I would say no but I'm the last person who should be acting as the fashion police.

Cute jacket! I think you could find some jeans that fit you better…I know they are a good buy, but I think a great pair of well-fitting jeans are worth an investment. Have you tried Frame denim? They have a lot of different fits and styles…I think you could find some that flatter your cute self better!

A 19 year old could wear those with white platform sneaks and they would look fine.

On we ladies of a certain age, some versions of Mom jeans look like we've been wearing the same jeans for 20 years and suddenly being in style is a happy accident.

I would look for a high-rise straight jean. Yours look tapered.

Love the rest of your outfit!

Naw ... since I've lost weight, I have to be careful what jeans I buy because some will do the same (as will my older jeans).. even straight leg jeans. It is all about the proportions. The butt, hip, thigh proportion to the waist doesnt work for your shape.

You look cute as always but I think you could find a better fit. A shame as the length is so perfect in your photo.

Have you tried NYDJ? (Not Your Daughters Jeans). I'm slim (almost too thin) 5'2" and their Marilyn ankle jean fits me like a regular length pant to the shoe top. All my other dressier jeans (black) are Eileen Fisher. I have only those two brands the last many years.

The NYDJ are for the most part a heavier weight than the Fisher. They are my errands, yard and housework, casual pants. The first time I tried on a pair NYDJ the Nordstrom clerk was insisting I try the ankle length, annoying me as I was shopping for longer than cropped or above or just at ankle. She was quite smug when they proved to fit so perfectly 😊

The Eileen Fisher tend to run generous and I size down one size, can also wear the petite length in some of the styles. I slipped into a Nordstrom and with help, tried on. I did buy from the helpful salesgirl. But then to add more, I had the sizing down and could shop discounted pairs from the leisure of my desk.

KSWL, I bought a pair of Madewell jeans in Feb and had the same issue. I had wanted wider jeans for a trip. I ended up starting a thread about the whole "big jeans" thing. Out of curiosity, I did find some photos of 20 somethings wearing similar wide-thighed/baggy jeans but most bigger jeans weren't, even on the young and trendy. I didn't keep mine. I took a wider straight leg pair more similar to what dee posted and DD approved those.

I've loved your fashion choices and the shows and as a true friend I will veto those jeans for you. Honestly they look like they were made wrong to me but at the very least they require more of a tush than you have ;-) The rest of the items are great, just need a different pair of jeans - you are cute as a button!

LOL they’d probably fit my saddlebags really well! I should try them.

Those legs look too big all the wsy down to your knees. i either lije a wide leg or skinny. However, i rarely wear jeans in hot weather. Are mom jeans a thing??? I,m not seeing them.

Like Sue, my big @$...I mean hips.....would fill those out just fine.

It's all about proportions. If they are baggy at the hips, they should also be wide at the bottom. Those are too narrow at the bottom to carry off the baggy jeans look.

....I WISH I had that problem! :)

I was a teen in the 70s so i loved that style but those are not right. They aren't supposed to poke out at the hips like that. PASS

"made wrong" isn't fair ... not for those of us with a pear shape LOL (unless you think we're made wrong too! LOL). Definitely not the shape for kswl -- but they will be the right shape for someone!

Love your total look....those jeans...please return them. It's weird the way they poof out. You've got a super cute figure...just need a slender cut jean.

Funky of course people aren't 'made wrong' but I'll defend what I said about the jeans! They are beyond pear shape - there is a sharp angle to the cut - look again at the fist pic and Kswl's right hip - see the triangulation in the fabric? That's not right. A curve, ok but pants should not be cut like that. Now maybe it's just that specific pair on Kswl's narrow hips (I hate her for that!) but in that pic they look like they are cut wrong to me. If there's a style trend that I'm unaware of, I will own that. No one is calling me for fashion advice!

I think you can do better.

I just tried a pair of "on trend" wide leg jeans and decided this was a trend I needed to sit out. I have one pair of wide leg pants in linen - the Colette at Anthro - and I like those but wide denim is a whole other story for me.

I would look for high-rise straight also. My best jeans have come from j.Crew and Gap.

I also like American eagle. Watch out for anything listed as barrel, it's the current look.

I edited the right side to illustrate that these pants seem to be swimming on you. Great length but too big on you

I’m convinced— they are packed up and ready to go back tomorrow after my morning art class! I did wonder if they were cut wrong as they are designed to be high waisted and tapered, but they need to start tapering a LOT higher to fit me. They looked great on other people (insert gnashing of teeth emoji).

I’ve got a couple of slim leg jeans (mid rise) that I like and are comfortable and I do not actually NEED another pair. I may look for the same style in a lighter wash. Will also check out the brands mentioned here.

Thank you, friends!

Cute jacket, but no to the jeans. That’s the most weird shape of jeans I’ve seen. Take a look at Ann Taylor or Loft jeans. My DD and DGD are short and can find petite sizes in their curvy styles that fit them well. I have worn their tall size in curvy and find them comfortable. Plus they don’t weight 100 lbs as some jeans do.

My DD also sings the praises of J Crew jeans and finds it really easy to order the correct size from their website based on measurements.

I'm so glad you packed them up to send them back. I think you can find a better fit. They look too big in the hip/thigh area for you in my opinion. (And that literally never happens to me so I'm jealous.) I agree they look like jodpurs and should not.

I do, however, think the color looks great on you! I like the ones that @deegw posted for you.

I think mom jeans are intended to be high waisted, moderately loose in the thighs such that they aren't vacuumed to the thighs like we've had for the last few years, and then somewhat straight/loose/slightly tapered to the ankle. You may not carry as much weight in the thighs and caboose as these jeans were intended.

Such a coincidence, I'm looking for a slimmer jean to wear but it has to hide a bulge I have from an old hernia. You're in AL, right? Are you familiar with Style with Serena? She's in AL also and I discovered Serena yesterday and finally, I found a stylist I can relate to.

I won't post the video but here's a link for you, and it's under "Fit", go to minute 6:07.

You don't have a tummy but nix the top belt, as Serena would say, that's where my eyes go. The picture of the lighter and thinner belt, along with the jacket makes the whole outfit flow.

Style with Serena She definitely has that southern charm.

I found a recent jeans topic she did about how to wear the right jeans. That's where I'll be for now. It's way long so I'll do a lot of skipping Stop wearing the wrong jeans

No to those jeans. Sorry. I live in jeans and a great fit is hard to find. When you find them, buy mutiples.

I'm really not buying clothes but I happened to online wander through women's slacks at Brooks Brothers and saw these!

Glad they're going back. I can't imagine how much worse they would look once you'd sat in them and they stretched out a bit. They do look like they were cut/sewn wrong because of the sharp angle, not curved area.

Yes, those are beautiful, Barn!

Every style of Old Navy jeans has all this extra material in the groin area. It's bizarre and can't be ignored. I don't understand what all that space is for.

This is what "mom jeans" looked like that I used to wear:

Mom Jeans

Arkansas, that is pretty much what these jeans look like, high waist, wider hips and tapered legs. But maybe the H&M ones have a more exaggerated silhouette?

That sounds odd, Bunny! I wouldn’t want to speculate but the description does pique interest 🤔 There’s no Old Navy anywhere near here. I haven’t been in one in more than 20 years, they’re probably very different from how I remember them.

Oh, sorry, I wasn't at all clear. The cut of the Brooks Brothers pants reminded me a bit of your jeans. I can't tell if they are cut more widely in the thigh groin area or if I'm perceiving a mismatch, as someone noted above of the wide to narrow proportions.

Love your whole outfit! But those jeans are too big on you. I have about 50 pairs of jeans, a lot of them are Loft jeans

Get a few flower jeans for the spring!

Love the jacket, but glad the jeans are going back. I can't imagine anyone being shaped like those jeans, They do look like jodpurs!

I agree, these jeans are WAY too big. I would suggest a smaller size, but I think the cut is made for a larger thighed human. Maybe it is just me, but the pink blazer looks big also. Is this a regular or petite size? When the blazer/top is longer than the crotch area, the legs look shorter. You have a nice shape—show it off!

I really dislike anything tapered and I would run from those. However, the pants you are wearing that you show in the picture they're also way too big.

Barn 😎 I have seen those pleated pants IRL and they hang just right because of the double pleats on both sides of the zipper. They aren’t as lantern shaped as the pose would suggest with the model’s hand in one pocket. I didn’t get the pleated pants from BB although I would like a pair of white ones, because the fabric is 100% man made, no cotton or wool or linen, and that usually means they jist never hang right after the first washing or dry cleaning. I love these 100% cotton straight leg pants from Toteme:

I’d buy them at 50% off, but at $440 they are way more than I’d pay at full price. I’ve been looking for a dupe for these but nothing , not even RL is as well made.

Ratherbesewing, the blazer is a regular size and fits perfectly— it's longer than the cropped styles I usually wear. I have a long torso and try to camouflage that with at least slightly cropped styles. The length is part of the whole ”oversized blazer” thing that is now in its second season. I think it will look better with shorter length white pants and even dressy white linen shorts, which I have already. I do LOVE the color.

Kswl - love those Toteme pants! I've had really good luck with Theory pants and love these linen blend for summer but also have them in a crepe. (Trecca - pull on with pockets)

Glad those jeans are going back. I can’t imagine that they would be flattering on anyone. I bought some new jeans last year-Good American and Democracy. I really like both of these brands. Democracy ones are a bargain IMO.

Those Toteme pants are gorgeous. For some reason, I just thought the groin to knee area in the BB pants looked excessively fabric swathed, lol.

The proportions are definitely wrong, but what I've seen from H & M hasn't been the best quality. Bumble, I had to look up barrel jeans. Not seeing anything like that around here yet. Have to say I hope we don't, but I won't be wearing them, nor do I plan to wear pleated pants again LOL. I do think the blazers are too long; how tall are you KSWL?