The perfect pair of jeans?

The most frustrating thing about shopping for jeans is that I never even know where to start. With the seemingly infinite number of brands and styles, I can easily rifle through every style by one brand only to realize that I'm between sizes. Just thinking about it makes me want to crumple into a ball on a fitting-room floor.

That's why I was very excited to try Zafu.com, a retail site that helps you find the perfect jeans for your figure.

Zafu claims to have measured hundreds of jeans on thousands of women of all shapes and sizes. To find the ones most likely to suit you, you answer a few questions about your body—including your actual measurements and more subjective perceptions—and your denim preferences. Zafu then presents a smattering of styles that are likely to fit you "best" and "well." My search yielded about 20 promising results but, more important, I now have a starting point the next time I can muster the energy to go jeans shopping.