Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Now that skinny jeans are out, let's talk about the SHOES problem

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THE WHYS & SO WHATS
So You've Been Told That Your Skinny Jeans Are Over…
“Now that [skinny jeans have] officially been relegated to "mom jeans" status, I don't feel any sting.”
If you missed the generational war on TikTok over skinny jeans—lucky you! If not, check out this conversation between two of our editors who remember when mom jeans were just for moms. Connie Wang and Irina Grechko discuss how the writing was already on the wall for skinny jeans, and why the end of this era is hitting a particular nerve among fellow old millennials.

Connie: I know we don't write about "fashion don't's," especially when the reason for the "don't" is that it's no longer cool. So…explain yourself, Irina.

Irina: Let me start by saying believe that, for the most part, anyone should be able to wear whatever they desire—jokes on me though, because I wasn't prepared to become the object of that ire, and for my skinny jeans, of all things. But, as I got ready to be offended and fight back, I realized that I, too, have no plans to wear tight jeans in the future. After a year in soft pants and loose dresses, what's more "uncool" to me is the idea of wearing something as uncomfortable as skinny jeans. But if people still like wearing them and have no plans to abandon them, I say ignore the critics. Trends are cyclical. All uncool styles become "cool" again.

Connie: You weren't exactly surprised that skinny jeans were over, were you?

Irina: No. As much as I continue to favor them on myself, skinny jeans have been on their way out. Runways have already moved over to baggy jeans several years ago. I rarely see anyone young in tightly fitted denim on the street anymore. Frankly, I was just waiting for someone to pronounce them "over." Still, it's funny to me that what we Millennials considered mom jeans in the '00s are now cool jeans, and skinny jeans are the new mom jeans.

Connie: As a fellow medium-old millennial, I too remember just how shocking skinny jeans felt to put on for the first time. Specifically, I remembered how weird my calves and feet looked in them and thinking that this trend was going to be impossible. But when the novelty of it all settled, I found them to be kind of exciting, inasmuch as jeans can be exciting. To clarify, this isn't a question as much as it is an opportunity to make it about ~ me ~.

Irina: Personally, I didn't find skinny jeans weird when they first came out. I was so happy that it was finally on-trend to wear non-low-rise pants that covered my buttcrack that none of the other things bothered me. So what if I my legs occasionally felt like they were covered by sausage casings? So what if I needed to give up my Converse high-tops? I was ready for ballet flats and ankle booties anyway. They only really became weird for me during the pandemic, when I was reminded of the many times I contorted my limbs and hips in ways I didn't think were possible to fit into jeans after I mistakenly threw them in the dryer. Or the times I've broken nails trying to take them off after a long day.

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