How To Buy Jeans, Skinny or Bootcut
Tina, here.
Have you noticed that it's getting harder to find jeans? I mean, the ones we had our clients buy for years and years are no longer in available in store. I have complained. Natch. But I scoured and came up successful. I found the perfect {white} jeans for every size. Vault insiders know I already found the perfect skinny jeans, available in March's Style Vault. But some people still want a bootcut. Here's how to buy jeans, skinny or bootcut.
Here's what to look for in white jeans: you either want a true skinny or a baby boot, a mini bootcut. With a mid-rise, a good thick denim, and the pockets need to be in the right place in relation to your bum. Check length, too. You want a clean break across the middle of the foot. You can wear flats with bootcuts, if they are a pointy-toe flat.
Everyone is still obsessed with skinny jeans and that's fine. There are some great ones (noted above). I wear skinny jeans. We have women who are considered curvy wear them, and they look great. Even petite women can wear them, with the right shoes. You may have some on right now, and I bet you look very stylish. It's all in the fit. I just know you do not look like this because why would you wear these?
Your skinny jeans should not puddle at the ankles. Period. These puddle. These are too long. Plus skinny jeans that aren't right for your particular shape can give you that weeble wobble look, drawing all the attention to your hips, and if that is what you want to camouflage, walk away from the skinny jean. The right skinny jeans are in March's Style Vault. Someone even wrote a review of them on the retailer's website, citing us as the finder of the perfect skinny jeans! Aw thanks!
I wear bootcuts (duh) but not exclusively, and not everyone can or wants to wear bootcuts. But both skinny and bootcut jeans must be worn correctly. It's prejudicial and unfair for the retailers not to make a decent fitting and affordable bootcut jean, especially when they were on the fall and spring runways. But I found them. The perfect baby bootcut jeans, and THEY'RE IN WHITE! Can you stand it? Style Vault insiders have access to my must-have jeans inside April's Vault, plus an exclusive discount code on my favorite life-changing stain remover (which you want if you wear white jeans). Find out how to unlock the code and start shopping here.
More lessons on shopping for the right jeans with the help of our model:
Here's a vast improvement on the last look. This is called a mini or a baby bootcut. Not a flare, not straight. The ever so slightly wider leg opening at the ankles balances the hips and thighs. Which creates an hour glass shape, the desired shape for women.
Here are my thoughts, ok my rules, particularly for white jeans.
No straight jeans, ever. And beware, they can look like skinny jeans on the hanger.
These jeans actually are labeled "straight" on the tag, but I would say they are both skinny and straight, meriting a double foul. A straight jean can be fitted through the legs or looser; these are more fitted, pretending to be skinny. But the real problem is that the leg opening at the ankles is the same width as the entire leg of the jean. So you don't get either a trendy skinny jean that narrows to the ankles or a figure-flattering bootcut. Translation: straight jeans are TERRIBLE.
No short, cropped jeans. Ever. These are evil. Aka "the evil capri."
Look how short our model's legs appear in cropped jeans? That's because it looks like her legs go from the waistline to the bottom of the jeans (not all the way to her ankles); and her ankles start where the jeans finish (mid-shin). So her legs look stunted and her ankles look abnormally big. See why I don't care for the evil capri? Don't be lured by the runway shots of the cropped pants and capris this season. They're all still evil.
No baggy white jeans, either. When you buy white jeans, you will be tempted to go up a size. That is fine if they actually fit you better. But keep in mind the lighter the rinse, the more they will stretch. Which means you will have a saggy white bottom by mid-day if you don't buy your white jeans to actually fit you (translation: not roomy). It will be worse with over 3% spandex, and, here's a surprise, it will be even more pronounced if the placement of the back pockets is all wrong. Huh?
Look carefully. The base of the rear pockets has crept down below her bum to the top of her rear thigh. This will make your bum look like it goes from your waist down to your thighs. Not perky. Not good.
No thin white denim. You may think all white denim is thin and see-through and will show all the things you want to hide. Not true. If you get the right white denim, that is. It needs to be substantial enough to camouflage what you're self-conscious about (rippling, panty lines, etc) but not so heavy that you are sweating inside.
No holes or rips or shreds, unless you're in you're 20's. Or super cool and you're able to pull it off cause you have the right hair and shoes and everything else. Like my 40-something friend Jenni.
Remember Deidre? She, too, can pull off shredded and skinny jeans.
One more tip that will change your life: crease your jeans. People make fun of creased jeans. You'll create a longer, leaner leg. And have the last laugh.
So what is this fabulous white slim bootcut jean I've found that fits every size and shape, from curvy (I promise) to petite? Hire us to shop with you and you'll not only be introduced to the love of your jeans life, but you'll save some off the price tag (we get up to 20% off at many of the places we'll take you, including your spring makeup and other fun perks). If you're a Vault member, you'll also get the jeans! Be a fabulous Vault Insider today and start shopping to save on your spring wardrobe, including the perfect white jeans.
Here are a couple recent compliments on the Vault:
The Vault? Whoa! For the first time ever, I...made an intentional purchase of The Perfect White Shirt
And another:
Can I tell you how much I love the Style Vault? It is just awesome and I love pouring through the monthly news...and learning what’s hot and what’s not! I refer to them over and over and have found them to be a great reference tool! Thank you for bringing inspiration to my wardrobe!...I like that you offer high and low price ranges as well as petite and curvy options! You guys rock!!
Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out all our Nashville wardrobe consulting services for men and women while you’re here – if you are in Nashville, you get us up close and personal, plus you can access our exclusive in-store discounts! It’s also wedding season, and we have a Groom’s Package and love helping MOB’s and MOG’s.
All the best,
Tina
