bootcut jeans

[Johnni]

Do all bootcut jeans follow the cut of a slimming towards the thigh and knee tham opening up towards the foot.
I like boot cut jeans but hate how they are slim fitted near the knee area. Some look like flared jeans!

 

[drizzt3117]

Originally Posted by Johnni

Do all bootcut jeans follow the cut of a slimming towards the thigh and knee tham opening up towards the foot.
I like boot cut jeans but hate how they are slim fitted near the knee area. Some look like flared jeans!

All jeans slim from the thigh to the knee, unless somehow your thighs are thinner than your knees and they make jeans for that aesthetic.

Bootcut jeans increase in width from the knee to the ankle by definition.

 

[Johnni]

jesus christ!
Boot cut jeans tend to be slimmer at the knee compared to other jean types, straight/relaxed so are there boot cut jeans that don't but still increase in width fro the knee to ankle

 

[kronik]

They are not necessarily slimmer at the knee compared to other cuts. They just appear that way because they flare from knee to ankle. Straight legs would not give this appearance as they are uniform.

Edited: <poops on Arethusa>

 

[Arethusa]

If they taper at the ankle, they are not straight leg jeans by definition. They are tapers.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Johnni

jesus christ!
Boot cut jeans tend to be slimmer at the knee compared to other jean types, straight/relaxed so are there boot cut jeans that don't but still increase in width fro the knee to ankle

Most jeans, excepting real straightleg dungaree style jeans like those that Atelier La Durance make and those crazy raver jeans, taper from the thigh to the knee. Boot cut jeans tend to taper a little more to account for the bootcut. This is true for even "relaxed" bootcuts like the old Paper Denim LTD.

Arethusa, you misread his post, I think.

Johnni, you asked a question. No one reasonable would construe Drizzt's response to you as hostile, so don't you be.

 

[Arethusa]

I didn't misread it. He just edited his post.

 

[j]

NYway, yes there are boot cuts that don't taper so much at the knee. The classic 517 cut doesn't taper that much, and it doesn't flare out much either. HL classic boot cut is very similar. Pretty much anything that follows the 517 cut won't look ridiculous.

 

[Johnni]

It was a sarcastic comment as i read it and it was unnessesary to put it in his reply i thought.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by Johnni

It was a sarcastic comment as i read it and it was unnessesary to put it in his reply i thought.

I didn't get that. In any case, the take home message is "Don't be hostile." Give people the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, we've had some internet tough guys come around recently, so I'm keeping a tighter rein on things. Unfortunately, because you are relatively new, and I don't have a good sense of your internet persona, you are under more scrutiny then long time posters. Thanks.