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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what the barrel leg haters don't get is that I just don't care about showing off my butt in jeans anymore.

For the last 40 years, wearing jeans that fit closely enough to show off your butt was the fashion, and I definitely participated in it. I have a good butt. Even now, I can put on an old pair of bootcut or skinny jeans and think "yes, my butt looks good in these."

I just don't care. My butt also looks good in leggings or joggers, which are more comfortable than tight jeans, so if I want to show off my butt, I can wear those. But when I'm wearing jeans or more formal pants, I am loving the looser, less body-hugging styles, which I think look cool and relaxed with the benefit of being so much more comfortable. I'm in my 40s. I'm married. I'm not on the dating market and most days my goal is not "sexy" it's "pulled together, smart, fashionable."

I do not care that you can no longer see my butt in these jeans. I already know what it looks like.[/quote]

This isn't about your butt.  It's the shape of the legs.  I totally understand wanting a looser, more relaxed pair of jeans as opposed to tight jeans (skinnies are the WORST).  But why the barrel cut?  Why not just a relaxed leg?  Make it make sense.[/quote]

Because a relaxed leg looks sloppy and shapeless. I like the volume in the barrel leg.

I think to understand the style, you need to know and like Asian clothing styles. I'm half Japanese and this is how people have dressed in Japan for a while now. A barrel leg pant (more often in cotton than denim,but you see denim styles too) with a chore coat, an oxford short, and a pair of ballet flats is a common uniform. It is comfortable, practical, and when properly proportioned, stylish.[/quote]

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