Fashion advice

[radegund]

Dubliners: where would you say a well-made pair of boot-cut blue jeans might be hanging out, waiting for me to buy it?

My last pair came from Penneys and cost (I think) €12. Perfect fit and style, but I've worn a hole in the arse and the overall look is beginning to be "tatty" rather than "aged". I think I'm prepared to spend a little more this time round - but for quality, not label...

General comments from non-Dubliners on the theory and practice of jeans acquisition will also be gratefully received!

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

I got my last pair in A-wear, and they're fine so far. Miss Sixty and Diesel do good fits, depending on your size - trial and error are your friend. I fear a trip to the scary, scary BT2 may be in order...

(Oh, and we so care: Philippe informs me that boot-cut is so totally over.)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Philippe informs me that boot-cut is so totally over.

Nooo! Say it ain't so!

So what's replacing it? (Tell me it's not that five-inch single turn-up that brings the trousers so flatteringly half way up one's calves...)

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Nope. Skinny and tailored, like your new cream trews, or baggy, like stellanova's new faded jeans that trail on the ground. I'm with tailored, but baggy (straight leg) might do you.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Oh, I reckon I could do tailored, all right. As long as they weren't too snug around the thighs!

[syleth.livejournal.com]

Marks & Spencer are great! Lots of sizes, lots of lengths, lots of styles. Both the Per Una or the standard M&S range are good, I have a nice pair of boot-cut from the M&S range, which I love wearing cos they're so damn comfortable.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Good suggestion. I tend to pigeonhole shops in my head: M&S is knickers and cheap T-shirts - haven't bought anything else there in a long time. But the Grafton Street branch is just around the corner from work, so I'll definitely check it out.