War on the Skinny Jean...

Last Saturday I purchased a pair of skinny jeans. Yes, friends, you read that correctly! I can hardly believe it myself.

I was finally forced into participation in one of the worst trends in recent years. How could did this happen, you ask? Well, it’s a long story, but involves “packing light” (which I’m convinced works well only for men), a hole in my favorite jeans in a rather inappropriate place, and last-minute, panic, I-only-have-time-for-one-store shopping trip. Talk about a recipe for a fashion disaster.

Would you believe EVERY PAIR of jeans in the store were skinny jeans?!? (with the exception of “mom-jeans” but we won’t even talk about those…)

And so I compromised, lowered my standards, and purchased the moderately-skinny pair, as opposed to the beginning-anorexic pair or the so-tight-they-might-as-well-be-really-thick-leggings pair.

It was truly a sad fashion moment for me in my lonely battle against the skinny jean.

I personally feel that they should be confined to a very small segment of the population, i.e. women (PLEASE, not men!), and preferably women who have no curves, have not had a baby, or are named Heidi Klum.

Another thing I’m really confused about in this skinny jeans trend is the whole “real women” or “big is beautiful” or “XYZ starlet is too skinny this week” movement…where are those people and why are they not speaking out against the skinny jean? Because making them in un-skinny sizes is NOT the answer people…