tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post877815301365535968..comments2023-11-05T05:28:34.444-07:00Comments on Voice of Reason: Tackling fashion, Nem-styleNemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-22720440982177986832009-07-22T16:20:45.629-06:002009-07-22T16:20:45.629-06:00I am tall with a small waist and going completely ...I am tall with a small waist and going completely by the jeans fashions available it would seem that only short girls are skinny. Same for swimwear - I have a long body - apparently if you have a long body you must be at least a size 14 :PAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553957107872437174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-44320111828530130012009-04-14T16:32:00.000-06:002009-04-14T16:32:00.000-06:00Don't know how many of you will read this, but I l...Don't know how many of you will read this, but I loved this post and all the comments! However, I think the original commentor on Jenny's jeans might have been one of those women-should-only-wear-dresses believers. Because pants, especially tight jeans, outline the crotch, and heaven knows, we don't want men looking at that!<br /><br />I am an over-50 mom and I don't wear mom jeans. I have found the Lee ones at the outlet in Draper off I-15 (I go there every time I'm in Zion and I always find something) with the bias-cut waistband to fit very well. A little stretch helps denim hug the backside, but you don't want your jeans to look sprayed on. <br /><br />My daughters like Seven for All Mankind, but they cost over $100. Gotta admit, though, they look fabulous. (My daughters are tall and long-legged, which helps, but try some at Nordstrom and you will see what I mean. Then you can look for the same fit in less-expensive styles.)Mrs. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043853884695032972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-84825441789447789742009-01-13T17:07:00.000-07:002009-01-13T17:07:00.000-07:00Why do I feel like you wrote this just for me? I ...Why do I feel like you wrote this just for me? I do wish I could find some good jeans as mine do tend to slouch in the, er, behind, but I have yet to. *Sigh*Desmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799831623274044784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-43804006837501567462009-01-12T19:15:00.000-07:002009-01-12T19:15:00.000-07:00It only gets worse. But the stinging truth is, for...It only gets worse. But the stinging truth is, for a price, you can find them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589619302248966883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-60116670227513460252009-01-12T17:15:00.000-07:002009-01-12T17:15:00.000-07:00I have a Long waist and short legs... therefore lo...I have a Long waist and short legs... therefore low rise short jeans means I have to find rare overlong shirt, which is imposisble, though it is coming back in style! Woo-hoo! <BR/><BR/>Love the "mom jeans"! I shall never wear them! I shall be 50 and still trying to be a hot momma and hopefully my kids will never let me wear a vest. The embarassing thing mom's did in my day (and I think some still do) is buy sweaters with sewed of teddy bears and beads and stuff. The Christmas ones were particularly ghastly!Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340873364042352323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-48859857536205218952009-01-12T16:38:00.000-07:002009-01-12T16:38:00.000-07:00I just wanted to say that I love the double entend...I just wanted to say that I love the double entendre in <I>Crack Whore</I>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-46958855402380722642009-01-12T14:58:00.000-07:002009-01-12T14:58:00.000-07:00ooh, Edgy, I agree 100%! I still get riled up at ...ooh, Edgy, I agree 100%! I still get riled up at that nonsense.<BR/><BR/>I love that we agonize over buying the perfect pair of jeans and then wear them until they are aching to be put to rest- because last I checked jeans that are coming apart at the seams don't look any better than a new pair with a back gap. <BR/><BR/>However, I do it too. Once we think a pair looks good on us, we will wear them until they really really don't. I can never find jeans that don't bunch around my ankles- I'm with you on the giraffe girl jeans!<BR/><BR/>And amen on the not going when you are rushed- Jenny, if you had taken the man you love jean shopping with you, its possible he would have begun following you around huffing, then you would have quickly grabbed some things you might possibly have liked but none of them fit quite right, but he is too impatient to wait anymore and you leave annoyed without buying anything, and he leaves annoyed because he just went through the whole ordeal for nothing.Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937115502143504668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-86649032077088695982009-01-12T13:09:00.000-07:002009-01-12T13:09:00.000-07:00Why should buying such a fashion staple be so frus...Why should buying such a fashion staple be so frustrating! I found a pair that actually fits 3 years ago and bought two pair because I never find a pair that fits. Now one of them is wearing a bit too thin at the crotch and the zipper on the other has decided it likes to open whenever it feels like it.<BR/><BR/>Jeans are either too short, too big, too low (no thank you on showing my crack), too bedazzled. It's a nightmare!<BR/><BR/>I shall have to try the good hair day and cute toe nails next time. That might help a bit.Roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798242755273465376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-17058100561723750702009-01-12T11:08:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:08:00.000-07:00I remember those BYU comments too! Gah! There ar...I remember those BYU comments too! Gah! There are two of them. Not one. Deal!AmandaStretchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649673692690240933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-46385000471421547862009-01-12T11:00:00.000-07:002009-01-12T11:00:00.000-07:00Yah, seriously does anyone not have the "back fat ...Yah, seriously does anyone not have the "back fat factor" problem? Who exactly are all these jeans made for that have a huge gap in the back for all your back fat? I don't usually gain in my back...Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603677261111811688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-78189135453664736792009-01-12T10:57:00.000-07:002009-01-12T10:57:00.000-07:00Oooooh, Edgy, I remember those days at BYU. I also...Oooooh, Edgy, I remember those days at BYU. I also remember how I bit off and ate the head of a girl who made a vague comment indicating that the boys might be in the right. Ugh. Ugh, Ugh, UGH.Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-68583805785179514282009-01-12T09:56:00.000-07:002009-01-12T09:56:00.000-07:00This is a non-jeans related comment:Before accepti...This is a non-jeans related comment:<BR/><BR/>Before accepting the critic's comment about the snugness of her jeans, Jenny should ask said critic for his or her thoughts on the appropriateness of women using single-strap bags to carry their books on campus. Because if the critic is of the opinion that women should not use single-strap bags as they enhance the breasts and create immoral thoughts in men's heads, the critic's opinion is invalid and she should eliminate the critic on the spot. (And by eliminate, I mean exterminate. Assuming she can do so without getting caught.)Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954160939175918093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-19407153154637091302009-01-12T09:33:00.000-07:002009-01-12T09:33:00.000-07:00The current mom-but-not-mom jeans I love are the G...The current mom-but-not-mom jeans I love are the Gloria Vanderbilt ones from Costco. They are comfortable, not-high rise, and as excellent looking as can be expected on me. The only problem is that you have to take them home to try them on, and then take them back when they don't fit. But you get it eventually.<BR/><BR/>I think the rule of thumb for butt tightness should be whether or not an observer can see a defined butt crack, and by that I <BR/>refer not only to the height of the waistband, but whether or not the jeans outline the entirety, including the depth, of one's butt crack. There should be a slight indent in the middle--anything more is obscene. And, let's be honest, painful.daltongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307904950109679631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-63230331223473754362009-01-12T08:58:00.000-07:002009-01-12T08:58:00.000-07:00I don't know where you're finding all of these gir...I don't know where you're finding all of these giraffe-girl jeans but you need to quit dumping them on people and leave them on the shelves where I can find them. Seriously, out of an entire department store I can rarely find one pair that is long enough. Plus all the other must-haves, like good color, flared-legs, and not-gaping-in-the-back. I had The Perfect Pair of Jeans from Express that I wore until they were made of more holes than actual fabric and held together with patches, zig-zag stitches and pixie-dust. Thank heavens for stores that started sizing their jeans in Short, Regular and Long.jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334193146809678214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-20356221633397059632009-01-12T08:48:00.000-07:002009-01-12T08:48:00.000-07:00I've been trying to find a new pair of jeans since...I've been trying to find a new pair of jeans since the beginning of November when the perfect pair split. The perfect style no longer existed at the store I preferred, and it seems I am now in between sizes at every other store. I'm also losing weight at a fairly steady pace right now, so the one pair I found that did fit I couldn't justify spending $70 on if it's not going to fit for long.<BR/><BR/>I finally went to an outlet mall, got a pair that's now a little too big and inherited a hand-me-down pair from my roommate.<BR/><BR/>We are not pleased. I'm still looking.AmandaStretchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649673692690240933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-89466794610513359602009-01-12T06:11:00.000-07:002009-01-12T06:11:00.000-07:00I just wanted to give a shout out to GH.-fist rais...I just wanted to give a shout out to GH.<BR/><BR/>-fist raised in defiance-<BR/><BR/>I feel your pain, man.Nookleermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047346943768619944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-51533155957253062912009-01-12T04:33:00.000-07:002009-01-12T04:33:00.000-07:00Oh. and actually some very helpful tips in there, ...Oh. and actually some very helpful tips in there, too. The mom-jeans? Too much. Killed me. In my mom-ly state, I do think I have managed to avoid hanging on to anything remotely similar to THOSE beauties... And yes, it is time to go shopping for jeans. If I can work up the courage to do it. My man who-I-love actually offered to TAKE me. And I declined that once-in-a-hardly-ever offer of a lifetime. How did I do that? And now thanks. again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616038477865625828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-25837327587468965992009-01-12T04:22:00.000-07:002009-01-12T04:22:00.000-07:00You are the hilarious fashion-goddess of jean-wear...You are the hilarious fashion-goddess of jean-wear. That's the best belly-buster I've had before 7am. ever. I'll share this post with my other blogging friends (if you're not oppposed) with whom I've just had this little chat about jeans. Gracias and Merci.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616038477865625828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-6166158950831320382009-01-12T00:46:00.000-07:002009-01-12T00:46:00.000-07:00Yeah, it's me again, but I forgot something. Real ...Yeah, it's me again, but I forgot something. Real Simple has a <A HREF="http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/search?first=1&searchCriteria=jeans&x=0&y=0" REL="nofollow">bunch of articles</A> online about choosing jeans, so you may want to check them out. Also, since I'm a shortie my problem is generally that jeans are too long. A smart thing to do if they fit everwhere else would be to go get them hemmed. Also, think about what shoes you'll mostly be wearing them with so that you don't go too short or too long. And now I'm done.Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.com