Straight, skinny, ripped, cropped, slim, bootcut, boyfriend, flared; retailers now carry a shape and style to suit everyone (hurrah!).
The trick to avoiding a changing room meltdown is knowing where to shop for your shape. Read on for our handy guide to buying the right pair of jeans for your shape and you’ll never get stuck in a pair of skinny jeans again.
Wait! Nic, you said you’d tell me what the trends are! Oh, yes THAT. I think you should go with what suits your body shape (see below) but alas, this season you’ll find boyfriend and ripped styles continuing to be on trend (be prepared for the inevitable ‘You’ve got holes in your jeans’ dad jokes coming your way).
Dark and coated denims are starting to come into stores for winter, as are printed styles, and you can indulge your inner dag in a pair of ‘mom’ jeans. Yep, ‘mom’ jeans are exactly what you think they are; the high-waisted, sometimes acid-washed, almost-but-not-quite-camel-toe, denim of yore. They’re exactly the type your mum sported in the late 80s/early 90s, and they’re best avoided IMHO.
If you’re short…
Besides having the distinct advantage of fitting into kids sneakers, finding clothes to fit a vertically challenged body is, er, a challenge. Even if you go for an ankle-length style expect that you will have to have them hemmed #shortgirlproblems. To lengthen your silhouette, choose a skinny style over a bootcut or flare as they won’t swamp your small frame.