Thoughts on Jeans, Muffin Tops, and Pockets.
Up until the 90′s, the normal jeans were what people now call ‘mom’ jeans. They started making what are NOW considered normal jeans in the late 80s. They called them ‘boy cut’ jeans. It took them 20 years to catch on enough to become the New Normal.
I hated jeans, even when I was only 20 lbs overweight. Denim is stretchy. It relaxes as you wear it and makes you looks fatter. But I see heavier people in what I still think of as boy jeans all the time now. The muffin top look makes two rolls of fat over the jeans. At least the old normal smoothed out those lines and you might only have the one bulge at the top, depending on how much weight you needed to lose.
The double roll created by the waist band on the boy jeans looks so much worse. I don’t see when people make jokes about the so-called mom jeans. Which still look right to my eyes.
Another stylistic issue with the New Normal is that the pockets are no longer properly placed. Now they curve down under the bottom of the butt. They should be riding on the top curve of the butt. Decorative pockets now draw attention to the crotch more than they draw attention to the behind. It all just looks so wrong.
I used to hate jeans. But now I hate them even more.
January 1, 2013 at 9:49 am
I agree! Pockets are crazy now. Plus the front pockets in many women’s jeans? Go in about 1/2 inch, then stop. What are we supposed to use them for? Or worse yet, they’re sewn shut. Le sigh.
I’ve switched allegiances to leggings. Do I still wear jeans? Yeah. But grudgingly.
January 1, 2013 at 10:01 am
Yep, half inch pockets are a joke. But since they don’t have the normal amount of space anymore, as dthe jeans are so much lower, they can’t really do much with them. As for sewing them shut, I think that USED to be what they did to show they were new or something. It was a simple running stitch that you could easily pull out and then use the pocket. They might as just well remove the pockets and just put the decorative stitching directly on the ass and leave it at that.
January 14, 2013 at 12:56 pm
Oh, I absolutely loathe low rider jeans. I tried them a couple of times by accident and was rewarded by the most awful muffin top. Now I try to have jeans come under my belly button, anything lower and its just awful. I never got the point of low riders except to show off crack when you bend over!
January 15, 2013 at 7:19 pm
One week, a few years ago, I saw teen girls with the fly on the pants undone, folded back, to show pretty panties. I never saw it after that week. I’m sure glad that fad didn’t catch on.