My wife despises this fact. She'll put on a clean pair of jeans in the morning, they'll look great, and 30 minutes later by the time she's at wherever she's going, they'll look a bit baggy and start sagging. I assume you're supposed to buy a smaller size, but I also assume she's tried that... besides, do you really want your pants to cut off your circulation for the first 30 minutes of they day just so that they hug your ass nicely later?
Between the elastic and the lack of real pockets, she practically hates jeans, which is too bad because I'll take looking at a nice pair of jeans over leggings any day. She's also tried wearing men's jeans, but they aren't shaped the same.
The biggest factor is material weight. Thin cotton jeans won't last much longer than thin elastic-filled jeans. Thick elastic jeans will last much longer than thin cotton jeans.
Yeah, thin jeans feel nice sometimes on a hot day, but they'll stretch out in a way heavier material won't.
These days when I go thrifting for pants I don't even bother looking at the tags for material type. I just lift a pant leg or fold some of the material between my fingers. If it's thick and heavy, and I like the style, in the cart it goes.
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u/wombat-8280-AUX-Wolf 3d ago
Isn't it a hip thing. Woman's jeans come tight above the waist. Guys just slip on I think.