*grumbles about not being able to find jeans that will fit*

[arethinn]

I'm starting to seriously consider shelling out the bucks ($54) to have a Land's End custom-fit pair made. I usually buy all my jeans at Goodwill or similar thrift stores, since the huge variety of brand and cut and size means that I generally can find at least one pair that fits when I go shopping. But for the past few months I've had no luck at all and I'm down to five pairs, two of which are really more "stonewash grey" than black, and another of which is quite faded from the rich black they were when I bought them. If I look at the sizing info on Land's End's pre-manufactured pants (and similar, e.g. Eddie Bauer), the numbers always look to me like they could never possibly fit. A common problem is that the "rise" (measurement from crotch to waist) is too tall for me. The regular inseam is 31 1/2 inches - too long - but the petite is 29 1/2 - too short, although by only about half an inch, so I might be willing to deal if I were confident they'd fit otherwise, but I'm not. Jeans, like bras, really are not something I can buy sight unseen by its supposed measurements, unlike (say) shoes or t-shirts.

The ones that I have that fit well happen to be a CK pair, some London Jean sort-of-flared boot cuts, and some Liz Claiborne stretch jeans. Fuck buying any of these new, for a couple of reasons. I've found what looked like the same CKs at Goodwill a couple of times, but trying them on always resulted in disappointment (usually the waist being too big, and in one case the legs being too long).

fnerk.