Jeans from the 80s vs Jeans from today

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  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    I hate buying jeans full stop.
    it seems that EVERY bran think that the fact I need a bigger waist size also means I have a giant thighs and a massive bum
    every pair I try that fit nicely around the middle hang off my bum and legs, looks like Iv been playing dress up with my mums clothes

  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    MoveitlikeManda wrote: »
    I hate buying jeans full stop.
    it seems that EVERY bran think that the fact I need a bigger waist size also means I have a giant thighs and a massive bum
    every pair I try that fit nicely around the middle hang off my bum and legs, looks like Iv been playing dress up with my mums clothes

    opposite problem here. lol.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
    I got the old Jeans on and zipped.

    Congrats! That's awesome

    I still have the jeans I wore on my first date with my husband back in 1999. Not quite as impressive as yours, lol, but I intend to fit back into them again if possible after what 2 babies did to my hips :wink: Right now they go up and buttoned but won't zip, and it ain't pretty :lol:
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
    I got the old Jeans on and zipped.

    Congrats! That's awesome

    I still have the jeans I wore on my first date with my husband back in 1999. Not quite as impressive as yours, lol, but I intend to fit back into them again if possible after what 2 babies did to my hips :wink: Right now they go up and buttoned but won't zip, and it ain't pretty :lol:

    Thanks!
    Oh such a cute goal you have! And you will get there! Best of luck.

    Psssst. The shirt is covering a bit of a muffin top. The jeans in the 80s were sooooo high wasted.
  • OpulentSin
    OpulentSin Posts: 9 Member
    Most of the world is getting FAT. Obesity is on the rise; obesity will likely soon be the norm! Clothing lines want to sell clothes and fat people, particularly women, tend not to shop when faced with having to purchase clothes in the double digits, let alone in the twenties or with too many Xs, so clothing manufacturers got the bright idea to change scale their sizes down.
  • fruitily
    fruitily Posts: 75 Member
    @lorrpb That's a truth with modifications https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a8386/pants-size-chart-090710/
  • fruitily
    fruitily Posts: 75 Member
    Primark just changed their sizing, removing numerical and going to an extremely vanity sized s, m, l format. Size 6/8 US is now a small
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    fruitily wrote: »
    Primark just changed their sizing, removing numerical and going to an extremely vanity sized s, m, l format. Size 6/8 US is now a small

    This is just a shame.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    OpulentSin wrote: »
    Most of the world is getting FAT. Obesity is on the rise; obesity will likely soon be the norm! Clothing lines want to sell clothes and fat people, particularly women, tend not to shop when faced with having to purchase clothes in the double digits, let alone in the twenties or with too many Xs, so clothing manufacturers got the bright idea to change scale their sizes down.

    The biggest problem with this is that it becomes more difficult to buy smaller sizes. If you are an adult and get to a size 6 in Australia your only options really are teen shops and children's clothing. Very few department stores and adult boutique shops go lower than an 8 and when they do it is only in a select few lines.
  • kiela64
    kiela64 Posts: 1,447 Member
    Not even that long ago I have my last size, size 16 pants from 2015 that I kept because I wanted to get back there. I was buying size 18 for many years now same store. I lost about 30lbs and they were falling off, so I pop into a store and I get new pants - size 14. I try on my old size 16 - still do not fit! And they do have some stretch. I must have gone up in weight with the vanity sizes because size 18 fit me since 2015 but I was gaining on and off until this past April.
  • jrochest
    jrochest Posts: 119 Member
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
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    I got the old Jeans on and zipped.

    That's the best reason to revive an old thread! You look great! :smiley:

  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    Good news. Women's Levi's 501's fit EXACTLY the same as my old Levi's from the 80's. Same sizing as well. Mind you, they are 100% cotton and NOT "pre-shrunk", so many reviews say that they fit "smaller than expected", but that's because they aren't vanity sized. My new size 29's are the same size as a very old pair I had from the late 80's/early 90's. The old ones are more comfortable as they are just broken in. I can honestly say, I miss the days where jeans were just plain cotton, no stretchy stuff.
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member



    That's the best reason to revive an old thread! You look great! :smiley:



    Thanks!!
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    FireOpalCO wrote: »
    This is a complete tangent:

    I'm tired from working on the computer all day and thought the title of the thread was "Jesus from the 80s"

    Okay I am giggling about that. Sorry you had a long day at the computer. Hope tomorrow is better.
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    I wish jeans were made out of that same denim from then, I think it held everything in Lol... now it all stretches out and shows every lump
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    karahm78 wrote: »
    I wish jeans were made out of that same denim from then, I think it held everything in Lol... now it all stretches out and shows every lump

    Not me. I like the stretchy feeling. I don't take my jeans off the second I walk in the door.
  • kiela64
    kiela64 Posts: 1,447 Member
    GOT_Obsessed wrote: »
    karahm78 wrote: »
    I wish jeans were made out of that same denim from then, I think it held everything in Lol... now it all stretches out and shows every lump

    Not me. I like the stretchy feeling. I don't take my jeans off the second I walk in the door.

    I like a middle ground. Tried on some jeans today that were waaaay too stretchy. I didn't like the cling. They were like thick leggings with a zipper. Too weird! They looked cute and fit nicely but I couldn't get over that weirdness. Some give is good for comfoty but the total stretch that shows everything....no thank you XD
  • karahm78
    karahm78 Posts: 505 Member
    Ha ha, I put my comfy clothes on soon as I get home anyways :-)
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    My comfy clothes are on the minute I walk in the door from work. Their called pajamas :D
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