To be fair, I am one of the spiteful female species who are cursed with thunder thighs and calves the size of an elephant's leg. So when I first heard that skinny jeans were the "in thing", I smirked and thought to myself, "Oh, the horrors of the carrot cut jeans are back! Oh well, people will get over it soon, like a really bad horror flick." But noooooo, EVERYONE is worshiping em' skinnies like it actually flatters the lower region. The waif-ish looking models look good in them, fair enough because well, they're models and they are supposed to look good in anything. But what really got me was when EVERYONE wanted to get a pair of skinnies, even them with thunder thighs like me!
You see the thing is, skinnies are not for everyone. It doesn't flatter you like a boot-cut does, because boot-cut jeans are the best cut. Not skinnies!
Let's compare.
Both pictures courtesy of http://www.forever21.com
The skinny jeans obviously makes your hips look larger, which in my opinion is a no-no unless you're in ancient China trying to impress your mother-in-law with your baby bearing potential. The boot-cut jeans however balances the upper portion of the lower region to the lower portion with a slight flare at the bottom of the jeans, which magically creates an optical illusion to slimmer legs. Yay! Also the skinny makes you look short and the boot-cut gives you proportion. Your pick.
BUT.
I understand that women being women can't help but follow the trends set by fashion starters because we women are strange beings and we cannot help conforming a little because everyone's wearing it! Oh, the sin not to own something so hot in fashion! I get it, okay?
So, if you must, if you must defy the laws of "wearing something that suits your body type", if you must get a pair because of some inexplicable irrational feeling, you think you might actually look good in a shrink wrap in disguise as a pair of jeans, then so be it.
However I do think that a wiser choice would be getting a pair of straight-cuts because they are the lesser evil compared to the skinny (they are less tapered at the bottom).
Now let me bless you with the do's and don't's when wearing a pair of Skinny Jeans.
Thou shalt wear them in only dark blue washes or black.
Thy jeans shall be made of stiffer denim and not a whole lot of spandex or lycra.
Thou shalt not pair them with flip flops.
Thou shalt pair them with ballet flats only if thou has long legs/tall.
Thou shalt pair em' jeans with a top that creates volume to balance the bottom and also length to cover thy hips.
Picture courtesy of http://www.forever21.com/
Picture courtesy of http://www.dorothyperkins.com/
Oh, remember to pair your skinny jeans with pumps or peep-toe shoes for added height and that chic look.
If you must wear the skinny, at least wear it well.
I'm still gonna stick to my oh-so flattering boot-cuts though. x)
1 comment:
Oh i agree with you 110%. Honestly, i really don't see any beauty at all in skinny jeans. You may say that those with bigger thighs don't look good in skinnies but i personally think that the thin people look horrible in skinnies too.
Skinnines is just yucky...and they look really uncomfy too!
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