Most people know that jeans aren't really my bag. Not that there's anything wrong with them, but I prefer dresses and more tailored clothes. Plus the fashion world has really made them trashy in the past few years - too low, too tight, too much information. So I have to buy a pair once every two years - just to put the old ones in a "throw on in a hurry" section of the closet. However, I hate the way I look in jeans so it's a challenge. But it was my birthday and I had some money and every store and magazine under the sun is trying to sell me jeans.
First stop - J.Crew. My last pair were JCrew matchstick jeans and I like them - but they are NOT comfortable, they are stylish. Let's just say that it didn't work out. Next stop The Gap - actually truth be told I started at The Gap (it's a new client I felt I had to go). They swear their jeans FIT which is totally subjective - but whatever. I don't buy a lot of stuff at the Gap so it's hard to know if they a run small or large. With sunglasses firmly disguising my identity, I grabbed three styles, two sizes each. I hurried to the dressing room before I lost my nerve. I started with the Real and Straight in the larger size... TOO BIG! Awesome, my confidence was growing. So I tried the style in the smaller size and it was like a glove - with a little stretch. I didn't hate them. In fact, they were soft and they were long enough and I almost liked them.
I tried the Curvy and the Long and Lean (a style I bought four years ago - two pairs ago) - but the first ones were perfect. SOLD! They're still in the bag where they'll likely be for a while. It's one thing to buy them but wear them? That's going to take an event or situation. A cool fall breeze might do it.
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