A Woman’s Guide To Picking The Perfect Pair Of Jeans

The right pair of jeans should be both comfortable and flattering. It should skim your body, accentuating your best features while downplaying your flaws. But finding such a pair of jeans isn’t always easy. 

Want an easier way to find your perfect pair of jeans? You need to know your body type, and which styles of jeans will best fit your body type. Read on, and never struggle to find the right pair of jeans again. 

Know Your Body Type

If you don’t know your body type, you’ll have trouble finding a pair of jeans that fits you perfectly. You need to learn how to find your body type. Take measurements of your shoulders, bust, waist, and hips to determine your body type. 

Women’s bodies come in several basic types: strawberry, apple, banana, pear, and, breaking with the pattern, hourglass. If you have a strawberry-shaped body, you carry your weight in your bust, and have narrower, slim hips and toned thighs. If you have a banana-shaped body, you have a body with few curves – your waist, hips, and shoulders are about the same size and you have little definition around your waist. If you have an apple-shaped body, you have slim legs and a large bust, but carry most of your extra weight around your abdomen. The slimmest part of your body is right under your breasts. 

Pear shaped women are bottom-heavy, with generous hips and thighs and smaller busts and shoulders. Hourglass women have what many consider perfect proportions. Their hips, shoulders, and bust are about the same size, while the waist is considerably smaller – at least ten inches smaller. People with hourglass figures tend to carry extra weight all over the body.

Choose Your Rise

There are three rise types to choose from in jeans: low rise, mid-rise, and high-rise. Low-rise jeans are coming back in style, and they’re a good option if you want to show off slim hips. Women with strawberry and banana bodies, as well as slimmer hourglass figures, can rock low-rise jeans. Just make sure you get a pair that fits snugly around the hips and doesn’t gap.

Mid-rise jeans provide some support for the midsection and hide a multitude of sins for women carrying a little extra weight around the middle. High-rise jeans provide a classic silhouette that’s flattering to slimmer hourglass bodies as well as bodies with slimmer hips, like strawberries and bananas.

Choose Your Style

Women’s jeans are available in several styles. Each style of women’s jeans fits differently, and every style won’t be suited to every body type. Some body types should avoid some styles of jeans. Only one or two jeans styles is appropriate for all body types.

Boyfriend jeans are a popular style for women, thanks to their slouchy, comfortable, relaxed fit. Strawberry, apple, and banana shapes look best in boyfriend jeans. If you have a pear-shaped body, boyfriend styles might provide a little extra room around the hips. But don’t go too baggy – it will just make your hips look bigger.

Straight leg jeans are perhaps the most casual and laid-back of the jean styles. They’re not as tight as skinny jeans, but still have a slimming effect. Straight leg jeans look great on all body types. They fit close to the body without hugging curves like a skinny jean does. They provide plenty of room to move comfortably without being baggy.

Skinny jeans also work for all body types, if you can bring yourself to wear them. Dark wash skinny jeans flatter hourglass and pear shapes the most, because they have a slimming effect on the hips and thighs. Light wash skinny jeans are best for other body types. Grab ankle skinny jeans if you’re on the petite side – the flash of skin at the bottom of the leg will make you look taller. 

If you want to bring balance to an hourglass or pear shape, choose a bootcut or flare leg jean. A boot cut is basically a very small flare, and larger flares can have a visually balancing effect for women with curvy hips. Flared jeans should come down far enough to barely touch the floor. They can make your legs look longer, especially if you’re tall. 

If you’re a woman who struggles to find a good pair of jeans, you should be shopping based on your body type. When you consider the shape of your body, it’s easy to choose jean styles that will fit and feel good.

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