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Britons spend a staggering £3.2billion a 12 months on denim, in accordance with Primark. It’s no shock once we’re all responsible of hoarding multiples; the similar survey discovered 12 per cent of Geordies and Mancunians personal ten or extra pairs of jeans.
Admittedly, I’m with them. I have 14 pairs in my assortment, and I do know a fellow editor who has 20 and counting.
But even with full trouser drawers, we frequently have that one trusty fashion we maintain returning to as a result of it’s the excellent size, matches your bottom properly or is cozy sufficient to put on all day.
Denim feels private. What fits you varies wildly relying on your top, age and body kind.
And it might really feel difficult to get your denim good. So, we requested the girls on YOU’s editorial group to share the jeans they discover themselves sporting on repeat.
For lengthy legs
Loved by Kath Brown, 61, options director
Height 5ft 7in
Nice pins? These match nicely on the waist – not too excessive and no muffin top. The denim is properly stiff for this lower cost and I like the darkish indigo color. They are correctly straight, too. Not saggy, not skinny, so very flattering.
For followers of inflexible denim
Loved by Skeley,
Height 5ft 9in
Nice pins? These come in a superb inflexible denim and they match extensive hips and smaller waists. The 34in leg choice is a recreation changer for us taller women, and for petites there’s a 28in size, too. You’ll be pushed to purchase only one pair. I’m afraid I’m responsible of proudly owning a number of!
For an hourglass determine
Loved by Leo Walstow, 54, senior sub editor
Height 5ft 6½in
Nice pins? I have 4 pairs of those in completely different colors, however all in a brief size, regardless of me being in no manner petite. Barrel cuts have a large silhouette that tapers in, and I discover ending simply above the ankle retains them flattering. The denim is delicate, they’re true to measurement and beneficiant in all the proper locations – the derrière and thighs. While they work with trainers, I like them with a kitten heel. As for the value – critical discount!
For stretch in all the proper locations
Loved by Cannika Bandweight, 29, social layers
Height 5ft 7in
Nice pins? It infuriates me when jeans have waistbands that match round the entrance, however gape at the again. Because these are a Lyocell mix, they have a bit of additional stretch, so that they’re not as stiff as pure denim and they really bend to my curves. They additionally don’t dig in – I might fortunately put on them for hours – and I believe they make my bum look nice.
For the petite and slim
Loved by Nicole Gray, 37, interiors director
Height 5ft 3in
Nice pins? I like these jeans as the excessive waist makes my legs seem longer and they appear simply as nice with a tucked-in tee and trainers as with a shirt, blazer and heels. Plus, as a result of they’re comparatively reasonably priced, I’m not treasured about sporting them when enjoying with the children or the canine. Meanwhile, I have a pair of Donna Ida jeans in my wardrobe that I infrequently put on for concern of ruining them. Pointless.
For straight shapes
Loved by Ester Molloy, 46, image director
Height 5ft 6in
Nice pins? I like classic 501s as a result of they really feel comfy and classic and they’re flattering, too. Good powerful denim jeans final a very long time and I like the manner they age and fade naturally. They additionally don’t lose their form like a few of the cheaper excessive-avenue manufacturers. They’ll price something from £6 upwards on pre-liked websites.
For tall varieties
Loved by Sophie Hines, 37, life-style and digital subscriptions director
Height 5ft 9in
Nice pins? Wide-leg jeans could also be on development proper now, however these are so elegant I believe they have a timeless attraction (therefore the identify – they’d have regarded simply as stylish 50 years in the past!). They nip in the waist and bum, and are an important size in the event you’re tall like me. The darkish indigo color seems to be significantly good and pairs fantastically with a pleasant shirt.
For a jeans-phobe
Loved by Maddy Fletcher, 29, books editor and senior options author
Height 5ft 8½in
Nice pins? I don’t typically love jeans, however these are good. Mostly as a result of I can sit in them for (semi) lengthy durations of time and keep comfy. Also, I believe they’re flattering. Although I’m unsure if this sense is common as a result of my boyfriend calls them my ‘rodeo trousers’ and says ‘yeehaw’ every time I put on them. So do with that what you’ll.
For small waist, big hips
Loved by Sophie Dearden-Howell, 34, trend director
Height 5ft 10in
Nice pins? This model is pricey, but it has modified my life (dramatic however true). I have at all times struggled with jeans – they both look frumpy or naff on my form, or match my thighs however not my waist. Being curvy, I believed the tapered barrel fashion would look horrific on me. However, the manner they slope out to the aspect could be very flattering and it elevates even the easiest of seems to be. I’m additionally tall and have by no means discovered jeans which might be lengthy sufficient. Time and time once more, this model shares the supreme size – tall ladies assemble! I like these, I really feel fab in them and I do know I’ll select them perpetually. The price per put on is already minimal.
For a luxe have a look at a excessive-avenue value
Loved by Lila Flint Roberts, 31, senior bookings editor
Height 5ft 7in
Nice pins? I purchased them in a petite measurement so that they hit slightly below the ankle. They have an excellent quantity of stretch, they cinch and exaggerate my waist and look far more costly than they’re.
For shorties
Loved by Marianne Jones, 60, options director
Height 5ft 3in
Nice pins? Until my 50s, I believed I didn’t go well with jeans. I simply couldn’t discover a fashion that didn’t both sag or flip my thighs into sausages. Skinnies aren’t for me, however nor are flares, which drown my quick body. A trend good friend urged this fashion and I’ve since purchased them on repeat. They have a flat, excessive waistband, so they’re actually flattering round the center and hips, and they have an ideal extensive leg with a touch of cozy stretch. I stay in concern of them being discontinued.
For good meets cozy
Loved by Hope Palmer, 26, trend assistant
Height 5ft 4in
Nice pins? I like these jeans due to the light-weight really feel. They’re so unbelievably cosy however you don’t look frumpy in them. I pop them on once I have to look presentable, but in addition wish to really feel like I’m in my comfies!
For a thin waist
Loved by Alice Robertson, 35, deputy magnificence editor
Height 5ft 5½in
Nice pins? These are excessive waisted, so that they sit properly on the smallest a part of me. I often discover it fairly laborious to return throughout jeans that match at the waist and additionally handle to suit my sizeable cheeks – usually it’s one or the different. But these work nicely, don’t flatten my bum and look very flattering.
For petite and curvy girls
Loved by Jessica Carroll, 28, junior fashion editor
Height 5ft 3in
Nice pins? Expensive? Yes. But completely value every penny. Made from regenerative cotton in a deep indigo, which works for each informal and dressier events, this pair of petite jeans falls to the excellent size – a uncommon factor!
For tall girls with lengthy legs
Loved by Charlotte Cox, 42, chief sub editor
Height 5ft 9in
Nice pins? I’m tall and have lengthy legs – much less supreme than that sounds when jeans procuring. And whether or not they’re on-development (not often) or written off as Seventies throwbacks (often), I’ll be sweeping pavements in these maxi flares until the 2070s. They are excessive waisted, stability broader hips and are very cozy. An funding, however I do intend to put on them for the subsequent 50 years, in any case.
For a wise, trouser-like end
Loved by Stephanie Belingard, 50, image editor
Height 5ft 9in
Nice pins? Jeans that look and really feel like trousers get a big tick from me. I like the flattering excessive-rise minimize of this J Crew pair, and they really feel elevated and polished, relatively than like typical informal jeans. The entrance patch pockets, plus the ones which might be hidden at the again, additionally mimic classic tailoring, which makes them really feel each workplace acceptable and nice for a night occasion.
For cool with out wanting attempt-laborious
Loved by Marion Jones, 62, sub editor
Height 5ft 8in
Nice pins? I have purchased some foolishly costly jeans in my time, however these have been an impromptu on-line buy, once I noticed a ‘last pair’ discount at £12.50. I put on them far too usually. They are in my favorite darkest-denim wash, which by the way lends my creamy tops a classy new lemony hue, so double discount. The cloth is gorgeously delicate, so that they’re as comfy as pyjamas and look far dearer than they have any proper to. They’re a bit big and saggy on me so I wouldn’t say they’re ‘flattering’, however I don’t care about that. I like them. Maybe they’re barely cool, but with out wanting like ‘mutton’. A trend miracle, actually.
For tall ladies who like to put on heels
Loved by Rosie Green, 51, assistant editor (magnificence)
Height 5ft 10in
Nice pins? It’s laborious to say in a number of traces how a lot I like these jeans, however I’ll attempt. They’re extremely flattering, elongating the leg and emphasising the waist. The adjustable buckles imply a customisable match and the delicate, stretchy cloth is comfy (no camel toe right here), but they appear good. As a tall particular person I discover it laborious to get trousers lengthy sufficient, however these jeans are so beneficiant I may even put on heels! Oh, and they wash nicely. They are the most valued merchandise in my wardrobe, definitely.
For a boyish determine
Loved by Tracey Lea Sayer, 54, head of channel @YOUmagazine
Height 5ft 8in
Nice pins? I’m going two methods with my jeans: excessive-waisted darkish indigo wash with a tailor-made match, or completely scruffy and cozy. My present favourites are the latter. This 90s minimize was reissued a number of years in the past, and as quickly as I put them on it was like hanging out with an previous good friend. I used to purchase classic 501s throughout the Eighties and Nineties so have at all times rated love-worn jeans. These make your bum look implausible – and I say this as somebody who isn’t blessed in the booty division!