I wanted to buy a pair of skinny jeans today...it's taken me a year and a half to get up the courage to finally want to try a pair and now I think I might have taken too long. I headed to Old Navy but there were no skinny jeans to be found - just flirt and diva jeans. I'm guessing that I'm once again on the backside of the fashion trend and just when I get into the game, what I thought was cool is already last year's thing.
I did end up with a pair of new jeans (apparently the flirt jeans are best for my figure) but it gave me a sneaking suspicion that the retail industry is doing its part to jump-start the economy by lowering women's clothing sizes - I ended up with a pair of size 4 jeans. Now, this is honestly not an attempt to gain pathetic comments about the size of my clothing, I promise, I'm not looking for a cheery comment about my figure to boost my confidence. I actually have a pretty good body image, but I'm realistic - there is no way I'm a size 4. I never have been, I actually own a pair of Old Navy jeans from last year and not even those are a size 4.
I weigh a few lbs. less than I did in highschool but with about 90% less muscle mass, so I'm a little skeptical of these sliding jeans sizes since in my senior pictures I wore a very cool pair of tight-rolled and high-waisted, frosted size 7/8 jeans. Even at my smallest, which was in 1996 after a pretty bad bout with the Freshman 15 and a subsequent workout binge enforced by my mother, I fit nicely into a size 6 - I've hovered around there ever since.
But maybe this is exactly what the economy needs. I mean, what better way to inspire women to shop than by boosting their self esteem through a pair of jeans. I don't know about anyone else but Old Navy certainly got my attention. I mean, really...I know I'm not a size 4 but if they want to tell me that I am and con me into buying a new pair of jeans because of it - well, I suppose that that's an economic stimulus package I can live with.
I did end up with a pair of new jeans (apparently the flirt jeans are best for my figure) but it gave me a sneaking suspicion that the retail industry is doing its part to jump-start the economy by lowering women's clothing sizes - I ended up with a pair of size 4 jeans. Now, this is honestly not an attempt to gain pathetic comments about the size of my clothing, I promise, I'm not looking for a cheery comment about my figure to boost my confidence. I actually have a pretty good body image, but I'm realistic - there is no way I'm a size 4. I never have been, I actually own a pair of Old Navy jeans from last year and not even those are a size 4.
I weigh a few lbs. less than I did in highschool but with about 90% less muscle mass, so I'm a little skeptical of these sliding jeans sizes since in my senior pictures I wore a very cool pair of tight-rolled and high-waisted, frosted size 7/8 jeans. Even at my smallest, which was in 1996 after a pretty bad bout with the Freshman 15 and a subsequent workout binge enforced by my mother, I fit nicely into a size 6 - I've hovered around there ever since.
But maybe this is exactly what the economy needs. I mean, what better way to inspire women to shop than by boosting their self esteem through a pair of jeans. I don't know about anyone else but Old Navy certainly got my attention. I mean, really...I know I'm not a size 4 but if they want to tell me that I am and con me into buying a new pair of jeans because of it - well, I suppose that that's an economic stimulus package I can live with.
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