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I'm no Claudia. Every morning I wage a war with my alarm clock. I'd rather sleep late than spend my precious morning minutes putting together my best Ms. Frizzle look. Which means I milk the snooze function for all it's worth, then frantically pull on whatever items of clothing are closest (some days, this is unfortunately self-evident). For this reason, I love me some skinny jeans. They are my version of Kristy's omnipresent cornflower blue pegged jeans.
And I've finally found the perfect pair.
It took forever, and I had to spend a decent amount of cash to do it. Listen, I'm not short. I'm about 5'6", a bit taller than the average woman*. However, pair after pair of jeans were giving me what I like to refer to as the jegwarmer effect. You know exactly what I'm talking about -- skinny jeans bunching around your ankles because they're too damn long, creating an awkward legwarmer of denim.
Enter James Jeans' Twiggy.
Oh, by the way, they're not paying me to write this or anything. I just really love these jeans. And I'm probably not the only girl who's sick and tired of wearing jegwarmers. So, you know, public service announcement.
* This is an actual footnote, for once: a 2002 survey by the National Center for Health Statistics puts the average height of an American woman at 5 feet 3.8 inches. Thanks, google!
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15 comments
What a babe! Love the clothes. Maybe you should start featuring yourself sometimes hm?
by Unknown on 8:00 PM. #
Any suggestions for good skinnies that are a little cheaper?
by Katy on 8:14 PM. #
i think i'd trust this review even if they HAD given them to you for free! these look great!
by Lexie on 8:41 PM. #
Lovely! You look great in this photo-- they really do fit you great! (greatly? Whatever. Pretend it's an adverb).
Robyn
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by Robyn on 8:42 PM. #
You look great! I wish I had the body to rock skinny jeans. I'm actually fairly thin, I was just blessed (cursed?) with wide hips.
by nikki on 9:09 PM. #
Heeeey there, hot stuff! I love the skinny jeans, tiered cmai, and oversized shades! I have yet to try jeggings for myself because I am *ahem* shorter than the average American woman. So if YOU'RE having ankle bunching problems, I can only IMAGINE what it'd be like for me!
by amy kelinda on 10:14 PM. #
Have you ever thought of having pants hemmed? That way if you find a pair of pants that's perfect except in the length you can wear them.
by Sadako on 11:42 PM. #
You look fan-freaking-tastic in this pic. I'm sold!
by missris on 10:53 AM. #
I actually like that they do that :) I tend to make up for it by wearing super high heels, so I just look nice and tall (I'm 5'5). Tell me more about those shoes! I love tall wedges.
by Jessica on 5:54 PM. #
i am sooo not a morning person. i don't know how some people do it.
ps, love the shoes!
by Rosita on 3:07 AM. #
thats weird because i am 5'7" and i'm always called short!
also; amazing shoes :D
by Josie on 11:20 AM. #
Never mind the jeans, how rad are your shoes?!
by Threesmallapples on 3:08 PM. #
Ditto on the shoe comment! Who made those?
by josephine on 2:57 AM. #
I hate the jegwarmer effect, but had held off on buying because of the price. I managed to miss them on Haute Collection but decided to Google again today, and found them on massive sale ($52!) here: http://store.dealblvd.com/items/item.aspx?itemid=7465602
Here's hoping they fit ok. At least one reviewer at Zappos said they have good butt coverage, but as a girl with hips/butt, that tends to be an area I struggle with in designer and especially skinny jeans.
by Lenora on 1:51 PM. #
Practically all premium denim comes overlong; hem alteration is a very inexpensive investment--just bring along the shoes you would be wearing with them. As someone who's skinny but with hips, I love the Joe's "Honey" skinny jeans. Great if you're not built like a boy.
by Libellule on 9:57 PM. #