Mom jeans.

Remember this from Saturday Night Live?

I am a mom. No mom jeans for me.

Remember this from Saturday Night Live?

:laugh: Yes I remember that! Haaah....

Oh geez.... I better do jean inventory sooon.

Oh, it's so hard to find that happy medium with jeans! I wore the same jeans for years (and they were mom jeans for sure - I was going for comfort and price!). When I first lost weight, I went out and bought a size down of the same jeans. Wore them once or twice and realized they didn't fit my new shape! :bigsmile:

So then began my quest for new jeans that fit right, without looking like jeans my mom or grandma would wear, but not too trendy because I'm not going for the midlife crisis look either!

Not big on flares, been there, done that in the 70's. Same goes for anything jeans that fall into the 80's category (which I am seeing again in stores! I guess it was bound to happen!). I don't do bling, faded butt or thighs (looks like they sat in bleach!), holes, frayed hems, too much stretch, and have an aversion to pocket flaps.

And while I get the info on the blog about the pocket placement, I have to say that a lot of the low pockets are just too low, at least for some people, and just end up making the butt look short and dumpy. Add a bunch of blingy embroidery or flaps to the pockets and you might as well have a neon sign saying, "look at my dumpy butt!".

I got for what fits me well, and looks flattering on me. I've got a couple of pairs of Levi's, and holy cow, the fit and size really varies in their various styles and cuts! As I've continued to lose the fat (YAY!), I've managed to find a few good pairs of jeans at thrift stores, saving myself heaps of money. I have a pair of J Jill jeans that fit pretty well, and two pairs of Lucky Brand, all from thrift stores, in good shape, and I paid about $3 a pair for them. Score!

Love that my body is changing for the better, but I'm sure not looking forward to needing to shop for new jeans again! :laugh:

I'm 21 years old and have no children... but I shamelessly own a pair of Mom jeans. I reserve them for doing work around the house/yard in cooler months when athletic shorts are not appropriate and neither is exposed skin. They also work well for snow days

I don't think that any of those pics looked like what I refer to as "mom jeans". I suppose definitions vary, but to me, "mom jeans" have a few basic qualities:
--usually very faded in color (i.e. not dark denim)
--have pleats or weird front pockets
--are too high-rise in the waist
--have tapered legs

And seriously, the number one thing that makes anyone wearing jeans look like a poster child for "mom jeans" is wearing tennis shoes and/or a crewneck sweatshirt with them. Chuck Taylors are ultra cool and don't count.

God I HATE mom jeans! I also hate muffin tops!

I'll stop wearing "mom jeans" if we can burn all of the skinny jeans. Why? Because I personally don't think they look good on anyone. Half of the complaints made in what I read of that blog don't make sense/are silly.

I loved that article!!! Thank you! lol

Not a fan of mom jeans.

After a csection, no matter how small I get - and I am back to my prepreg size now - the same cuts at my waist don't fit the same any more. I need a higher waisted jean or the way my belly goes down to my csection scar is just ugly fail. To compensate I wear longer shirts so you don't see the top of the jeans, because I don't really like how long waisted ones look - I just don't have much of a choice. I -am- careful how the pockets angle to make my butt look and I cannot for the life of my stand jeans that taper at my ankles - I look ridiculous in them. I prefer pants that have a little bit of a bell bottom look to them - I'm an exagerated hourglass figure and I don't look...oddly balanced otherwise.


I am hopeful that when I lose more wait the shelf the scar gives me goes down enough that I won't need the high waisted jeans, but for now, mom-jean or not, I don't really have a choice.

This for me, too. Sadly, I have to wear high-waist. I hate how it's called 'high waist'.. when it goes to my natural waist.
If you're wearing jeans that sit on the hip and go under the belly button, it's not normal. They look good though on thin/toned people.. so maybe one day I'll be happy to slide into the not normal category though :P I'm careful of how my *kitten* looks with the pockets, and I don't go for skinny leg that's too baggy. Until then, I wear the right sort of top for my shape, and nobody notices how long the zip is or where the jeans sit on me.

I don't get it at all. I wear mom jeans. I like mom jeans. And for the life of me and I can't understand HOW they became unfashionable. I go to the mall and see the muffin tops and the awkward looking bodies and I don't understand WHY people like the jeans that are popular today.

Honestly, I thought the problem was the obesity epidemic. I thought girls had just gotten THAT lumpy and their figures had gotten THAT unnatural and it was a health problem. I thought that the reason the girls looked frumpy in their jeans was because of some really horrible changes in our country's food. I thought maybe hormones in foods caused young girls and women to have muffin tops and scrawny thighs and droopy butts and awkwardly large rolls of fat hovering on top of their waist bands.

And then I went shopping for jeans.

It isn't the girls/women. It is the pants! Hardly anyone can wear those low rise jeans with the button flap pockets and the too long, wide leg pants legs and not look weird.

High waist. Modest sized non-pocket-flapped pockets. Zippers that don't end right where the stomach bulge (if you have one) starts. Tapered legs.

This is what I want.

I agree that I hate jeans that stretch out after an hour. That part is right on. And the part about the way too big, wide spaced pockets, I'll go with that, too.

But I thought some of the jeans that the blogger declared horrible were the best looking.

I'm a national embarrassment, perhaps, but I want my stomach covered, even if it means a longer zipper. And I don't want details on my butt that call attention to the wrong angles.

I'm betting that in 20 years, if that blog post is still out there, people will read it and howl.

Great post!!

Like you, I find it more horrifying to see women wearing jeans that give them a HORRIFYING muffin top. Sometimes I wonder about the women like this mom who wrote the post...she's in her 20's still...so...as far as the attitude goes for her (and her circle of friends) to be horrified by mom jeans, it makes sense. They'll get to a point in their lives where they'd rather wear the mom jeans then have the muffin top. Just saying.

I don't get it at all. I wear mom jeans. I like mom jeans. And for the life of me and I can't understand HOW they became unfashionable. I go to the mall and see the muffin tops and the awkward looking bodies and I don't understand WHY people like the jeans that are popular today.

Honestly, I thought the problem was the obesity epidemic. I thought girls had just gotten THAT lumpy and their figures had gotten THAT unnatural and it was a health problem. I thought that the reason the girls looked frumpy in their jeans was because of some really horrible changes in our country's food. I thought maybe hormones in foods caused young girls and women to have muffin tops and scrawny thighs and droopy butts and awkwardly large rolls of fat hovering on top of their waist bands.

And then I went shopping for jeans.

It isn't the girls/women. It is the pants! Hardly anyone can wear those low rise jeans with the button flap pockets and the too long, wide leg pants legs and not look weird.

High waist. Modest sized non-pocket-flapped pockets. Zippers that don't end right where the stomach bulge (if you have one) starts. Tapered legs.

This is what I want.

I agree that I hate jeans that stretch out after an hour. That part is right on. And the part about the way too big, wide spaced pockets, I'll go with that, too.

But I thought some of the jeans that the blogger declared horrible were the best looking.

I'm a national embarrassment, perhaps, but I want my stomach covered, even if it means a longer zipper. And I don't want details on my butt that call attention to the wrong angles.

I'm betting that in 20 years, if that blog post is still out there, people will read it and howl.

Totally Agree! People who wear stuff simply because that's what the fashion pages say and not what looks good on them, usually look like *kitten* lol. Love Gloria Vanderbilt tall jeans fit whether it's 'I'm' or not. But that may be the confidence that comes with age and being comfortable in your own skin ( or jeans:) rather than worrying about wearing the hottest labels.

Having looked over all those pictures of jeans on that woman and seen women of all sizes, ages, and shapes wearing jeans in real life, I have come to the conclusion that jeans on a woman are like sweat pants on a woman - hideous.

The worse offenders are those who buy jeans that are two sizes too small, leaving them with a muffin top.

No, I don't own a pair of jeans. I don't try them on or consider purchasing them because I have yet to see one woman who looks good in them. So why would I think that I would look good in them.

Of course, this is all my personal opinion and we all know what opinions are like, right?