Are low rise jeans totally OUT now?

[senseandsensibility]

The AOL start screen is calling them one of the worst fads of 2007, as if it's all in the past. Is it in the past in your area? I still seem to see plenty of them.

[XemaSab]

1. One of the worst fads of 1999

:eyes:

[senseandsensibility]

2. Well, yeah...

BUT I still see every other female wearing them here in CA. Then again, we were slow to lose the big hair, too.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. But one of the best of 1968

:D

[DarkTirade]

4. They are rather silly.

I mean, if a girl has curves, it'll give her a double curve right there (nicknamed a 'muffin top' because of the way it spills out over the edge of the jeans) and make her look fat. And if the girl doesn't have curves, she can't even wear the damn things.

That, and they really underrepresent the ass on any girl who wears them. Even a girl with a large posterior will look like she doesn't have an ass if she's wearing low-rise jeans. So the girls what do have curves and asses look both fatter AND like they don't have an ass at the same time. It's just silly.

At my little sister's last birthday party (she's still in high school) one of her friends who couldn't have weighed more than 120-125 pounds was complaining that the low-rise jeans gave her a 'muffin top' and she felt fat because of it. I just rolled my eyes, walked across the room and picked her up with one hand. I think I said something along the lines of, "Oh yeah, watch those donuts." before I set her back down again. :P It's like those jeans are designed to make a natural shape look unnatural. So not only does it look silly, but it can really screw with the person's self image. A perfectly fit girl thought she was fat just because the low-cut jeans accented a bit of body fat that's SUPPOSED to be there.

[LynzM]

10. I totally agree.

I hate the double-curve look, muffin top, whatever you want to call it, and super-low-rise jeans give it to girls who are perfectly nice and curvy. Uck. Would also help if girls/women wore pants that actually fit, instead of pants with the 'right' number on them :( (Not sure if I need to don my flamesuit after making that comment, or not)

But yeah, gimme jeans from 1997, thanks.

[Captain Hilts]

55. Most women's clothes don't fit most women. They're still made...

for women who don't exist: the hour glass shape. A recent survey of 4000 women, controlled for income and race, showed that only 15% of women naturally have this classic shape. And ALL clothes are made for them!

This is why waists are too high, pinch, etc.

And, unlike men's clothes, women's clothes are not made to be altered to fit the buyer. It's a nightmare. I'm having a suit made from scratch. I can't find a damned thing.

[Wcross]

5. I actually saw a GUY wearing them yesterday!???!!???

He looked ridiculous in them, I think he was some kind of goth or something (forgive me, I am not up on that). Maybe a Marilyn Manson fan or something (looked funky).

[ghostsofgiants]

8. I'm wearing low rise skinny jeans right now.

The people whose opinions I care for seem to like them, and I like them, so whatever.

[Wcross]

17. They may work for you fine.

The guy I saw wasn't pulling the "look" off too well. I have seen plenty of women that shouldn't have been wearing them either.........

I have to ask though, are they comfortable? Are they as comfortable as regular jeans? I am an old fart so I am not concerned with "fashion".

[ghostsofgiants]

23. I wouldn't be wearing if I didn't find them comfortable.

[pink-o]

40. I'm 53 and I wore low-rise as a teenage girl in the 70s

...when they were called "hip-huggers" so I swore I'd never wear them again. But I soon broke that vow, around 1999, and now I can only hope they'll still be around for a few more years. They help minimize my hip to waist ratio (which is still a lot, even for a matron like me!). And as for "Muffin top" try Pilates! That'll put a stop to all that overhang!

So yes, love them, don't wanna look like Grandpa with the waistband under my armpits anytime soon.

[ghostsofgiants]

42. I'm a scrawny as hell 22 year old guy, so I defintiely don't have to worry about muffin tops...

Or anything like that. :P

[pink-o]

52. most 22 year old guys are scrawny as hell!

...and eat enough to feed a small nation. I hated all my boyfriends when I was your age and on a perpetual diet!:toast:

[ghostsofgiants]

54. Haha, sounds about right.

I eat a lot of fast food too, yet still scrawny as hell, haha.

[Captain Hilts]

56. Not any more they're not.

Physicians did comparisons between the shape/size of guys who attended Woodstock I and Woodstock II and the II boys were much bulkier and fatter.

[senseandsensibility]

49. LOL

Waistband under the armpits! Not a good look on most of us.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I hope so. They look terrible on pretty much everybody.

If you are not actually emaciated you end up with a roll of flab flopping over the waistline, charmingly enhanced by equally-unflattering little tight tops. If you are overweight, even a little, you *really* look fat. That's one fashion that can't become unfashionable any too soon.

[Left Is Write]

15. Properly fitted jeans do NOT result in muffin tops.

Muffin tops are caused by people trying to squeeze themselves into a pair of jeans a size or two too small. Well-fitted low rise jeans with a boot cut are almost universally flattering.

Ultra low jeans - the kind that require a bikini wax - are not flattering on anyone.

Low rise jeans are infinitely better looking on me than at-waist or, God forbid, high-waisted jeans.

[tigereye]

16. yes, this is what I think, too!

I hate the high waisted ones...

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Down with "Mom jeans"!!

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

19. Exactly.

"Mom jeans" are the perfect argument against the abolishment of low-rise jeans!

(Now I've got that SNL commercial running through my head..."She'll love the 9-inch zipper!" and "Because you're no longer a woman, you're a MOM!")

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Ha! I remember that!! Our next door neighbor takes them too far...

Get this...Not only does she have frightening 1986 bleach blond aquanet hair and some seriously high Mom jeans...the jeans are acid washed! :wow:

[Left Is Write]

21. But does she have the electric blue eyeliner and hot pink lipstick to match?

[bicentennial_baby]

22. I don't get close enough to check!

:scared:

I call her Sniffa's girlfriend...:rofl:

[DS1]

29. what they call 'mom jeans' now is what most high school girls were wearing in the 80s

IIRC

I do remember them being much higher up on the waist

[Left Is Write]

33. Pleated front, tapered legs, yup...

unflattering then, too.

[Captain Hilts]

47. There's no 'normal' rise for women. It's way too high or way too low. Shop in the men's dept! nt

[senseandsensibility]

25. I agree

I look much beter in jeans that are an inch or two below my belly button, but I don't think those are low rise. Also I don't wear them too tight. AND I go with the bootcut.

[Captain Hilts]

57. Yes, that's why I wear men's jeans usually. That's where they hit me. Just right. nt

[jmm]

46. I love low rise jeans.

You'll never catch me sporting the muffin top look because I know my size but most jeans aren't made for women who have an ass and a waist. I look much better in low rise jeans than in something that squeezes my behind and leaves inches of loose extra fabric I get to try bunching up at my waist with an uncomfortable belt.

[Maraya1969]

7. But I like them! I want to lose 15 pounds so I can wear mine again.

Truthfully they are a lot easier on my stomach than regular jeans are. I have a chronic type of gastritis and low risers put zero pressure on my gut.

Since I've gained weight though I look absurd in them. I think you have to have a flat stomach or a fairly flat stomach to pull it off. Right now I look like I'm about to birth a bowling ball.

[DS1]

9. I think it was the tramp stamps that did them in

[distantearlywarning]

11. God, please let it be so!!!

*prays desperately for the end of the stupid low-rise jeans*

[Captain Hilts]

48. Now nearly ALL women's workout wear is low rise. This makes NO SENSE! Make it STOP!

[UndertheOcean]

12. I think they are very cute

whats wrong in celebrating the elegance and beauty of the female form .

[senseandsensibility]

26. Nothing

but some people don't seem to think that they do celebrate the elegance of the female form. To each his own. Some figures may look great in them, others not so much.

[BarenakedLady]

13. Gawd I hope not

They are the only jeans comfortable for me. Of course, I make sure to wear shirts to cover what others have so quaintly referred to as a "muffin top" :eyes:

If I wear old mom jeans, they dig into my stomach and waist and make me feel awful. Then I also have a nice big bulge going on anyway. Women just can't win in the end.

[Taverner]

14. Nooooo!

:cry:

Say it ain't so!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. I hate those things. They have caused kids to be averse to wearing anything at their

natural waistline. Every fall I fit my cheerleaders with their uniforms and all the kids start yanking the skirts down their hips, nearly busting the buttons off. I have to keep going around and pulling them back up. And it isn't even that they are making them universally low. They haul them down in the front so that the hems fall at their knees, but in the back the skirts ride up and expose their li'l tushies. :eyes:

[Left Is Write]

27. I'm way, way too old to be called a "kid", and I hate wearing things at my natural waistline.

I do not, however, mess with my cheerleader skirt. :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. LOL All my peeps are under age 13, so they are kids to me. As for me

I prefer the natural waistline because (or rather when I was thinner) I had a very hourglass figure and I just felt more comfy with clothes that sat on my waist.

Now that I am heavy, all I care about is that the waistline is elastic. :P

[Dangerously Amused]

28. MOM JEAN PRIDE!!!

:headbang:


I wear my mom jeans with pride, thank you very much! And I'm not even a mom. My teenage nieces laugh at me. I don't care, their kids will look at pics of them in their low rise jeans with their muffin tops someday, and be the ones laughing.

Hey, I have an hourglass figure, and mom jeans fit best. Low rise jeans would make me look like an idiot. But I think low rise jeans do look good on some people. Just not me.

[Lex]

30. a lot of people think low-rise jeans look good on them, but they're mistaken

jeans that sit at the natural waist (not way up high) look best on most people

[Rabrrrrrr]

31. Oh, please God, let it be so.

[Scooter24]

32. Low-rise jeans are becoming more of a staple than a trend these days.

But let's not confuse low-rise with ultra-low-rise. If you're talking about the later, then yes, the trend is dying. For women right now, the trend for SS08 is more of a skinny jean. Darker washes with shirts in spring colors such as white, reds, and pinks.

Men are a bit more complicated. Judging by a few of the Paris, Milan and NYC shows for menswear, the trends are all over the place. Embroidered pants are big, slightly distressed. Also slim jeans are still popular this year- Dior, Balenciaga, and D&G all seem to continue with the trend. Accessories are what's HOT for men this coming spring/summer. Colored fabric belts in bold colors- bracelets, layered necklaces, and belt buckles!

Regardless of the trend, remember, simple and sexy, and you should be fine.

[Left Is Write]

34. "But let's not confuse low-rise with ultra-low-rise."

Exactly and amen.

[madrchsod]

39. i have a pair of levi`s that are low rise

they fit weird but since i`m skinny they look ok...

[Scooter24]

41. lmao

I just looked- you're a male...m'bad haha And here I was telling you to go put on some heels. :rofl:

[mike_c]

35. noooooooo!

Gawd I LOVE low rise jeans!

[hedgehog]

36. This mamma wouldn't much care either way if the t-shirt s were cut

long enough to reach the top of the jeans. I hate raising my arms and having my stomach show.

[Left Is Write]

38. I do hate the shirts that are cut short.

I like my t-shirts to be fitted and about hip length.

[graywarrior]

37. I'm totally out of low riders jeans.

and I do mean "hanging out of them".

[hedgehog]

43. You and me both! Some figures are meant for mom jeans!

I like to look good, but I'm 53 dammit! I look silly trying to pass for 23!

[tammywammy]

44. I wear low rise

But not ultra-super-crotch-hanging-out-low-rise jeans.

[Catshrink]

45. They aren't as bad as pants worn below the butt

Almost.

[derby378]

50. Exactly

If your jeans don't rise high enough on your hips to cover your butt, you need new jeans. Seriously. I've seen 14yo girls walking arund in those jeans with their butts peeking out, and that's just sad.

[no name no slogan]

53. They're the Mom Jeans of this year

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/55414/mom_jeans/

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