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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think barrel jeans and other styles with more volume are hard for a lot of older millennial/young Gen X women to accept because they were very indoctrinated into the idea that the way to look slim was to wear very fitted clothes. It turns out that is not right, but it's a hard habit to break.[/quote]

Not at all. I’m GenX and love a good loose/baggy/boyfriend jean as long as it’s fairly fitted in the right places.  Barrel jeans distort the shape of the legs and make the wearer look bow-legged. [/quote]

Do you think the woman in the second photo above looks bowlegged? I don't. That's how most barrel legged jeans are cut -- it's a subtle difference in shape from other loose/baggy jeans.

I think the reason some like and others don't is that barrel jeans are designed for women with narrow hips and small butts and thighs. That's why the style is so popular in Japan and other Asian countries. If you have a curvier shape, which many American women do, it won't work for you. But if you are slim with a very straight up and down shape, barrel leg jeans offer you a loose, baggy style that won't gape at the waist or slip off your hips, or look saggy in the butt. And the slight taper at the ankle helps if you are petite -- it's much more flattering on a petite body than wide leg jeans, especially in a cropped length.

I think if you don't have this body type, you just don't get why the other baggy styles don't work for everyone or specifically what is appealing about the barrel leg style. Also if you have a more substantial butt and thighs, likely barrel leg jeans just dont' work at all for your body type and if you try them on, you'd be like "ugh, who are these for???" Well, they are for those of us with a different body shape.[/quote]

Yeah this is it. I have a very straight shape and the snatched waist high rise jeans are a struggle. The barrel jeans (in mild form) feel custom made and effortless. [/quote]

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