Lately I've been on a quest to find some new jeans.
Jeans: the Holy Grail of the big-bottomed woman's wardrobe.
I've accepted the fact that I will have to bite the bullet and have any pair of jeans I buy professionally altered (to wit, the waist taken in). However, to even consider that expense, the jeans would have to fit perfectly in every other respect. The other day I went to a discount store and tried on a dozen pairs: not one even came close to an acceptable fit. They were, without exception, super wide in the waist and so tight in the thighs and bum that my (insert word for a certain part of the female anatomy) wept with relief when said jeans were peeled away.
Two days later I'm at Target, perusing the clearance racks (it's gotta be done, and often) and I see all kinds of jeans on clearance for $14 a pair. With little hope and a cavalier "what-the-hell-I-can-always-return-them-
since-I'm-at-Target-every-day" attitude, I buy three in my size and bring them home to try on. Two fell into the despicable category as described above.
The third, my friends, fit like butter. Or a glove. A glove made of butter. They fit well. Of course, this was the last pair of this particular cut left in the store, so today I went on line and ordered three more at a slightly higher price but still less than $20 a pair. Plus I found a code for an extra 10% off through Coupon Cabin. And right now there's free shipping for women's apparel purchases over $50.
All of which means that I can unreservedly recommend to you, my like-bodied female friends, the Mossimo Black Premium Denim Straight Leg Jeans in your choice of colors: true blue, blue-black, and pure black. One caveat: they are a bit short, so heels of more than, say, 2" won't work. If you're between sizes, like me, I recommend ordering down. And please, care for them well. Don't crisp them up in the dryer. Use low temp, if at all. Jeans like these come around once in a full-bottomed moon.
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