# Skinny Jeans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skinny-jeans/559009 "2010-10-31T21:20:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skinny-jeans/559009/23 "2010-11-01T03:08:39Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > _shrug_ > > I’m a fat girl who wears them sometimes. They’re good tucked into boots and make a lot more sense than trying to jam a bootcut or flare into my already snug boot shafts. I’m hourglass shaped and don’t mind that the style makes my hips look bigger- I like my hips and it’s not like I look like I’m a size 4 in flare jeans either. > > I apologize for offending everyone’s sensibilities with my fat ass in tight jeans. OK, you don’t know me and I swear I am not a total jerk but I remember this old thread (because I hate pants with any kind of flare). I can’t help but mention it if only to point out that fashions _always_ come back around. Once everyone starts mocking some type of clothing it means it is about to come back in style… > [@Fellow fat college girls, we need to talk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-fat-college-girls-we-need-to-talk/376660/15): > > I agree with the mom jeans thing- super high rise are just as bad as those damn peg-leg jeans/skinny jeans. They look good on NO ONE. In fact, the higher rise jeans (including LB’s “low rise”) make my gut look bigger and rounder. > [@Fellow fat college girls, we need to talk.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-fat-college-girls-we-need-to-talk/376660/27): > > Now, it still doesn’t look totally awful on those models, but from the looks of it they are size 12s or 14s at the most- plus they have pretty flat tummies. The store seem to be out, but for a while those jeans were being sold up to a size 28. TWENTY EIGHT wearing SKINNY jeans. Personally I like skinny jeans but what I like even more is to let people wear whatever they want and not worry about it. High waisted jeans are due to be the next big thing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skinny-jeans/559009)._