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Have you ever wondered why a particular pair of female jeans does not suit you and a particular one suits you perfectly and is not even tight-skinned? You try to hide your concern under the ideology of body positivity but deep down you know that particular pair of jeans does not make you look smart. Do not wonder for long, that particular pain of jeans does not suit your body type, you need a different type.
Just like some dresses accentuate the beauty of a body type, there are pairs of jeans that work wonders on the overall appearance of a wearer. We are going to be looking at different types of feminine jeans and the body types they appreciate.
1. Skinny jeans
This is the most popular of all jean types that ladies get. Everyone wants one but does it suit everyone? No. It is also called tight jeans because of its nature. It started reigning as a modern fashion item for men in the early 2000s. But it became a feminine thing in 2005.
Skinny jeans have always received criticism from people because of their tight nature. In New York, doctors theorized that it was the cause of the prevalence of apoplexy. Skinny jeans are believed by modern physicians to cause numbness due to the compression of nerves.
The prevalence of skinny jeans seems to have dwindled because of the various fashion bans until we started seeing it recently as being tight and stretchy making it more comfortable than its form in its early years of introduction. An article by the popular fashion magazine, Elle, advises women to go for ‘slim’ jeans and not necessarily skin-tight ones.
This type of jeans fits the hourglass shape as it highlights their long legs. Dark skinny jeans also fit the pear and hourglass body shape. The apple and athletic body shape will also look good in light-wash skinny jeans.
2. Bootcut jeans
The first appearance of the bootcut jeans can be traced to the 1960s. It was originally made for cowboys, coal miners, and, manual workers. But it is now incorporated into female fashion and it gives a balanced proportion. It was made as a modification to the skinny tight jeans worn by all then. The jeans were also used as a form of protest against white-collar jobs in America.
This female jeans is fitted from the waist down to the knee part, the rest of it is in a slight flare, which makes the hips appear narrower and the legs longer. With so many reviews from fashion experts, it is decided that bootcut jeans look great for a pear body shape.
Bootcut jeans accentuate the waist because it is tight around the upper thigh area. It allows for a balanced silhouette because it provides room for your hips and thighs.
3. Boyfriend jeans
The advent of this clothing can be traced to the Hollywood phenomenon, Marilyn Munroe when she wore her boyfriend’s loosely-fitting jeans in the 1960s. It came back to the limelight in the 2000s when Kate Holmes wore Tom Cruise’s jeans in New York when she was still married to him. These jeans give the perception of wearing one’s boyfriend’s clothes as they hang loosely on one’s hips thereby accentuating the waist.
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The jeans are characterized by their bagginess and are made into a feminine fit now so you do not necessarily have to wear your boyfriend’s jeans. It hangs low on the waist to give that silhouetted figure. Boyfriend jeans suit all body types perfectly well but it is to an advantage to body types that have their hips narrower than the waist, for example, the inverted triangle.
4. High-waisted, ‘high rise‘ jeans
According to Brag Vintage, the high-waisted jeans first came into style when the denim manufacturer Levi’s produced jeans for women working on the land and in factories for the war effort in the 1940s. Before the modification, the jean was called ‘high rise‘ with a flare style below the knee down to the ankle.
Now, we have the high-waisted jeans as fitted all through and even loosely fit ones. But this jean type is characterized by the ‘ high-rise‘ design. It became popular in the late 1960s through the 1970s and was regarded as ‘mom jeans‘. Now, there are modifications to this design of jeans but the high-rise design remains constant.
These female jeans are befitting for people of average height as they make their legs look longer. It does not leave out the tall people as it illustrates a short torso when worn by them. This jean type that is all fitted is suitable for the hourglass figure because it would appreciate their curves. Then other modifications to this jean type are suitable for those with small waists.
It is the most important jean type that is combined with other jean types.
5. Flared jeans
A fashion blog, Stitch Fix Style, describes flare jeans as ‘trousers that start getting wider at the knees, widening as they approach the ankle. The bottom part of flared pants can feature a conservative flare, like bootcut jeans, or have dramatic wide legs ‘. It accentuates the curves and balances out proportion.
This jeans type was worn first by the American sailors and it was called ‘bell bottoms’ because of its similarity with a bell shape- it gets wider downwards. The popularity of this clothing reached its popularity in the 1970s with the inclusion of the female jeans type.
This jean type looks tempting to wear because of its obvious comfortability but they look great in the pear and hourglass shape. But with correct styling, it can still look nice on any body shape.
NOTE:– These are all just suggestions to make women, ladies, and girls feel more confident in their clothing. It is important to look smart and fit but once you feel confident and comfortable in any jeans type, you can go for it girl!
Remember that it is not about the clothes, it is about how you style and combine them with other clothes.
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