Mom Jeans are Back!

Bloggers who have followed me for a long time know what a pain buying pants have been for me.  From quite a while ago my children kept telling me that my pants were not up to the current fashion standard.  My daughter said I needed to stop wearing "mom jeans."  Even my son-in-law agreed that my jeans needed to be updated.

I finally gave in and let my daughter buy me a new pair of more fashionable jeans to wear to Egypt several years ago from Old Navy.  I bought what I thought was comfortable.  However, there was some stretch to it and after wearing them for a couple of days, they almost fell off of my hips when I was running across the street in Cairo.  Just imagine what a scene that might have caused.

 

For one thing, at my age I don't have much of a hip anymore to hold those low waistbands up.  On top of that there's been a redistribution of my body fat.  It's now located in front of my hips.  When I wear those "fashionable" jeans I get this horrendous, bulbous, blobby love handles.  And on top of that... my blouses were too short for the lower waisted pants.  Therefore, when I put my hands up, what did you see?  Yup!   Not pretty!  So I had to update my blouses too.

I finally found some Docker capris that I live in now and Style & Co. jeans for when I travel (with a little higher waistlines).

Imagine my surprise when I opened the L.L. Bean catalog last week.

MOM Jeans!!!

They certainly don't call it that, but that's what it is alright.  The waist is higher and what do you know?  They even added elastic!  I couldn't believe it.

What was that saying?

What goes around, comes around.

Sure enough!