Fed up with tight thighs on jeans page 2

[Graycat]

I think it looks very original. I also think sbhikes looks good.

[seaweed]

they look awesome!

[JoanieL]

Those are wonderful, sb! Voting Yay! on the bellbottoms.

Also, maybe check out thrift stores. The older the jean (especially even sizes), the more they were cut for a womanly body (hourglass). Traditionally, odd sizes (Juniors) were cut with less of a difference between the waist and hip measurements, and even sizes (Misses) were cut for a narrower waist in comparison to hips. I also agree with Wranglers for added leg room.

[sbhikes]

I'm glad you like my jeans. I'm sure I'll look like an idiot walking around like this, being almost 48 years old and all. But I don't care. I do shit like this sometimes. My boyfriend says "Groovy".

If they come soon, I will model the jeans I've ordered from Make Your Own Jeans. You send in your measurements and they make the jeans to fit. I'm looking forward to this. I have no idea if I did it right, so we'll see.

[seaweed]

LOL i dont think you will look like an idiot! let us know how you get on with the make you own jeans. this Clone A Jeans : Makeyourownjeans.com, Custom Jeans | Designer Jeans could be a go as i have a pair of old old true religions which are rigid. fit perfectly and are on their last legs. i have never been able to get a pair the same. just not so sure i could let them out of my hands, let alone send them overseas *gasp*

[ErinF]

I have the hardest time finding jeans that fit me. My legs have always been super skinny at the bottom and my thighs carry a big portion of my weight. To top it all off I have no ass at all. I've given up on jeans until these squats and sprints tone things up for me. I wish the bell bottoms thing would work for me.

[BratKat]

Very clever! Your problem (and mine) is that we don't have "modern" figures. From what I gather, the "modern" figure is thin legs, not much butt, with a thick, fleshy midsection-- I attribute this to the crappy "modern" diet. I have had some luck with the Dockers "curvy" fit (though I don't think of myself as especially curvy)-- reasonable amount of room for a butt and thighs and not quite as much of a bucket waist.

[magnolia1973]

So true that fashion is sized for wheat belly, thin arms and legs.... especially places like Target and Old Navy. I have not found clothes that fit at Target for the past year. Tight in the arms and bust, huge in the tummy. It's almost a maternity cut. And they make arms and legs smaller every season.

[solstice]

I like them! I had a hippie friend cut me some new jeans back in college...the extra fabric was added up straight through the waist---which would work for an older pair that dont fit---or starting with a small size and increasing it. They werent really bells though...more like a series of equal-sized square patches down the sides of the leg...wore those babies out!

[sbhikes]

The Make Your Own Jeans site didn't require me to mail any jeans to them. I simply ordered a pair of jeans with a fabric and basic cut that I liked (boot-cut, stretch jeans with a scrape wash) and then it has a form with instructions to take the correct measurements for that type of jean. I have a pair of similar jeans that I really like, so for some of the more difficult to measure ones, like the rise in front and back and the width of the flare for the boot cut, I just measured the jeans I had. Other measurements I took off my own body. They haven't come yet so I don't know how they turned out yet.