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I am a woman!!!!.......

  • 01-04-2008 02:43PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Curvy Vixen


    ....and as a woman I would like to buy a pair of jeans! I have hips, thighs, a bum and a flat stomach. I'm probably a 14/16 and a 31" leg.

    Do you think I can find a pair of jeans that fit???? i.e. go around me, don't gape at the back, do up at the front and allow me to breath.

    Do any 'real women' have an idea where I can get jeans please? I mostly shop in Dublin and just because of the hassle I've been having I'd rather not buy online...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,840 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    That "real women" term annoys me. Women come in all shapes and sizes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Curvy Vixen


    :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Thanks for that fantastic piece of advice speedboatchase. If you know that women come in all shapes and sizes then is there any chance that you could pass your helpful comments onto the fashion designers and clothes makers of the world please???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,840 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Well plenty, if not most, high street shops cater for 14/16 so best bet is to try on a few pairs and settle if you want 14 or 16 and 30" or 32" length


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Curvy Vixen


    Been there and done that. Spent most of Thursday night in every jeans shop I can find. However, having lost a pile of weight in the last year or two I'm not used to shopping in any shop other than Evans and the like, so wondered was I missing out on something/somewhere obvious.

    I was in Dunnes, Oasis, River Island, New Look, Sasha, M&S and had no joy in any of them of a pair of 'well fitting' jeans.

    A friend in work mentioned Levi Curvy Cut jeans but they don't seem to sell them here, hence the post looking for help and advice....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭BeansMeansHynes


    Yep I have the same problem with Jeans.

    I Normally wear baggy jeans for casual wear! There isnt a baggy pair of jeans to be found anywhere. I cannot find any jeans for going out either as it is all skinny jeans around and they so do not suit me at all.

    I have tried all of the same shops plus Vera Moda and A Wear and nothing either.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 601 ✭✭✭PurplePrincess


    Hey Curvy Vixen

    Have you tried Dorothy Perkins? I've two pairs of their jeans and the fit is lovely. I also got a pair in Sasha, they're Kube brand and also fit nice. Its trial and error as you seem to be discovering. The things we do for fashion!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Penney's also have nice fitting jeans. It's just a matter of trying on the different styles.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭shazpunk


    I'm pretty much the same. Ive probably tried ob ever pair of jeans in dundrum at this stage, with no luck.

    The only jeans I have ever gotten to fit well are American Eagle. They're pretty well priced (between $20-$40) and although they can be hassel getting over from the states, if you have a friend over there, you;d have free delivery to them, then just get it posted over. With the way the doller is atm you'de be crazy not to try them!

    These are a great fit :)http://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat90120&productId=1435_7940

    I'm a 14/16 and wear a 10 for snug fit and 12 for comfort from AE.
    They can be long though, so just double check what to get leg wise :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭ozchick


    I had to look for ages too, got one pair at Principle (I think that's correct spelling), wider leg ones and stretch, so they are really comfortable -and also a pair in Wallis, not normally the type of shop I'd wander into, but when you can't find what you are looking for...

    I think they forget we have bums, hence the bagging out at the back of the waist problem. I can relate


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭Dinkie


    My problem is that my jeans are tight on the bum, but baggy around the waist.

    I got a nice pair from Topshop.... fits really nicely... and not too loose around the waist.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭Eviledna


    I said it before and I'll say it again, A-wear in their new Wide-leg range!:D

    Don't worry Curvyvixen, I know your strife!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14 NYC Diva


    I posted a thread re jeans last week too...forgot to thank my buddies here. Went to A-wear and got a grand pair. Grand around the bum and not too loose on the waist.

    Heading stateside next month so I'll look up American Eagle - thanks for heads up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,982 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    A friend in work mentioned Levi Curvy Cut jeans but they don't seem to sell them here, hence the post looking for help and advice....


    http://www.kildarevillage.com/Kildare/village/default.asp?brands=2432%26vId%3D213 They should stock them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    I have major problems finding jeans that fit my waist and bum. They fit at the bum but are far too big at the waist as they're made for straight up and down women.
    I do find that when I'm lighter I have less of a problem as my bum isn't as big.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭deise gal


    I know your pain ladies!But i'm surprised no one mentioned Next Some great jeans with a high ish waist( not up around your ears :D) They also do various lengths!! i have some fab jeans from next - casual & Dressy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 angelika


    I find Oasis "Scarlet" cut jeans a great fit, and I am a size 14. They are cut slightly higher on the waist, so you don't get the muffin top/love handle thing going on and they are nice and flattering on the bum!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19 candj


    could try next,they do good fitting and reasonable price, they do many different styles straight leg, bootleg, flared, skinny,

    you might have a look at my thread under parenting if you have a minute, I would love some female opinions up there as I am sort of getting hammered, yet everyone I speak to seems to agree with what I am trying to write - pbviously not wording it properly :confused:. Anyway would really aprreciate some support

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭Curvy Vixen


    Thank you all very much! Now I'm glad I asked :D

    I'll head into town and up to Liffey Valley ~ hadn't tried any of the shops you suggested...kind of lost heart after searching!

    Levi in Kildare Village don't have the Curvy Cut ~ thought I had it cracked when I heard about them as I pass there every night but they looked at me blankly when I asked :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Semele


    I second whoever suggested these. They're definitely made for curvy girls! Me not being one of these, buying them was a mistake... I loved the colour and the loose-ish straight leg but while the waist was painfully tight at times I could have fit a pillow in the ass and it would still have been too big!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 317 ✭✭stratospheres


    Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and Topshop work for me!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,510 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    hey, h&m have about 7 or 8 different cuts of jeans, and the 'hula' brand fit my gf, who has a small waist but a nice full (:D) bum... Pretty reasonable prices too...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭genie_us


    Curvy I am in the exact same position as you, after weight loss etc and find the best fit jeans for me are the next ones, and in particular the 'stretch' ones in there. Marks and Spencers as well, and surprisingly enough I recently bought a pair in Tesco of all places (they're not dressy though) and they fit really well and are the most comfy pair I have!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭undecided


    wrangler used to do jeans in a boot cut leg that were strechy... a friend used to live in them dont know where youd get them tho she used to ge them in roches
    hths


  • Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭ Keanu Chilly Boot


    Last time I checked I was a 'real woman'. How would you like it if I implied anyone over size 12 was an abnormal freak? :rolleyes:

    Anyway, I don't think anybody can ever find jeans that fit right. I'm a size 10 and still quite curvy and 95% of the time the jeans are just far too long, especially in Zara where they seem to cater for 7 foot tall women. I always end up getting them taken up or altered.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,142 ✭✭✭✭fits


    fornarina are supposed to be very good jeans for a curvy shape.

    i have the same problem OP, its a head wrecker.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    [quote=[Deleted User];55569540]Last time I checked I was a 'real woman'. How would you like it if I implied anyone over size 12 was an abnormal freak? :rolleyes:.[/QUOTE]

    It's a euphamism, like 'curvy'. It means 'fat'.
    Post edited by Boards.ie: Mike on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,840 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Hispanic/Black women have curves, Beyonce, Salma Hayek etc. When a white person says it you have to take it with a pinch of salt, especially when people like Fern Britton used to be hailed as "curvy". Even Fern herself went back on her earlier comments and said she was a bad role model. Surely a slim waist is needed to highlight and accentuate such curves? Anyways, Salma Hayek = hot, Fern Britton = not so much :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,221 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    Clearly you aren't 'real' enough for the shops. They are hiding the clothes on you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭-aboutagirl-


    Have you looked in Topshop? They do a whole variety of styles and most of them are marked in waist sizes and leg lengths rather than 12,14 etc

    Plus whats with the "real women" crap? Why are real women a 12/14? Just cos I've a smaller frames why does that make me any less of a real woman?!:rolleyes:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40 monters


    gap do really nice jeans with a neat waist but enough room in the ahem....derriere!!! they are also nice and long too which is why i like them....
    topshop...bit boring
    river island....can be really touch and go with sizes
    oasis are nice and if you can order online - J Crew are lovely but a little prisey..

    jeans are a nightmare


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