My Jeans-Buying Hell…
I have always had terrible experiences in buying jeans that fit me.
Recently, my old jeans died. Holes formed. RIP.
So I had to go jeans hunting. And man, was the experience shyt. I was hoping I would be able to quickly grab one in less than 15 mins, but ended up spending close to 45 mins trying them on.
I have a waist size of 32, which judging from the lack of them in many of the stalls which I have checkout out, seems to be one of the most popular sizes. Also, it seemed that many of the jeans had cuttings which didn’t suit me at all. Price was also an issue. Went into Politix after being attracted to its huge “30% Off” signs and came out shell-shocked. Apparently the original prices for the jeans in there were about AUD$200+, so 30% off doesn’t exactly make it that much cheaper.
I used to be oblivious towards the types of jeans out there. It was only recently that I learnt there were bootcut, flare, straight, skinny and loose jeans. Phew. Decided to got for either bootcuts or flares, as straights and skinnies would have made an already skinny me look even skinnier. And loose jeans just makes me look like some kinda rapper wannabe.
FINALLY, after 2 forays into shopping malls, I found a couple of clothing chain which suited my shape: “Just Jeans” and “Jay Jays”. Bought a pair of bootcut jeans for AUD$60 from the former at Broadway. “Jeans West” has nice and relatively cheap jeans too, but all of their cuttings didn’t suit me at all. Must have all been made from the same mould… They have nice shirts though…
uh..true. it’s very hard to find flattering jeans. sometimes waist ok but thigh not ok, or vice versa.
Comment by xin — June 3, 2007 @ 8:04 am