Thread: Mom jeans

This article basically admits the low sex appeal part of it. How Mom Jeans Became Cool (Again) - The Atlantic

Toward a Universal Theory of ‘Mom Jeans’

Straight-legged, high-waisted jeans were almost casualties of reductive stereotypes about motherhood—but now they’re back.



When you inject the idea of motherhood into something, well, to put it bluntly, it loses its sex appeal. To “mom dance,” for example, is to dance embarrassingly. Fairly or not, dresses, underwear, and heels that could be described as “matronly” are, at least according to fashion authorities, to be avoided. As are mom haircuts.


Mom jeans, however, are an exception—or at least, they are now. Although the 2003 Saturday Night Live sketch that popularized the phrase mom jeans did so as a pejorative (and the jeans did languish in uncoolness for more than a decade afterward), they’ve enjoyed a recent renaissance. Today, the silhouette—thick, nonstretchy denim with a high waist, straight legs, and a moderately loose, or “relaxed,” fit—can regularly be seen on models, influencers, and “VSCO girl” types on Instagram. Mom jeans, profoundly uncool and then suddenly very cool, got their revenge: The cyclical nature of fashion (and a mid-2010s shift in the national mood) helped rescue and revive a style that was long overshadowed by reductive stereotypes about moms and motherhood.

As McClendon points out, in 2003, the trendiest jeans sat low on the hips and tight around the thighs, resulting in a body-hugging, skin-baring look (think Britney Spears’s “I’m a Slave 4 U” video). At the time, high-rise, nonstretchy, loose-fitting denim could not have been more out of vogue—and yet, as the SNL sketch writers astutely observed, moms were wearing it anyway.

That article is 3 years old.

Originally Posted by pickel

That article is 3 years old.

Chalk up another one to the forum idiot.

Originally Posted by pickel

That article is 3 years old.

I never said the article was current now did I. Fuck. How is the date of the article relevant ?

I don't think I seen a woman all weekend that wasn't wearing them.

Originally Posted by pickel

That article is 3 years old

similar to the thought processes of backspit

pro tip for the backspit - the reason these women do not want to have sex anymore is because of people like you who think they are all "alpha male " and who tell them continuously that they want to fcuk them

Forget mom Jean's, it's all latex, leather look in the UK at the moment.

There's some horrendous sights that are ruining the sultry history of the look.

Mom jeans are comfortable. They don't compress your blood vessels (unlike skinny jeans which are bad for blood circulation). My sister wears mom jeans (but then she's a mom & slightly overweight).

I have high waisted jeans (not exactly loose like mom jeans) and skinny jeans. If going around town doing errands, I'll prefer the semi-mom jeans - they're more comfy!

Originally Posted by Backspin

I don't think I seen a woman all weekend ...

FTFY

Originally Posted by pickel

That article is 3 years old.

As is skidmark's mental age.

A bitchy moron is indeed a site to see. My mom wore jeans her whole life as did most of my friends moms. Normal but not to skiddy. Just something to bitch about. Can you imagine having to interact with this guy?

Originally Posted by katie23

Mom jeans are comfortable. They don't compress your blood vessels (unlike skinny jeans which are bad for blood circulation). My sister wears mom jeans (but then she's a mom & slightly overweight).

I have high waisted jeans (not exactly loose like mom jeans) and skinny jeans. If going around town doing errands, I'll prefer the semi-mom jeans - they're more comfy!

Seems practical.

But its just strange seeing 20 year old girls wearing them as a fashion statement. I was at this outdoor festival and seriously I didn't see any girls not wearing them. They were all trying to out mom-jean each other.

Originally Posted by Backspin

But its just strange seeing 20 year old girls wearing them as a fashion statement. I was at this outdoor festival and seriously I didn't see any girls not wearing them. They were all trying to out mom-jean each other.

Hint: They are not wearing them for you.

Well at least the 'moms' can buy a pair of trousers that fit them, backspit.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Hint: They are not wearing them for you.

Correct. They wear their jeans for themselves.

@backspin - the young gals (or jeans manufacturers) have probably wisened up to the fact that skinny jeans are bad for circulation. There are now women in their late 20s to 30s who have leg/ mobility problems due to years of wearing skinny jeans.

As for the low rise jeans (which were in fashion for a while), one always has to be conscious if the underwear is showing.

I'm also wondering why backspin is concerned about women's fashion. puzzled:

Originally Posted by katie23

@backspin - the young gals have probably wisened

Well, it happens, Katie. Just like a pair of old jeans.

(wisened: become dry, shrunken and wrinkled)

Originally Posted by Backspin

I never said the article was current now did I. Fuck. How is the date of the article relevant ?

I don't think I seen a woman all weekend that wasn't wearing them.

I don't think I seen a woman all weekend that was wearing them.

Originally Posted by cyrille

(wisened: become dry, shrunken and wrinkled)

Something tells me you have not worn a lot of jeans. Old jeans are a treasure that are very hard to part with.

Originally Posted by katie23

I'm also wondering why backspin is concerned about women's fashion. puzzled:

Cause the stupid fuck is a cross dressing stain just waiting his chance to come out of the closet.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Hint: They are not wearing them for you.

Yet Backspit thinks he is the magnet which draws all females . . . from the ugliest hookers in Jamaica to LBs in Thailand.

Originally Posted by Backspin

How is the date of the article relevant ?

Geeezuus. Why even bring up a 3 year old article on women's clothing. Styles change constantly, especially with women.

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As for the low rise jeans (which were in fashion for a while), one always has to be conscious if the underwear is showing.
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Absolutely! I hated it when people could see my M&S whitey Y fronts rising up when I knelt down. I solved that problem by now wearing no underwear at all, and now everyone gets a good view of my arse-crack!