High waisted jeans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only people I've seen who look good on high waisted jeans are a few teenagers and very few people in their 20s. I was at a mall this past Friday night and was surprised to see almost every teen wearing these and for the most part, I found them unflattering even on them. These are for people who like the long, flat butt look!

Yup. In last week's This Is Us episode, Mandy Moore wore them in the bowling alley scene. Even with her good figure, she looked HUGE from behind!

I saw some photos last summer of Malia Obama-- who is young, tall, and thin-- wearing them. She barely carried it off.

[Anonymous]

I have two pairs from H&M that i bought on impulse and i just got a ton of compliments on them over the last month from friends with fashion sense. Everyone was surprised they were h&m.

Though i will add.... in my case, i historically did not look good in high waisted. I am skinny with not much of a waist, size 2 or so. The high waisted jeans effectively just squeezed around where my waist should be, but it's just soft tummy there -- resulting in an unflattering look. Versus hip hugger jeans aren't squeezing anything so they look better. That said, i cut out sugar and carbs for a couple weeks last year and the now my tummy is really flat and the high waist jeans look quite good. But i agree that in general, a lot of people can't pull this off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason they are called mom jeans is b/c untrendy, frumpy “moms” kept wearing them after low-waisted became the look in the late 90s.

The mom-Jean equivalent now would be the “mom” wearing low-waisted bootcut jeans with a frumpy muffin top and hens dragging the floor.

As a frumpy middle-aged mom, I was late to the high waisted trend and can already predict I’ll hold onto it long after the kids have moved on (rather back) to hip-huggers.

I like my Madewell jeans. I want to try Everlane, but don’t need a new pair right now.

This. The world changes, PP doesn't have to but casting aspersions won't Halt it. High-waisted is just back to basics of designer jeans, the waistband isn't resting on bone and the yoke corresponds to the tailbone and suppresses unnecessary fabric above the butt. It's been so long an entire generation sees fit as disfiguring but young people aren't so afflicted.

Ditto. Tried to make low rise work for me for the past 20 years. Thin or not so thin, they were never comfortable on me. I love the higher rise jeans from Madewell. I don't tuck in my tops so I don't think they scream high-waisted mom jeans at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason they are called mom jeans is b/c untrendy, frumpy “moms” kept wearing them after low-waisted became the look in the late 90s.

The mom-Jean equivalent now would be the “mom” wearing low-waisted bootcut jeans with a frumpy muffin top and hens dragging the floor.

As a frumpy middle-aged mom, I was late to the high waisted trend and can already predict I’ll hold onto it long after the kids have moved on (rather back) to hip-huggers.

I like my Madewell jeans. I want to try Everlane, but don’t need a new pair right now.

This. The world changes, PP doesn't have to but casting aspersions won't Halt it. High-waisted is just back to basics of designer jeans, the waistband isn't resting on bone and the yoke corresponds to the tailbone and suppresses unnecessary fabric above the butt. It's been so long an entire generation sees fit as disfiguring but young people aren't so afflicted.

Ditto. Tried to make low rise work for me for the past 20 years. Thin or not so thin, they were never comfortable on me. I love the higher rise jeans from Madewell. I don't tuck in my tops so I don't think they scream high-waisted mom jeans at all.

Just quick q. Why is it just low rise vs high rise? Whatever happened to mid-rise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two pairs from H&M that i bought on impulse and i just got a ton of compliments on them over the last month from friends with fashion sense. Everyone was surprised they were h&m.

Though i will add.... in my case, i historically did not look good in high waisted. I am skinny with not much of a waist, size 2 or so. The high waisted jeans effectively just squeezed around where my waist should be, but it's just soft tummy there -- resulting in an unflattering look. Versus hip hugger jeans aren't squeezing anything so they look better. That said, i cut out sugar and carbs for a couple weeks last year and the now my tummy is really flat and the high waist jeans look quite good. But i agree that in general, a lot of people can't pull this off.

good for you?

[Anonymous]

This is the OP-thanks for all the suggestions and sorry for the autocorrect typos in my first post. I really think mid-rise jeans look best on me but I will check out the high waisted styles in the brands suggested. In general, i do think high waisted jeans make people look heavier and depending on your body type either elongate and flatten the butt or make your hips and butt look bigger but maybe that's my 40 something old lady perspective. I don't want to go back to hip huggers circa 2002 but I'm really not fond of this look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the OP-thanks for all the suggestions and sorry for the autocorrect typos in my first post. I really think mid-rise jeans look best on me but I will check out the high waisted styles in the brands suggested. In general, i do think high waisted jeans make people look heavier and depending on your body type either elongate and flatten the butt or make your hips and butt look bigger but maybe that's my 40 something old lady perspective. I don't want to go back to hip huggers circa 2002 but I'm really not fond of this look.

If mid-rise works, do that, for me the key is a waistband above the hip bone, that's different on different people. The goal is no muffin top and an anatomical reason for the waistband to stay in place. As far as elongating, the top determines that. Higher waists, allow more lapping (in the winter I don't miss that sliver of skin that could pop out),.
Wear a top the length of a lower waistband and the eye sees the previous proportions or wear a top that shows more length in an area you want to elongate--maybe center front or side hip, whatever suits you. It doesn't have to be the only thing you wear, but it's something to play around with and a nice option to have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason they are called mom jeans is b/c untrendy, frumpy “moms” kept wearing them after low-waisted became the look in the late 90s.

The mom-Jean equivalent now would be the “mom” wearing low-waisted bootcut jeans with a frumpy muffin top and hens dragging the floor.

As a frumpy middle-aged mom, I was late to the high waisted trend and can already predict I’ll hold onto it long after the kids have moved on (rather back) to hip-huggers.

I like my Madewell jeans. I want to try Everlane, but don’t need a new pair right now.

This.

High waisted jeans are so much better because they tuck it all in. Mine give my less-pert-post-baby ass a boost and smooth my hips and belly.

Low-waisted jeans and their concurrent popularity with the lower-back tattoo and exposed thong are so 2001. BTDT (minus the trashy tat!), not going back again.

My favorites: Acne Needle cut, Madewell High Rise (though they are prone to crotch rips!), J Brand Maria, and Everlane High Rise for jeans. Girlfriend Collective leggings are amazing as well.

Your butt probably looks like two long John donuts but whatever makes you feel trendy and hip lol

It doesn't. If I had a choice, though, I'd rather have a long John donut butt than my ass crack and belly spilling out of a pair of Mudds worthy of the 2001 VMA red carpet. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your butt probably looks like two long John donuts but whatever makes you feel trendy and hip lol

Pick one:



I choose #1.

[Anonymous]

Why do people think wearing high-waisted jeans you must also wear a corresponding crop top?

I wear high-waisted jeans because I think they are more comfortable. I can move more freely, I don't need to pull up my pants or worry about my underwear being exposed if I bend and flex.

But I wear hip length tops so no one knows I'm wearing high-waisted jeans anyhow. With high waisted jeans no one ever sees the top of my pants which I think is a much cleaner, more elegant line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people think wearing high-waisted jeans you must also wear a corresponding crop top?

I wear high-waisted jeans because I think they are more comfortable. I can move more freely, I don't need to pull up my pants or worry about my underwear being exposed if I bend and flex.

But I wear hip length tops so no one knows I'm wearing high-waisted jeans anyhow. With high waisted jeans no one ever sees the top of my pants which I think is a much cleaner, more elegant line.

+1

[Anonymous]

They look bad on everyone. Even the most slim women.

[Anonymous]

Fun observation:

My high-rise “slim boyfriend” Madewell jeans have the same rise as my first pair of “low-rise” Levi bootcut jeans from college. Both hit at my belly button. (I use the college jeans to gauge how much weight I’ve gained/how my body changes.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your butt probably looks like two long John donuts but whatever makes you feel trendy and hip lol

Pick one:



I choose #1.

You do realize that there are multiple options that reside between these 2 pictures, right? I don't like either.

[Anonymous]

I haven't worn crop tops since junior high. I'm not sure why purchasing high rise jeans would make me suddenly crave the crop top. Just as I now wear shirts long enough to cover my crack and muffin top in my low-rise jeans, those same shirts will cover the long-butt-syndrome in a high-rise. I have a BUTT, though, so I'm not really worried about that aspect. I'm more worried about muffins.