s End Curvy Fit Classic Waist Boot Cut. I’m a twelve most places but having a little extra around the hips. These jeans not only mean I don’t look like 10 lbs of sausage in a 5 lb bag…but they don’t do that big underwear revealing ‘dip’ when I sit down. They do have about 2% stretch but they last a long, long time. And they’re about 40 bucks. You can find them at Sears but Sears only carries what they call Fit 1. The Catalog has all 3 fits (from below the navel…to above) and carries different leg lengths. Land’s End is about as close to buying jeans like a man does (know your waist and inseam and you’re fine!) that a woman can get.</p>
<p>I quite like the low cut jeans. They don’t pinch your waist. My favorite are 7 For All Mankind, but I don’t like the price. I should go to Nordstrom rack today and see if they have any. The thing I dislike the most about jeans is the length. Even if I buy petite, they are too long. So I’ve started buying higher heels.</p>
<p>3bm103 – Stacy and Clinton say that a good tailor can shorten jeans…I think you need a heavy-duty machine. But if you like high heels…go for it. I can’t walk in them…I can just manage flats!</p>
<p>A good tailor can shorten jeans, but that adds $15 and up to the price. For inexpensive, casual jeans I just hem them myself. But it ruins the look of the nice ones. So for those rare occassions when I wear nice jeans I will wear heels and try not to walk too much. But seriously, why don’t they make them shorter? I realize I am very short, but I have to hem some of them to even be able to wear them with heels. I wear a 27 inch waist. Are they saying that everybody this size is at least 5’8’'?</p>
<p>3bm103–have you ever tried ‘ankle length’ jeans? If you are shorter, I’d bet they’d fit as regular. My legs are longer, so I use ‘ankle length’ as capris.</p>
<p>Not Your Daughters Jeans:
I’d like to try these. Should they be quite snug when new? Or do they keep their size and shape?(I found that Chico stretch jeans relax a bit; if I buy them to fit correctly off the rack, they are baggy upon wearing).</p>
<p>Thanks, candace! That’s a good tip! emeraldkity4–that was a fun survey–I just can’t afford most of the suggestions…good to know some names, though!</p>