The skinny jean debate

I am not one to be really current with fashion trends. My style is "dress for the elements" with a bit of thrift store free. I could never be accused of being trendy or hip. Between living with a young adult whose fashion sense is very good, daughters who have a very strong sense of their own style and new friends who would never be caught in mom jeans, I find myself contemplating fashion more than I ever have before.

It is all about the skinny jeans and boot trend that seems to be everywhere. Every age, every body shape, every gender seems to be wearing various styles of the skinny jean and boot look. (Let me just take a minute and voice my opinion that skinny jeans + guys = a horrible look...but that's just me.) I just don't know if I can rock this look. Jackie insists that I can do it and has been my most vocal supporter, making me try on various combinations.

I'm sure that this is just another body issue thing for me. I've always been more comfortable in looser fitting clothes, even when I was dead skinny. I've been making some movement towards closer fitting clothes, much to the delight of Hubby, but I'm just not sure I can make the leap.

But if I'm gonna do it, I gotta do it soon. Jackie is leaving us to pursue higher education. (Apparently that is more important than hanging out with us...the nerve!)