BR Cream Jeans in action!

I placed my order a mere two days before these arrived. Canada Post may be giving up on home delivery, but the parcel service is alive and kicking, at least before Christmas. 

The only question is do I size up? They feel super soft and comfortable but have some of that thigh wrinkling at the back. Sorry - I tried to get a pic but it didn't really show the issue. 

Mr. Suz (who is generally a fan of looser fitting jeans, FWIW) says they look good like this and would probably look wrong in a size up because they are meant to fit a bit sleek. 

I have been sitting in them for about half an hour and find they have already eased a bit. But I don't want to be wearing them too tight. My BR "slouchy skinnies" from several seasons ago are a size up from this (and much, much slouchier) -- this is my regular size. 

ETA: apologies for the tired expression...not enough sleep with our house filled. 

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60 Comments

  • replied 10 years ago

    These look great on you -- I wonder if the size up will provide more ease or just get the wrinkly elephant skin problem.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Yeah, that is exactly my worry, Ceit, and what Mr. Suz said as well. I really, really don't like that wrinkly elephant skin thing. 

    I think maybe the fabrication is soft and light enough that they either need to be quite loose or quite snug and sleek to work. In between might spell a mess. With my thighs, I would have to size up beyond all possibility to get super loose there. So....

  • Sara L. replied 10 years ago

    They look good on you in these photos!  Unless they feel too tight, I would stay with this size.

  • Elizabeth P replied 10 years ago

    I think you should try the size up... then you'll know.  You sound like you'll continually second guess yourself if you don't.

    ETA... Wow, that's a lot of "you's" in those two sentences!! :)

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    They actually feel perfect in this size. Very much like my Kut Dianas except a softer, lighter fabrication. I love the Dianas. 

  • Angie replied 10 years ago

    No need to size up. I love the way these fit you, Suz. I like the fit on the lower leg - not to tight and full length. 

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    The tags are off! 

    I ADORE the lower leg fit, Angie. That is how my Kut Diana's fit, too. Skinny but NOT calf-sucking. (Janet's memorable phrase). 

    And this fabric feels as soft and cozy as a pair of pyjamas. I am excited about wearing these over the holiday season. They will look great with the new sparkly sweater!

  • replied 10 years ago

    They do look lovely. I wish I could wear light coloured jeans regularly at work!

  • replied 10 years ago

    These look great and your legs look amazing in them! A perfect fit, IMO. I would not size up if you like them and they feel good. They will probably continue to stretch slightly (though not much with only 1% spandex). One size up might only yield that "pants too big" look. You would probably have to go up two sizes to get an intentional look, and even that could backfire, since these are not cut like a actual BF jean. 

    I have had white jeans too tight (excruciating) and white jeans bagged out (sloppy-feeling and added about 20lbs to my frame). Goldilocks says these jeans are just right. :)

  • Beth Ann replied 10 years ago

    Hi Suz!  You look stunning!  They didn't have the cream at my BR, but I tried on the dark denim in what was supposed to be the same fit.  It looked higher in the rise on me, so I didn't think I could fancy tuck with them. 

    These look great on you!  I know exactly what you mean about wrinkling.  I think it's often worse when you size up --- more like sagging --  due to the lightweight nature of stretch fabric.  I ended up with Levis with a firmer, heavier fabric for my denim, but my black and white jeans are like this, too. 

    Cream seems warmer, more inviting, than optic white in winter.

    Take care of yourself this weekend!  Pacing is everything!

  • replied 10 years ago

    Aha! Cross-posted with you, Angie and others. I'm so happy we agree!

  • Angie replied 10 years ago

    chuckling @ calf-sucking. 

    Enjoy your new cream jeans, pretty Suz. I will wear mine today too. Again. I just love wearing light things in Winter. xo

  • El Cee replied 10 years ago

    I think they look perfectly beautiful in this size. Agree with Ceit that, with a larger size, you may get that wrinkly appearance… which could really take away from the overall look (which to me says sleek and light).

    Yay! -- you cut the tags… good choice.

  • Angela K replied 10 years ago

    LOVE these jeans on you! I haven't received mine yet, but if they fit me half as good as they do you, I'll be satisfied. Hope you enjoy them! :)

  • MuseumGal replied 10 years ago

    I'm glad you decided to keep them, I think they look wonderful on you.  This idea that pants shouldn't wrinkle is kind of wacky, I think.  Pants on a real live body will pull and wrinkle.  Period.  That said, I see minimal wrinkling, just your sleek physique and long legs. 

  • RunswithDolphins replied 10 years ago

    I was shocked that you would even considering sizing up!  These fit you
    perfectly, you love how they feel and DH loves how they look.  Win - Win - Win!

  • Alassë replied 10 years ago

    You look great!

  • Mo replied 10 years ago

    These are great!  That's how I want my straight legs to fit.  Glad you cut the tags and are keeping them.

  • Joy replied 10 years ago

    You look amazing in them. I just ordered them in 2 sizes to try and hope they look half as good on me.

  • Jules replied 10 years ago

    I am loving these on you - and wanting some for myself! But in our climate, since I take transit to work the only way these will get worn is with tall boots. Of which I have black and taupe brown pairs and I'm not sure either will really work. Do you foresee wearing these with any of your tall boots? I supposed cognac would look great.... I also have burgundy booties but those are only for dry days and I think those are mostly over.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Mo - these might work for you, too -- they have an 8 inch rise. 

    Joy, they will look superb on you, I am sure of it. They'll have a bit more ease over the thigh on you than on me and that will look elegant. 

  • replied 10 years ago

    I LOVE these! Glad you took the tags off. I had some very good quality cream denim fabric arrive today. I'm going to have a go at making some jeans. I'm really enthusiastic now I've seen yours.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Jules, that's a really good question. 

    I wore my white jeans with booties on dryer days last winter/ early spring. Even then I got spots on them. Fortunately, they washed out easily. But it's one thing to do that when you work at home and another thing to walk around work all day a spotted mess. Or anywhere else, for that matter. 

    I did tuck my white jeans into cognac boots last year and really liked the effect. I think that will work with the cream ones, too. I also have black and grey tall boots that I could try. The grey ones are heeled, however, and that look (heeled boots with skinnies tucked in) isn't really "me." 

    I have also ordered a pair of light taupe/ tan boots that I hope might work. They are the ones that Parsley mentioned (Gee Wa Was) with the lace up backs...really low price but all leather. I am not sure they will fit me but if they do, they will be perfect for tucking these pants into. Not too much contrast. 

  • Thistle replied 10 years ago

    So glad you cut the tags!  These look lovely on you, and I think a size up would not get you the slouch you want, but would get you elephant skin!

  • Jules replied 10 years ago

    Yeah I can potentially see them with my taupe boots - but only with lighter, tonal tops. I have mostly jewel tones in my winter wardrobe. One recent addition of an oatmeal tneck but that is as close as I get to winter "whites"!
    I think these will be great with your wardrobe however and look forward to the WIWs. 

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Jules, I think for me -- my light hair bookends. So I can probably wear them with any colour top. But I'll have to experiment with that. 

    I do wonder how Angie manages not to get all spotty in Seatlle. When I walk, I flick little bits of wet dirt onto the backs of my calves. Does this not happen to others? Of course on a perfectly dry sidewalk it is okay. 

  • Liz A. replied 10 years ago

    Those look even better on you than on the model!

  • Lisa replied 10 years ago

    Didn't read the comment yet but I vote nay to sizing up.  They are supposed to fit like this, they are a skinny jean.  I think a size up it will be baggy in the wrong places.  I LOVE how they lighten up the overall outfit and have my fingers crossed that mine will fit like these.  A great addition to your wardrobe!

  • Jules replied 10 years ago

    Oh I can see they will work beautifully for you! And the fit is perfect, IMO.

  • Mo replied 10 years ago

    I did get a big, dark, nasty 'dirty snow' mark from a car wheel well on my white straight legs before I'd hemmed them.  Took two turns with bleach and scrubbing the heck out of the hem, but it came out.  Mostly it was because they were too long then, I think.  

  • Marley replied 10 years ago

    Wow - they look so pretty on you Suz - and I really like the way they fit you!  I'm assuming that you were OK with the yellow undertone of this cream color?  The reason I ask is that the other night while I was waiting for my husband to arrive on the train, I went into our local mall and to the BR to check these out - and (maybe it was the lighting in the store?) but I thought that they looked really yellow (at least compared to my Paige Troy Boys which I was wearing at the time.)  I tried them on anyway and really had a hard time with the fit.  The 24s were too tight, even though I could button them up and still pull them down to my ankles, the 25s were still "fitted" in the waist and hip area, but the legs were so big and baggy - but they didn't look intentionally baggy (know that I mean?), and the 26s were quite slouchy in the waist and (especially!) the rear-end area (they sagged like a diaper) and were even bigger in the legs than the others - but still not the right silhouette for a slouchy skinny type of look!  So, I walked out without them - but I must admit that I'm tempted to go back and give them a try again, because I was in a hurry that night and not in a very good mood - so that could have been clouding my judgement.

    Also - I had at first thought that I didn't need another pair of cream skinnies, but because of the frequency that I wear my Paige T.B.'s - and the fact that I am constantly getting spots on them and so having to wash them quite often - I thought that another pair of cream skinnies was a good idea for me!  Even though I don't live in a rainy or snowy climate - 2 pair seem reasonable to me.  I can't imagine you women who wear them in your "messy" weather being able to keep them clean - but, I give you props for wearing them anyway!  I'm taking mine with me when I go back to the midwest later this month - so, I'll get to experience the "challenge" first hand!

  • Lantana replied 10 years ago

    No need to feel diffident about the fit of these on the upper thigh, they look trim and elegant, glad you're keeping them.

  • Neel replied 10 years ago

    Glad the tags are off! I think they are a nice body skimming fit.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Marley, IRL they are slightly yellow undertoned, but not preposterously. To my eye they still work with greys (obviously) and taupes and blues...they might be tough to pair with my winter whites but I'm not sure about that. Since they're not near my face I am not too worried about the yellow undercast. They just look like...well....cream! 

    You are so tiny! These ones are 26, and, as you see, fit close on the thighs on me. ;) I have real estate there and in behind so that is the reason, I guess....not much in the hips but thighs and bum, yes. 

  • kkards replied 10 years ago

    these are now officaly on my shopping list!
    they look fab!

  • Makrame replied 10 years ago

    These look great on you!  I ordered a pair yesterday (actually, two pairs since I could not settle on the size), and am looking forward to trying them on.

  • Mona replied 10 years ago

    Great buy, Suz! I am hoping to see a lot of WIW's with these. I also ordered these in my regular size and was wondering later if I should have sized up.

  • replied 10 years ago

    Late to reply, but I think they are good! Enjoy.

  • replied 10 years ago

    Suz, I did not read the comments but don't size up. That material stretches out a lot. They look great and perfect to my eye. I am not into the whole soggy skinny jean thing he!

  • Sveta replied 10 years ago

    I think they look great, Su...which leads me to believe that mine are not a good fit for me :-(
    Oh well, I guess I will live vicariously through you!

  • kellygirl replied 10 years ago

    Fantastic! 

  • Marley replied 10 years ago

    Oh, that's good to know that they still work with our "cool" colors - really makes me think that I need to go back and try them again.  (I've got a bad case of "lemmingitis!")
    Suz - I'm not so tiny - I'm just a rectangle - no hips or butt or waist and skinny legs - straight up and down.  But then on top, I'm much bigger - so, I think you and I have just the opposite types of bodies!

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Yep, Marley - that's probably true. I am a slim hourglass/ rectangle with the "hourglass" parts in shoulder and rear/ thighs. (Not bust). You are probably more a rectangle/ IT. It is amazing how differently things can fit even people who are approximately the same shape!!

  • carter replied 10 years ago

    They look great!  Mine will be here Monday.  Hope they look as good on me as they do on you.  I have the same thigh fixation, so lighter colors always seem to be a leap of faith for me.

  • Alexandra replied 10 years ago

    You look great in them! Glad you decided to cut off the tags.

  • Vicki replied 10 years ago

    If they're comfortable, I'd say stick with these, because they look great, Suz.

  • TraceyLiz65 replied 10 years ago

    Love this look and that size on you is sleek and beautiful! 

  • pil replied 10 years ago

    So nice on you Suz, and just as you mentioned they'll look super with your new sweater!

  • Vicki replied 10 years ago

    Laughing at Marley's "lemmingitis," which goes around quite often here.  Easy to catch.  May I ask what that lovely blue tee is that you're wearing?  It's such a perfect shade of mid-tone blue and I like it very much.

  • Sarah A replied 10 years ago

    Wow Suz! Late to the party but these look fantastic on you, I like gray sweater pairing as well (actually I've admired that pairing twice now... time to try it out!) Enjoyed the discussion with Marley re: the cream color/yellow undertone since when Angie initially posted cream I marked them off as not working for my non-cream wearing self, but perhaps I may reconsider. I too make massive splashes on the back on my legs when I walk, worse than anyone else I have even seen so I am another to join you in that club.

  • E replied 10 years ago

    Oh they're gorgeous! And I love this size. :) Can't wait to see how they brighten up your winter looks.

  • MRL replied 10 years ago

    They look great on you, Suz.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    Vicki, the sweater is actually pale grey and is from Zara. It's not available any more but it's a silk/ cotton blend. I need to layer a cami underneath now and it's still not really warm enough for our current weather. But I wore it today on an indoors only day. 

    Thanks all for your kind comments. I am enjoying the jeans. Very glad I kept them and affirmed my membership on Team Wear by wearing them immediately. 

  • Gracie replied 10 years ago

    This jeans fit you perfectly! How about that? you order one size and it fits - yey. I get the back of the thigh horizontal wrinkles with many of my pants and I wonder if it's because of the bit of spandex or due to a more muscular thigh. I've seen this on Angie so I think it is ok. Enjoy!

  • Karie replied 10 years ago

    You look fantastic in these jeans! I think the fit is absolutely perfect. So glad you are keeping them, and I look forward to seeing your WIW posts so I can copy your outfits to wear with my white jeans!

  • sarah replied 10 years ago

    So lovely. this make me want to get a grey sweater, even though I'm not sure it's the best color for me!

  • Vicki replied 10 years ago

    Ah, thanks, Suz.  Now, when I look at it, in the light of day, yes, your top does look more grey and I understand the need to layer with that fabrication.

    Back to the cream jeans, are these regular length or petite?   I ask, because your length looks perfect and I recall Angie's thread saying they were 33" in length.

  • Suz replied 10 years ago

    These are regular length. I just turned them under by about two inches. :) I will eventually have them hemmed, but the nice thing about skinnies is they'll stay that way. 

  • Jaime replied 10 years ago

    I am thinking of you celebrating right this moment as I type! You look great in the jeans and another Mazal Tov!

  • krishnidoux replied 10 years ago

    Ok! So you are keeping them! I was going to write that they look like they fit you very nicely.
    This is a sexy fit IMO, by this I mean that it is completely different form a slouchy skinny fit, and you should approach them as such. Wear it with looser, drapier shirts, maybe belted, maybe fully tucked and loosened, and play around with the footwear. Or with a crisp, tucked tee. Nothing too square, and I would avoid the front half-tucked temptation that work so well with some slouch. In this case, better show off the curves, as this is made to flatter them in an elegant way. I think you look exquisite in them.

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