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June 29, 2007
Hooray for Wide leg jeans!
So I'm supposed to be enjoying a relaxing California vacation right now, but JetBlue cancelled my flight for no reason and can't rebook me until Saturday morning. So I look to the new style in denim to cheer me up.
Is anyone else besides me thrilled to see wide leg pants coming back? I was never able to successfully master the skinny jeans, and not for lack of trying. Even though I am tall and have a thin frame (ie skinny) the actually skinny jeans always looked dreadful on me. They managed to make my butt look huge and out of proportion giving me the dreaded "carrot" shape. Wide leg, flare, or bell bottom jeans always look much better on my frame, for whatever reason.
WhoWhatWear Daily, one of my favorite reads, has a great article about the wide legs, including my most recent denim purchase Seven's Ginger jeans, which might be the most flattering pair of jeans I have ever worn. And a dark enough denim that I can wear them to work. I'm not the only fan it looks like since the article calls them a "celeb favorite"!
The only tricky part about the wide legs is that finding just the right pair of shoes can be tricky. I've had some luck with my Frye chunky sandals but when I want to wear a more relaxed outfit with flat shoes the jean are to long and I just can't let them drag on the ground. So as much as I love my Ginger jeans I haven't gotten too much use out of them.
Today my plan is to do all the things I WOULD have done had I landed in San Fran last night. I started with a relaxing breakfast at the local diner while reading the newspaper. I'm now going to head out for a mani/pedi and some shopping. My attire will be my Ginger jeans and some cork wedges. We will see how that shoe/jeans combination works out.
If I ever do make it out to San Fran expect a shopping review of Jeremy's!
Comments
I tried on a pair of Blue Buffalos at Lord & Taylor in the wide leg look and while I like the brand I am not sold on the new look. How do you feel about wide leg on short girls? I am wondering if you have to be tall and thin to pull this off...
Posted by: Material Girl ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.thebagblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at August 6, 2007 3:51 PM 
Im only 5'3" ( which is fairly short), and if you want to wear a wide leg jean do what I do:
1)make sure the jean isn't "baggy" at the bottoms. If they are, just get them altered if you like the fit everywhere else.
2)Wear HIGH heels (around 4")
Thats about it. I hope that helps!!!
Posted by: Nikki at August 11, 2007 12:55 AM
Nikki - Thnx! That is the perfect idea...I will get them altered (I called L&T and they said they do it there at the store for a small price)...so you have an jeans that you find are good for your height? I am 5'3 as well
Posted by: Anna at August 13, 2007 12:37 PM
my lv bag is " i'm not a plastic bag "
Posted by: ella at August 18, 2007 11:36 AM
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