Buying TTS means getting the TAG size thats is your waist/hip measurement. When you size down, you size down from tag and not the actual measurement.
If you size down one with true waist of 30 you buy tag 29...not 27 if vanity suze is...
@ ykim, just hand wash your jeans in cold water and then hang them by the leg opening. They shouldnr shrink much. I always wash my deep indigos in the hottest tap water A and the inseam didnt shrink any noticable amount.
Those are fine. Take a look at Vans or the Converse Chuck Taylor classics. I'm 28 and wear chucks most of the time when just hanging out with friends. I don't really ever get that dressed up, mostly wear simple basic...