Skinny jeans that suck you in and stay put

My experience with skinny jeans is quite the opposite from what the name suggests. They do not make me feel skinny or sexy or at all comfortable, but rather like I’ve been stuffed into pants that amplify any extra flesh on the thighs or rolls on the stomach. They are (along with platform flip-flops and micro mini shorts) fashion evil and the fact that the style has stayed around so long is at once a mystery and misery.

Last week I slipped (ok, yanked) on a pair of jeans called Hello! Skinny Jeans and my thoughts on wearing the sucked-in silhouette changed altogether. These pants actually make you look skinny rather than like a sausage about to burst through its casing. They’re made with a high content of nylon/elastane which sucks everything in and holds it there. The inseams are drawn forward on the leg to make it appear smaller from the front. And my favorite part is that the thighs are what the website refers to as being “scooped out”, pushing that fleshy area apart and slimming the entire thigh. The washes are all pretty dark and even to keep the slimming effect and the leg opening actually has a tiny boot cut to balance out the wider hip and thigh area.

While the name has “mom jeans” written all over it, the actual pants are a revelation to anyone who’s ever yearned for their comfy sweats or boyfriend jeans halfway through a day of being stuck in some skinny jeans.

Hello! Skinny Jeans are available at Kitson and Fred Segal.

-- Melissa Magsaysay

Photo: Hello! Skinny Jeans Barely Bootcut jeans

Comments

[CC Croft]

Why does the person in the image need 'skinny jeans'? She IS skinny! There is no thighs to control or 'scoop' and no rolls to push up in the stomach area on the woman in that image.

[All Hallows Eve]

Think about all the women who will think they look hot in these jeans with their guts rolling out over the top! Let's be real here, if there is excess fat around the middle, skinny jeans will only accentuate it.

Hello! That's the problem, figures VARY too much for any one brand to be the answer. There is NO one answer for jeans on any woman.

And why is the model always the one who doesn't need slenderizing jeans?

[Sabrina]

No thanks. I'll stick to my comfy "mom" jeans.

[Re-Lax]

I'm a size 10 and found the PERFECT pair of skinny jeans from none other than calvin klein. I have no muffin top, it slims my thighs and they are short so no hemming necessary. Alls I'm sayin' is you have to kiss a lot of frogs before finding your prince, but when you do it's all worth it. The writer is just trying to help educate readers on the options out there. I wouldn't be so quick to criticize her story. There's no way she can review each and every style of skinny jean out there to accommodate the varied sizes of American women.