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Your Favorite Jeans? Giveaway!

September 28th, 2009

I live in jeans, basically. I wear them all the time–with a T-shirt to hang out around the house, with a blazer or nice top to teach in, under sweater dresses–all the time. So as you can imagine, I have Opinions about various brands of plus-size jeans. Allow me to take you on my journey, won’t you? At the end, there are prizes!

TORRID
For a long time, my favorite pair of jeans was a pair of l.e.i. flare-leg jeans from Torrid, extra-long inseam, because I am tall. So what do they do? Right when I’m about to go and order ten million pairs? THEY DISCONTINUE THEM. Heart: broken. Torrid has a lot of jeans, and I’ve had some hits and misses from them. The big downside is that they’re pretty spendy, and I don’t have a Torrid near me, so it’s that online buy-and-send-back thing. Annoying when jeans range anywhere from $50-$90. (I see they’ve added $200 Ed Hardy jeans. Hmm, had no idea they were doing plus sizes. I wonder…)

LANE BRYANT
Lane Bryant has the Right Fit jeans, in a variety of shapes and styles, which have worked out for a lot of people, but not really for me. They’re okay, and I have a couple of pairs, but one wash fits really differently from the other. Not only that, I was told time and time again to buy them tight because they’d stretch, but I bought them tight and then they never did stretch, and they dig into my waist kind of uncomfortably because of the curvy cut that I need.

OLD NAVY AND TARGET
I’ve also bought jeans from Old Navy, which 1. is hit and miss anyway, and 2. pulled plus sizes out of their stores, which annoyed me, and 3. once sent me a pair of jeans with creepy mesh pockets, which, why? And also, so creepy. The largest sizes of their “regular” jeans sometimes fit and sometimes don’t, and those are decent jeans, but their “plus” jeans have been uniformly awful, when I’ve tried them. So, no. The other brand I’ve tried is of course my beloved Target. I have two pairs of jeans from them, one is a little “mom jeans” for my liking (but comfortable) and one has a very cool wash, but no stretch in the denim, and isn’t very comfortable. All of which leads me to…

LEE JEANS
Lee contacted me a while back and offered to send me some of their new plus-sized jeans, with the DEEPLY UNFORTUNATE NAME of “slender secret stretch.” I think it is this pair, actually. As a fan of free clothes, I said HELL YES. And you guys, horrible name notwithstanding? I seriously love these jeans. They are a little stretchy and comfortable, without being creepy. They are delightfully curve-hugging. They come in long, regular, and petite. If they sucked, I would tell you (see above). But they do not, they do not suck!

GIVEAWAY
Lee Jeans, as you may have surmised, is giving me jeans to give away. TEN PAIRS, to be exact! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment describing your favorite pair of jeans. I’ll choose winners at random, and e-mail you to get your size (they go up to 30W). Deadline is Friday!

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: Fashion, Meta, Old Navy, Target

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  2. Jordan, on October 5th, 2009 at 3:22 pm Said:

    I am sure I missed the boat on the contest, but have to share with you my jean obsession. I have been scouting for THE PERFECT PAIR for the past 3 years. I am not so much in love with Lane Bryant and my other more-to-love selections. Torrid is hit or miss. Old Navy is cut weird. I am tall and baby got back. I rarely purchase the same jeans twice because for one reason or another, I become disenchanted. Well, I have FOUR pairs of Silver Frances cut jeans. They certainly got it right. The inseam is 33″. PERFECT. The jeans are stretchy, but not spandexy. The colors are DEAD ON. They look like the trendy jeans that all the skinny girls get to wear while my options have always been acid-washed or dark blue. LOVE THEM. They are comfy and I look hot without looking like sausage. I have since ordered some more Silver Brand in different cuts because I am so impressed. I have emailed all my friends about them, so, it’s only fitting that I go bragging on various blogs. (But, I have to admit, I waiting to go bragging to everyone until I hit my purchase limit because I didn’t want my size to run out. That’s right. I made sure I got mine first!) Anyway, try ’em and let me know what you think.

  3. Crystal Gilland, on October 7th, 2009 at 3:14 pm Said:

    My favorites are Lucky Brand jeans or sometimes Gap or Old Navy.

    Crystal Gilland
    gilland@etsu.edu

  4. anne, on October 9th, 2009 at 12:14 am Said:

    Absolutely agree with the svoboda problem. They look totally gorgeous right out of the dryer but the butt bags in a couple hours so you look like you’re wearing a diaper.

    I love Target women’s jeans, but I only like dark wash, which they only carry a couple times a year. I order four pairs at a time.

  5. Jerri, on November 26th, 2009 at 1:55 am Said:

    Tsukata where is the store where all the LE custom jeans that do not fit get returned to? If near me I will try that too. Do they have alot to choose from or only a few pair?

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