Wahoo! As I predicted, the skinny jean backlash has begun and wide legged jeans are on the rise. Don't get me wrong - I have warmed up to the skinny silhouette, but I am a 70's girl at heart and love the elongating look of a wide legged pant. Also, I am tall so it makes my legs look super long. But for non-tall gals, it created a long, lean look so really, this is good news for all. With New York Fashion week officially under way, I wonder how many wide legs we're going to see on the runways for Fall 2007. Here is Mandy Moore from this week's Life & Style wearing some fab flares at the Sundance Film Festival.
To see a couple of my flare leg picks, read more
Hudson
Wide Leg Tailor Jean, $187.
LIPS
Collette in Dark Indigo, $179.
Ben Sherman
TX Technoluxury
Jimmy Choo
Aww, I don't want skinny jeans to be out.... Flares are really not flattering on me; skinny jeans make me look taller and well, skinnier!
1I like skinny jeans. I don't think it really matters. I hate it when style changes and you have to buy this and that...I don't fallow the style anyways. I have my own.
2Wait, are they wide leg or flare? I don't wear flares well either, but I like a wide leg, trouser jean. Skinny jeans don't flatter my body type/height, and that's all stores sell anymore. It's nice to know that at least now there will be some choice.
3You don't have to give up one for the other guys, skinnys are mos def still in and the wide legs have been around for the last 2 seasons or so too they are now being noticed by magazines I guess. My favorites are Level 99; they make them in both full length and cropped and are reasonably priced.
4LOVE THESE!!
But I still love my skinny jeans.
5Yippy!!! I love wide leg pants.
6I like those middle ones from the article, the ones from Levi's. Hmm...if they come in 'tall', I'll get some!
I'm a 70's gal, too & we had wide, long (high-waisted!) pants back then. They weren't long enough unless you were dragging them on the ground in the back--heh. Much to my mother's dismay.
7im not a skinny jeans girl or a big flare girl i like my boot cut jeans best!
8~*~SuShI....it solves everything!~*~
Too bad I can't read the print on the article...
9I like trousers better than skinny flares.
10YES! i love wide legged pants and flares. I don't like skinny leg jeans.
11Hallelujah!
-the ceeg
12I like wide legs and flares because they cover up my big feet and I can wear any shoes I want with them! Haha
13I love wide leg jeans! I'm so happy that they are back in style!
14If My mom saw this article she would say.. "Why don't they just call them bellbottoms like we did?"
I would say, "Becuause bellbottoms mean old."
I like the flare, elephant leg, wide leg, bell botoom look.
Whatever you want to call it.
**~~Everyone who's anyone has been on sesame street.~~**
15YAY for wide leg and trouser jeans! They are my favorites!! I'm so excited to know that maybe now it will be easier to find good ones!
16was getting sick of skinny leg! happy out now!
17ill take the stomach in pic one! no really i love loveeeeeee wider leg jeans! mandy look ssuper cute.
18I'm not really liking these. I'll feel lost in them.
19I love wide leg trousers, but I'm not so sold on jeans.
20I'm already wearing these and love them.
21Those are all ugly, except the black ones and they need to come in just a tad on that ridiculous flare!
22I will still be wearing my skinny jeans....I love them...not a fan of flares
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23Be an innovator not an imitator...copying is plagiarism and plagiarism is stealing.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO i hate these. it looks awful on me. LOL
24I love them all ! I like my skinny jeans, but before, when I was a teen I have loved the flare on bottom (wide legs).. so go with both
25Thank God...I hate skinny jeans. Glad that's finally over.
26lovely! i have quite wide hips so this could be a gorgeous concealer. and it had this retro thing. is it?
27Wide/flare jeans are very retro.
Just like the good ol days
**~~Everyone who's anyone has been on sesame street.~~**
28I love a flared pant. They are so much more flattering to most body types then the skinny legged variety.
29YAY! I love wide leg jeans! Skinny jeans suck because most people can't wear them(like me for example). So glad they're back in style.
30Last season it was leggings; this season it's back to a wide leg. The trends are hard to predict and can go from left to right!
31Yeah, I saw pics of Kate Moss a while back (I think they may have even been from London Fashion Week SS07) in which she was wearing wide legged jeans. I can't tell you how refreshing it was.
32im all bout these...i'm short..flares rock for short people...
33really? im short and somehow they dont do anything for me
34I love "bellbottoms" or wide leg flared jeans!! theyre so cute. When you guys say skinny jeans do you mean like straight legged pants? i dont like them at all they dont look good on me at all....these pants are cute and im glad theyre out!!
35*ash*
I agree with mandiesoh - I am short and jeans that flare out at the knee look terrible on me because they make me look shorter.
I thought wide leg jeans were more similar to a pair of trousers, a straight, long line coming from the widest part of the body (for women it's usually our hips). If I am wrong then I prefer straight leg - not necessarily skinny jeans - over flares.
36YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!I HATE SKINNY PANTS!!!!!
37THANK GOD!
38they may look more confortable... but i love the skinny jeans + pumps!
39skinny jeans flatter my legs.. so i dont think ill be following this trend.
40I tried Genetic Denim wide leg jeans at Cusp and they were sooooooooo nice. altho...i still like my fitted jeans better. i'll probably invest in some wide legs tho. they're hot, esp the ones that have been seen on penelope cruz
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