Death to Low-Waisted Jeans
Am I alone in breathing a huge sigh of relief that low-waisted jeans appear to be out?
I heard Sarah Jessica Parker, say on Oprah, that her new line Bitten includes no low-waisted jeans because she’s over it. I’ve been over it since they were in.
Hallelujah!
Let’s face it, during the low-waisted trend I’ve been non-16. I’ve been doing feminine things like having babies and nursing them and lugging them around on my hip, which often causes shirts to ride up. Such things are not conducive to wearing low-rise pants, the sole intention of which is to let a little tummy show. No thank you.
Bitten offers such jeans for less than $20, and I’m dying to try some on. But, I’d have to drive three hours to the nearest Steve and Barry’s, no online store.
I love Sarah’s fashion manifesto: It is every woman’s inalienable right to have a pulled-together, stylish, confident wardrobe with money left over to live.
We probably shouldn’t amend the constitution to add that, but it’s a great principal to build a retail fashion line on. It’s so inclusive.
I ran in to Old Navy to see what their new denim collection was all about.
For those who can pull it off, they still carry a low-waisted and a mid-waisted style. (Oddly enough the mid-waisted jean made my belly sit like a flat tire right on top and were worse than the low-wasted jean.)
The Sweetheart has stolen my heart, sitting just below the waist. On the website they have a Goddess fit, which is at the natural waste, but my store didn’t have that style to try on.
There are three beautiful things about an Old Navy pair of jeans.
- Sizes run big so I can celebrate that I’ve made it down to a size 10! That makes me feel like all this exercise and eating right has paid off.
- They make a “short,” in most sizes.
- The regular price is $30.
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6 opinions for Death to Low-Waisted Jeans
Susanna
Aug 20, 2007 at 7:49 am
Me! I’m the one mourning the death of low-waisted jeans. Not the super-low, thong-displaying kind - I never wore those - but I have enjoyed the comfort of low- to mid-rise jeans over the last few years.
I’m what they call an “apple shape”: I have a 31″ waist and 36″ hips. Any high-waisted pants that fit me in the waist (size 12-14) absolutely billow around my bum and any that fit my hips (size 4-6) won’t button. Low-waisted pants take my waist out of the equation, and I can hit a comfortable, happy medium (literally! size 8-10).
Tracee
Aug 20, 2007 at 11:28 am
Sounds like you may need to make friends with a seamstress. Then you could take the waist in on reg. wasted jeans.
There is one more thing I love about Old Navy - sounds like you would love their new Diva or Flirt fit so it would fit your legs and bum.
It’s great that they are making different fits for different body types.
Slinger
Aug 20, 2007 at 5:17 pm
I like a little low waist — no mom jeans. I really like having my butt crack covered, but I also don’t want my button poking me in ribs. The last pair I bought cost $60, but the fit is really nice.
Tracee
Aug 20, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Hum. Why is being mom a fashion sin? Mom Jeans. Why does that connote unattractive and unfashionable? Just wondering.
Tracee
Rebecca
Aug 20, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Mom jeans are awful. Tbey are high waisted and tapered. They’d make a skinny girl look pear-shaped. I think the term “mom jeans” was coined by Trinny and Susanah on the British version of What Not to Wear.
Tracee
Aug 21, 2007 at 5:56 am
Well, MY jeans fit exactly what Clinton and Staci of America’s version of What Not To Wear say women of my height, weight and age and mothering status, should be wearing so as not to appear fatter than I really am.
That includes a requirement to be able to smooth out the role of fat that low-rise jeans create - yes create - by cutting off my waste at an unnatural point. I need to be able to tuck my tummy into the the waste of the jeans, yes, tuck my tummy not my shirt. It smoothes out my figure and draws the least attention to my just birth a son stomach.
The just-below waist also lengthens my leg, which is short at 5′3″ - I don’t need a longer torso, I need a longer leg.
The bootcut saves me from the awful tappered look of years gone bye -bye. I need that 80s skinny jean like I need a tire around my waist with the low rise jean. No thank you!
I’m fairly certain Clinton and Staci would be proud of my Sweatheart Jeans from Old Navy.
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