Dear Maternity Jean Designers,
Do you smoke crack?
Sorry to be so blunt, but come on! I am really struggling here.
I’m looking for jeans. Okay? Just a pair of jeans! I’m tired of screwing around with an old hair tie a la McGyver. I just want to pull on a pair of jeans and be done with it.
My options are: a. low rise, b. full panel. Let’s start with low rise.
I don’t know about you, but I have an ass. I like to cover it with my pants and not just…oh, say a thin strip of cotton underwear. I also like to sit down, because you know. I’M PREGNANT. So your low rise maternity jeans? Complete shit.
What’s my other option? Oh, yeah. Full panel. *sigh*
I’m 4 months pregnant and (oddly enough) I don’t enjoy the sensation of having a yard of pants fabric stretching clear up around my boobs. Maybe by month 9, I’ll be all over it, but now? Now I feel like a freak wearing a pair of clown pants. No, I’m not going to roll the panel down! Oh yes, lets add ANOTHER 2 inches of bulk to my already bloated waist! Brilliant.
Also? Why are all of your jeans made for either petite or average women? In case you didn’t know, tall people have sex. Shocking, but true.
Your stretch jean fabric really needs improvement. It doesn’t “spring back” and by the end of the day the ass is all stretched out and I look like I crapped my pants.
Kthnks,
Jaci
11 comments:
I LOVE YOU JACI! I absolutely agree, about a trajillion percent. I think the people who design them, are OBVIOUSLY not the ones who wear them. Apparently they buy the cute $100 ones that the rest of us cant afford. I wish that I could find cute stuff that doesnt cost an arm and a leg, that doesnt look like I was dressed by my grandma.
That is all. If I am still alive after this morning sickness, and get to the maternity clothes stage, I am sure there will be more bitching on my part, so stand by for that, lol.
I had blue jeans with a snap waist..listed are some sites with adjustable and half stomach coverage...
http://www.thefind.com/apparel/info-stretch-adjustable-waist-jeans
http://www.motherhood.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=909150051&MasterCategory_Id=MC6
They even have pregnancy jeans?? Well, maybe they did way, way back in the day when I was pregnant. But I was pregnant in the SUMMER. IN TEXAS!!! Too darn hot to wear pants of any kind; shorts for me. I need to do a letter to all clothes manufacturers. It seems they have forgotten that petite means SHORT! All the pants I've tried on lately (yes from the petites) are several inches too long! What's up with that???
I had to use rubber bands around the button and through the button hole. Very unattractive.
Two words - GAP MATERNITY. You'll thank me. And I'm not being paid to endorse them. Jennifer
I was able to find some interesting ones from Kohl's...took a minute to get used to them, and they're pretty expensive, but worth it on sale. They are full panel, which can be rolled down, but they have some sort of panty-hose type material instead of being really bulky. And they fit my 5'8" 7-month pregnant body :)
Gigi, I have the same problem! I just bought "Short" length at Aeorpastel the other day and they are too long!! they just don't make them short enough for me!
why don't thy make girls pants like guys...with waist and length measurements? I'm very short, but have a thicker waist. . . well thicker than THEY THINK you're supposed to have. they think being short means little waste. whatevs!
jacki, gah. i feel ya! hope you find something!! crystal ended up wearing a skirt at the end of her pregnancy because nothing else fit!
I've been fighting the maternity jeans battle as well. I have two pairs of the below-the-belly pants and two pairs with the giant panel. One of each are actually comfortable. Another pair is so tight it makes me violent. The other pair constantly needs to be yanked up. I can't wait to be done with maternity clothes. 4 more weeks!
Good luck in your search. Left an award for you on my blog. :)
LOL. How about this - I DID NOT WEAR JEANS the entire 2nd and 3rd trimesters of this most recent pregnancy. Hmmm, maybe that's why she came out 9 lbs 14 oz?
Great post.
I suggest moo-moo's! Is that how you spell that? I was so big that jeans of any type was out!
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