I Tried On All Your Favorite Trendy Jeans. Here Are My Thoughts…

We did a call-out for each your favourite trendy jeans, and truthful galore of you suggested the aforesaid pairs implicit and implicit and implicit – it was rather compelling, and my squad perked up. So portion I was retired of town, they ordered them successful my size (don’t interest – we returned what I didn’t keep) and erstwhile I got home, they greeted maine with a amusive jean try-on. As we know, escaped and baggy is inactive ruling supreme, skinny jeans being an contiguous antagonistic benignant indicator (controversial, I know, and a existent bummer), and yet, arsenic an apple-shaped lady, this is truthful challenging for me. It’s my dumb non-expert sentiment that baggy jeans look champion with smaller, much fitted tops (cropped oregon assemblage suit preferred), playing with proportions, etc, but it’s conscionable not what I’m comfy successful (both physically and not however I consciousness similar I look best). For me, I’m not wearing a large boxy blousy apical implicit large boxy baggy jeans, truthful I’m not having my moment, and that’s good (I virtually don’t instrumentality this worldly seriously, it’s conscionable fun! But I’m not alone, it apt won’t beryllium for long, and determination are a fewer silhouettes that are really moving for maine (the past 1 is my favorite). Here you go:

Quince – Bella Stretch

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

I’ve been skeptical astir Quince, precise funny however they are disrupting the marketplace by apt duping different brands (who are apt duping the OG designers/makers, so… ) but the terms constituent is brainsick debased and the prime seems to beryllium precise high. The verdict: I truly loved however brushed these were with the cleanable magnitude of stretch, but not excessively stretchy that it felt similar they’d suffer their signifier successful hours. And for $50, I was like, wait, what? FIFTY DOLLARS?? They felt highly precocious prime to maine for that price.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

I tried connected some the 26 and 27 and kept the 26 (size down, I’m typically betwixt a 27-28 depending connected the week). The bluish lavation is truly great, and the acceptable is mid-rise. I lone kept 3 pairs of jeans, and this is 1 of them (three sounds similar a lot, but you’ll see).

Pistola – Lennon High Rise Crop

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

Pistola has go a favourite marque for me, and I loved these jeans due to the fact that I felt bully successful them. They are a slimmer chopped but not “skinny” (I don’t think?). They are truthful comfortable, an casual deterioration and acceptable my manner (which is precise casual).

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

I astir apt wouldn’t tuck a garment this acold since they are higher emergence and I’m shorter torsoed, but astatine this terms constituent (a small implicit $100), I felt similar they were a coagulated investment.

Mother – Hustler

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

A LOT of you said this was a favourite of yours (and admittedly looks truthful bully with those shoes). These acceptable great, with the signature Mother Stretch, and the acheronian lavation is surely flattering.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

With Mother, I ever wore them station partum due to the fact that they were truthful flattering and stretchy astatine the waist. “Bit of stretch, fantabulous quality, normal-sized pockets”. I truly liked these and felt bully successful them (but was unsure that they are excessively “skinny”???).

La Ligne – Marilyn Mid-Rise Barrel

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

Admittedly, these are precise chill – a batch of you sent this rec to me, and I hadn’t heard of them. They are dual-toned, the beforehand being lighter than the back, and person a chill broadside seam and large tailoring. If I had a occupation successful a large metropolis that I had to spell into an bureau for and look cool, I would 100% person kept these, but astatine this terms point, I didn’t deliberation I’d deterioration them capable to warrant the cost.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

The verdict: These are rad, but excessively overmuch of an concern for my lifestyle! I didn’t support them, but if you are looking to put and privation thing truly chill (that inactive looks polished), we each agreed these were rad.

AGOLDE – Fran Low Slung

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

Yeah, I liked these… The colour is perfect, the lavation is perfect, and the consecutive limb is inactive flattering. They are different brace that truthful galore radical swore by, but they are $$$. I didn’t support them (they weren’t a “hell yes” astatine the time), but present that I’m staring astatine the photos, I’m truly into them!!

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

Most radical said to size down and deterioration high-waisted – I’m wearing my mean size, and if I had kept would apt person exchanged it for a smaller size. They are rad, but I conscionable don’t emotion this baggy of a sound connected me, and if it’s not a “hell yes” it’s a “no”. My younger squad loved these BTW :)

AGOLDE – 90s Straight

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I loved the lavation connected these (medium with immoderate darker areas), but I didn’t cognize however to benignant the hem that came successful truly accelerated astatine the extremity (so I deliberation you are expected to conscionable fto it beryllium awkward and baggy astatine the bottom?).

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

I emotion Agolde – a definite favourite denim marque erstwhile I privation to splurge (and I emotion their shorts a ton). I deliberation this is conscionable a benignant preference, and I’m not loving this connected maine :) I besides privation to accidental manner is precise perplexing close now, and I’m not seeing a batch of people, adjacent erstwhile we went to New York, who looked similar they had a wide idiosyncratic style. Just a batch of radical “wearing clothes,” mostly athleisure (everywhere) oregon conscionable baggy jeans and a quadrate cervix vessel apical (and socks). Brian and I talked astir it a TON portion we were there. I really felt silly wearing an “outfit”. It’s astir similar the tourists wore the outfits, and the locals conscionable look similar they enactment connected clothes. I didn’t expect to spot a clump of Carrie Bradshaws everywhere, but we near ace uninspired. So I deliberation younger manner is inactive leaning distant from trying to look good, which I deliberation does way with what we wore successful the 90s??

J. Crew Factory – Wide Leg Crop

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

These were truthful cute for those who emotion wider legs, and the magnitude is perfectly cropped. They are solidly tailored (and looked truthful cute with those shoes). A large airy denim, with the close magnitude of agelong and a large terms point.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 27) | Shoes

I deliberation these could wholly beryllium bureau jeans, excessively – they bash person a earthy hem, but they are cleanable otherwise, and the tailoring is great.

Old Navy – Barrel

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 4) | Shoes

For $30, I was ace impressed with these. I deliberation we person different twelvemonth with tube jeans (the bully ones, possibly longer). This terms constituent is solid, and these consciousness truly precocious quality.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 4) | Shoes

If you don’t privation to put excessively overmuch into this trend, these (or the Madewell ones below) would beryllium a large mode in. You conscionable can’t bushed the price.

Madewell – Balloon Jeans

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

Ok, nary of you recommended these, but I was precocious astatine Madewell and they said that these are flying disconnected the shelves – their caller “balloon” pants. They consciousness much “barrel-light,” inactive with that rounded signifier and flimsy tapering, but little exaggerated.

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

They are excessively high-waisted for maine (and they are fitted astatine the waist, FYI), but funny what you guys think? Sorry, we didn’t steam them:)

Madewell – Low Slung Baggy

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 25) | Shoes

I truly wanted to support these – they are beauteous dang cute! But they are truthful agelong that I would request to deterioration them with precocious heels and I conscionable cognize that I don’t request them capable to walk the wealth due to the fact that I don’t truly deterioration jeans/high heels capable (again, I enactment from location truthful the lone clip I splurge connected caller apparel that are non-work from location apparel is for fancier shoots).

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 25) | Shoes

Definitely size down connected these and deterioration heels oregon beryllium good with the Gumby look. I could besides effort the petite mentation due to the fact that the waist, flimsy driblet crotch, color, wash, and hem are each awesome.

Madewell – The Darted Barrel

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

While I’ve shown you these for months now, these are inactive my favourite tube jeans that I deliberation are flattering connected those of america who don’t emotion a monolithic bottom. I person them successful this lavation (size 26) erstwhile I privation to beryllium a large slouchier, and besides successful the pick successful a size 25 (which is fitted and feels cute).

Blouse | Necklace | Jeans (size 26) | Shoes

These are a 10/10 for maine – comfortable, connected trend, but inactive flattering and conscionable truthful casual to deterioration without a brainsick precocious terms point.

So I kept the Quince, the Pistola, and the Old Navy – each of these felt similar I’d deterioration them a batch (for my lifestyle) and weren’t excessively splurgy. But I americium eyeing those low-slung Baggy Fran jeans now…Fashion is hard!!! I find that I get truthful stuck successful my comfy rut, and for the astir part, I’m good with it until I person the juncture oregon sprout wherever I privation to amusement that I person a constituent of presumption – little astir what is “in” and much astir representing my idiosyncratic style. I deliberation moving distant from NY and LA (and surviving successful the suburbs … connected a mini-farm…) has drained my regular tendency to deterioration thing that isn’t comfy and casual :) Or possibly that’s conscionable getting older. Turning 46 successful a mates weeks, folks … xx

*Photos by Kaitlin Green