Anonymous wrote:I am a middle-aged woman and I wear them. I have wear a 26 or 27, so I am not very wide. I get tons of compliments.

Anthropologie has tons of options.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like what I call "bell bottom" or "boot cut."

Funny that someone came up with "elephant leg"--maybe to avoid the 70s term "bell bottom"?

they're not bell bottoms - they're big all the way down the leg.

They are 100% the "phat pants" that we wore to raves in the 90s. Everything old is new again, my friends. Deny it all you want, but it's true.

Actually, we were calling these elephant pants back in the 70s. They usually weren’t jeans, but same silhouette.

Anonymous wrote:I am a middle-aged woman and I wear them. I have wear a 26 or 27, so I am not very wide. I get tons of compliments.

Anthropologie has tons of options.

"compliments"

Hearing 'elephant leg jeans' is like hearing the word 'pickleball' to me; confirms will not be pursuing these pastimes.

I wear them sometimes, bought a couple pairs second hand. I would not spend $200 on this trend.
The trick is to style them so you still look thin—it helps to have a waistline and a shrunken silhouette on top. Baby tee or tank top. No long sweaters. Nothing boxy. This is how we wore them in the 90s too (although now higher on waist). Footwear should be a classic sneaker or platform or lug sole sandal or boot.

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Anonymous wrote:I like how wealthy middle-aged women have rebranded phat pants as "elephant leg jeans", LOL!

Weren't you guys wearing these to raves 20+ years ago with me?

Hello friend.

Too bad I didn't save my JNCOs

I have a pair of wide leg old navy jeans and when my husband saw me in them for the first time he said “ JNCOs are back?!”

I had a pair of JNCOs with 33' bottoms

I am a middle-aged woman and I wear them. I have wear a 26 or 27, so I am not very wide. I get tons of compliments.

Anthropologie has tons of options.

My teen son's female friends wear this type of jean, and on them, they look cute. I cannot imagine them working for me as a middle aged woman with a few extra pounds.

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Anonymous wrote:I like how wealthy middle-aged women have rebranded phat pants as "elephant leg jeans", LOL!

Weren't you guys wearing these to raves 20+ years ago with me?

Hello friend.

Too bad I didn't save my JNCOs

I have a pair of wide leg old navy jeans and when my husband saw me in them for the first time he said “ JNCOs are back?!”

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Anonymous wrote:Saw some 25 year olds wearing this style yesterday. It made their middle look thick due to the high waist. And it made their thighs look fat.

It really depends on the particular jean. The elephant legs can be way flattering and make a waist lick small.

Said no one ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like what I call "bell bottom" or "boot cut."

Funny that someone came up with "elephant leg"--maybe to avoid the 70s term "bell bottom"?

they're not bell bottoms - they're big all the way down the leg.

They are 100% the "phat pants" that we wore to raves in the 90s. Everything old is new again, my friends. Deny it all you want, but it's true.

I don't care what they're called. I mean, who cares. I'm jumping on.

They're awful, don't do it.

Hard to find the right proportions
can't just roll them, tuck them into boots,etc. so length has to be right
They add pounds to your look, unless you have waist definition or something

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Anonymous wrote:I like how wealthy middle-aged women have rebranded phat pants as "elephant leg jeans", LOL!

Weren't you guys wearing these to raves 20+ years ago with me?

Hello friend.

Too bad I didn't save my JNCOs

Can someone post a pic of real elephant leg jeans and a butt? I can't figure out how what others have posted above make anyone's butt look good.