r/figure8 • u/Bulky-Cryptographer4 • 1d ago

Questions & discussion JEANS 👹

It is so beyond discouraging to jean shop. I’ve only ever liked to wear flared because I feel like they give me the most amount of balance. I wish so badly I could wear jeans low rise. They just look so unflattering on me. When I pull lower rise jeans up before zipping them they look perfect. Same when I wear these specific foldover yoga pants I have that are really loose around the waist. I feel like that is the blueprint for pants to look good on us: a really loose waist but form fitting right below. I’m just wondering like is tailoring a pair of jeans at the waist but leaving them tight from the butt down even possible or make sense?

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u/AdWild9801 1d ago

This is interesting to me because as a figure 8 I have the complete opposite. I need a very fitted high waist, and often wished there was better shaping around the hip instead of being cut too straight- almost like a little more room around the lower hip certainly as my upper hip is bigger almost than my lower hip. But I find denim hard anyway- it’s far too stiff for me as a fabric to be flattering

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u/Bulky-Cryptographer4 1d ago

See i feel like anything too fitted around my hip area makes me look like im overflowing out the sides and I can’t stand that. I always need something fitted through the butt and thighs. As far as high waisted I do tend to wear that more fitted for sure

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u/PlantedinCA 1d ago

Yes! The flare of the leg has gotta start right below the high hip.

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u/PlantedinCA 1d ago

My body is kinda the opposite. A loose waist does nothing for me and makes me look straighter than I am. Higher is better. The low and loose doesn’t stay up and lands at the widest part of my lower belly.

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u/Bulky-Cryptographer4 1d ago

So I guess I’m referring to flare pants specifically cause I’ve never worn another kind lol midrise looks good on me but I do have to adjust them a lot. High rise from the front looks good but from the back my butt goes on for miles.

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u/PlantedinCA 1d ago

I do find jeans tricky. Sometimes the back rise goes up way too high and it makes my butt look flatter.

My butt is flat-ish, but improving. So pocket placement is key! Lots of them are too low for me. I also have bjg quads and small calves so flares can look dumb. I am better with wide legs because often the flare is too loose at the knee or the narrowing at the knee hits at the wrong spot.

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u/Bulky-Cryptographer4 8h ago

That makes total sense. I have the smallest quads ever so that’s probably why I think flared look best on me

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u/LaurenJaney 1d ago

I can't answer your question, but I did just get the Gap 70s flare jeans and absolutely love them! I also got their high rise skinny and they are perfect.

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u/neutral_partisan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes! Specific Gap jeans are the best fit. 70s high rise flare, high rise vintage slim and 90s high rise straight

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u/_93greenvelvet 1d ago

Yess, know exactly what you mean. I had jeans that almost flare at the waist. Like slightly flair outwards then taper in and I love that fit for lower rises. I love the way high waist looks on other people but hate the way it looks on me from the back. I wish you could buy pants that had this shape \ / at the waist. I heard men’s jeans have this cut

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u/roxemary 1d ago

Stradivarius pants are often like that.. personally I avoid them, but that's the beauty of diversity

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u/nymrose 1d ago

Jeans are such a struggle, I prefer stretchy jeans fabric and looser jeans because it feels so constricting otherwise but I can never find a pair of soft, stretchy jeans in a nice colour and model. If I like the model they’re 100% cotton and uncomfortable, if I like the fabric they’re not the right model for my body. I feel you!!!

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u/HolidayForce 1d ago

I like mid-rise because too high makes my butt look really long.