OK, so the hip huggers look of the 70s came back. It’s sexy and revealing and I’m in favor of it. However now some genious has decided to bring back the high waisted style jeans from the late 50’s and early 60’s (Think Frankie Vallie and Annette Funiciello)
Please tell me that no one is actually on board with this trend. I realize that the SDMB probably isn’t the type of crowd that’s likely to be on the bleeding edge of fashion, or even following trends after the fact, but I have to spout off a little.
They simply look horrific. I realize that bell bottoms weren’t exactly the most attractive of fads to successfully come back, but they were at least kitschy and not unflattering. However, this 60’s cut thing doesn’t make anyone look good.
I watched that banned Jennifer Love Hewitt ad for Levi’s, and while she may not be the benchmark of hotness, she certainly would be one you’d expect to look reasonably tasty in a new fashion. At least, you wouldn’t expect it to make her look awful. Wow, this might be the worst judgement I’ve ever seen from a company, up there with New Coke.
Seriously, it’s like someone said “Hey, retro stuff seems to be working. Which one haven’t we done yet?” And this was all that was left. What’s next? Pilgrim sheik?
Hmm, I saw a teaser for the local news tonite that was hyping a story on them too. Can’t seem to find any references using my google-fu. Should have stuck around and watched. I figured seeing two references in as many hours was enough to send any man over the edge…
Even still, it’s be pretty stupid in 2001 in Japan too.
Low rise jeans don’t look good on most people.
Low rise jeans make your ass (and by “your”, I mean “every ass in the world”), look squashy and odd. They also make people’s stomachs bulge out.
I’m not sure what 60’s jeans are without a link, but if you mean jeans whose waistband is slightly higher than the wearer’s navel, I hope they come back soon!
Sadly, low rise jeans will never go out, because then no one would be able to show off their back tattoos.
Are we talking about the standard issue Levi’s® that my dad’s generation thought were so nifty rolled up at the bottoms and worn with v-necks and pennyloafers? Those pants were too big all over – strictly shrink-to-fit.
Eh, it’s just fashion and it changes all the time. Eventually, you’ll get used to it and you’ll probably even end up liking it and look back at photos of yourself in low-rise boot cut jeans and ask “how on earth could I have ever thought that looked good?”
I graduated high school in 1985 and I looooooved the high waisted pegged jeans. Then I switched to loose fit straight leg and noticed how unflattering the narrow leg is. Then low rise came in (which I always liked) and boot cut, which I actively despised. I felt they made people with short legs like myself look shorter. I resisted for years until I realized I was looking seriously dowdy in my loose cut jeans and most stores no longer even carried that style. So I adjusted.
The skinny cut jeans are like everything else, they look great on skinny models. They also look fresh because we’ve been on the low-rise/boot cut trend for so long. Teenagers will embrace them because they don’t want to wear the same jeans as their mom. Eventually, that’ll filter back up to the 20-somethings and fashion forward 30-somethings until even moms are wearing 'em.
I consider low-rise and hip-huggers to be different. Hip huggers simply sit on your hips, usually right below the navel. Low-rise are the ones that make your ass hang out.
The main problem is that a lot of women buy the wrong size, so they bulge out. Get a bigger size, and you won’t have that problem.
See, I’m short, and I look much better in hip-hugger flares. I HATE high-waisted jeans. And if tapered leg pants ever come back in fashion, please, just shoot me.
Ever notice how in previous decades women’s jean ads often showed the model from behind, sometimes exclusively? Ads for low rise pants never do that, for good reason.
I’m kind of partial to low rise jeans myself (not the kind that leave precious little to the imagination - just a bit below the belly button is fine, right above the hip bone.) As long as your stomach isn’t hanging out of them or worse, your butt crack, I think they look very flattering…I hope the high waisted style doesn’t come back in!
Me, I’d be perfectly happy with the slightly low rise pants that people are describing–they are actually more comfortable to sit in for long periods–if I could find any tops that were long enough not to show skin every time I bend at the waist at all. The typical polo shirt type things and t-shirts I see around these days are a good three inches shorter than they used to be. Sorry, but a size 10 woman should not have to buy something called XL to get decent coverage.
I didn’t like the hip-huggers in the '70s, and I don’t like them now. I hadn’t realized there was a difference, but yes, the ‘low-rise’ are definitely even worse, if we’re talking about the pants that make women look like they have no hips. I’m against any style that fights against the natural curves of a woman’s body. I want to see the butt as it actually is, not squashed into unnatural proportions. And yeah, the problem is compounded when the size is too small. The effect can be downright hideous.
My theory is that it’s gay men coming up with these kinds of fashions, so they’re trying to make women look more like men.
I just watched the video and, um, why exactly was it “banned”? I once came across a Britney Spears Pepsi commercial that was also supposedly “banned”. I’ve seen this word used with other, equally innocuous videos.
I’m starting to think that the word, “banned”, in this context simply means, “The company simply decided not to run this commercial, but I’m going to choose a word that will drive traffic to my Web site fby making young men think they’re going to see boobies.”
When I was in high school in the fifties, I made fun of the way people in the twenties, thirties and forties dresses. Mother told me that some day the clothes I was wearing would look dumb too.
Hell no! Rolled up dungarees, little neck scarves, sweater guards, and circle skirts with eleven starched crinolines were standard and for-ev-er.
Banned for these things usually means this was a commercial shot for the foreign market and never intended to be seen in the US. Especially with Japan, as is the case with the JLH commercials, the actors were worried that if Americans knew what they were doing they would lose credibility. When they hit the internet I believe the companies acted legally to try and prevent that. They failed of course and appear to have since given up.
“Low rise” meaning “slightly below your natural waist” in the right size is pretty flattering for most women, I’ve seen (although do remember I said “in the right size” ;)). Similarly, boot cut is flattering because it creates a nicer silhouette, usually balancing out the hips a bit without sacrificing curviness.
Now, ultra low rise things (aka “I need to wax to wear these!”), especially in the wrong size, are hideous.
What she said. And low rise is rarely “whooooa, is that your labia?” low- those are often called ultra low rise. In fact, the Gap, Old Navy, and Lane Bryant all have a funny definition of “low rise”. Now, before I show you this photo, I’d like to say: I do not have a freakishly short torso or anything of the sort. I am short (5’3) but these were petite, low rise, boot cut jeans.
Yup, a good three plus inches ABOVE my belly button. I’ve been meaning to go back and try on the regular jeans, just to see if I can wear them above my tits.
