First things first: for you newcomers who may not know this, I'm a denim addict. I know that academia and keen fashion interest may seem like an odd pairing, but I'm kind of hopeless.
I've lost some weight recently (living alone for two months will do this when you're crap at cooking for yourself). I lost one pair of jeans to falling-off-my-arseness (eh, the Joe's could go; they were $15 secondhand) and one pair to a horrible accident in New Mexico that involved catching some threads on a metal bed-frame and ripping a three-inch gash in the thigh of my beloved Paige boot-cuts (should have kept them, you might say, but I'm not a ripped-jeans kind of gal).
My jeans-drawer population is currently 4 pairs. Which is a skeleton crew, considering how frequently I wear jeans. eBay is normally my first port of call for replacements.
I have pretty good luck finding top brands there for next to nothing. My PRPS boot-cuts are almost falling off my hipbones, but I refuse to part with them; they're the softest, most comfortable denim I've ever owned, and I paid a sort-of-stupid amount of money for them as it is. However, I'm not keen on the thought of overeating just for the hell of it. I can't really fill my stomach the way I used to. For a foodie like me, this is painful.
ETA: Worn-once-or-twice Diesel boot-cuts won at the five-minute mark for six quid! Some master denim labels have not made me happy. I will see what an incompetent one can do.
I have a sort of weird envy towards people who can (and have the patience to) find jeans that fit and flatter.
I love being dropped in, say, T.J. Maxx and let loose on the denim section. I could spend hours.
Oh man, I love clothes, but the idea of that makes me cry.
I would talk about denim but I really only buy from an American store aimed at tweens. :|
Edited at 2010-11-16 11:59 pm (UTC)
Before that, though, they fit well and were terribly soft, so...eh?