Skinny Jeans
September 9, 2007
Magazine covers are so stupid. A couple of them caught my attention this weekend whilst I was trying to look busy at work during some down time.
Remember these jeans? 
I had a pair in Jr High when I was so skinny my legs resembled two chopsticks attached to a butt. Mine were tight on me because I’d had them for a couple years and I was going through a growth spurt, and we were poor. To make matters worse, I had let out the hem to compensate for my ever lengthening chopstick legs and they had zippers on the outsides. Very attractive and very now. 
This is me and my friend Twiggy back in 8th grade. She’s the one with the pumps. Lots of people in my podunk jr high wore pumps, you know.
So I saw on one of the mags: “Hottest Jeans, And How To Wear Them!”
My first thought was, “Hot or not, it’s one leg at a time, one leg at a time. Then you zip them, and hopefully wear a shirt that closes in the front or back, whichever you prefer.”
And I’ve seen a few youngsters sporting these “new” skinny jeans around the store. I just figured it was some renegade choice they’d made to stand out against the angst of sameness that is teendom. But no, it would seem they’re back in action.
But you’ll probably not catch me in a pair of these weirdo pants. If you can pull it off, fine for you. I’ll try not to judge you for being skinny enough to look good in these. I might actually offer you a plate of nachos with extra cheese because I’d be concerned for your health.
But most of the women I know have that little something called hips. And when you wear skinny jeans with hips, it ends up looking like you are a walking triangle from the waist down.
It’s really the equivalent of tight rolling without the tight roll. It’s the equivalent of leggings, only with denim. You might as well just forget the pants all together and wear a long shirt. But what do I know?
Lately, since I had the baby and my “skinny” jeans are so tight they make me look like I’m some kind of hoochie mama, I’ve been slowly buying some that I don’t have to pour myself into. I’m favoring these 
I buy the tall size, and guess what? The Jeans People finally got a clue and started making tall pants long enough that I don’t have to let out the hem like a dork! Although I still do from time to time. It’s a reflex. You cannot stop it.
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Kathleen | September 9, 2007 at 6:26 am
I’m not a big fan of the skinny jean because #1 they remind me too much of my highschool days and #2 they’ve been telling us for years that skinny leg jeans make us look like we all have huge butts. So it’s not really somewhere I want to go!
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Hallie | September 9, 2007 at 7:15 am
Ahhh the skinny jean. Yes, I have very strong feelings about these. Designers must be getting really desperate to pull these out of the closet. And to think it was just a short time ago I embraced the bell bottom. This is where I draw the line.
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Karen | September 10, 2007 at 2:50 am
You could have stopped with the first line - “magazine covers are so stupid.” It never ceases to amaze me that they feature articles about losing weight and getting into shape, then on the cover there’s the picture of the sumptuous dessert. These people are dead from the neck, up. Cheers! Karen
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Sunydazy | September 10, 2007 at 9:42 am
I refuse to wear these! What is wrong with the fashion people? Can’t they think of anything else to do? At least they could give us all a few more years of ‘ugly free’ I am still recovering from seeing everyone’s flabby bellies hanging out of their shirts the last few years…do we have to follow it up by going backwards?
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bee | September 10, 2007 at 10:08 am
Oh yes! Thank God for tall jeans!
I’m not a huge fan of the skinny jean. I’ve seen it look good, but I’m not ready to go there yet. I won’t say never though!
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Jenn | September 11, 2007 at 2:32 am
Oh man, I could maybe get my foot through a pair of skinny jeans, but that’s about it.
I personally was disappointed when I never saw the “Bulimia Blues” logo on them. Oh, I kid, I kid. *wink*
I have problems on the other end of the spectrum: I can’t find short jeans. The jeans in the ladies petite section are manufactured for those adopting to fit into the mom jean stereotype, which I do not, so I refuse (REFUSE) to go there. So I buy my jeans in the teen department and apparently every teen girl is now 6 feet tall. I have to cut every pair I buy because they are anywhere from 3-8 inches too long for me.