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I got bootcut jeans for Christmas...

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...and I actually kind of like them?

I guess my mom found these Perry Ellis bootcut low rise dark wash jeans for like 85 million % off when she was shopping for me. I promised to try them on, I've been wearing them all night now and I'm kind of starting to like them. I have wide hips and a large ass, I think they kind of balance that out.

I'm always a skinny, slim, or at least straight kind of guy. Is it 'bad' for me to put these in the rotation? What kind of footwear goes best with a wider leg opening?
 
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Great thread. I know there is a kind of footwear that goes great with bootcut jeans. I just can't remember what it is.
 
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Wider leg generally calls for chunkier shoes. Put up some pics so we can tell.
 
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Originally Posted by mehhhh
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I'm always a skinny, slim, or at least straight kind of guy. Is it 'bad' for me to put these in the rotation? What kind of footwear goes best with a wider leg opening?

Don't let SF instill a neurosis that it's "wrong" to wear any kind of cut other than slim/straight. Bootcut is just as valid as any other cut -- not every bootcut is a bunch of TR bullshit. That said, aren't there a lot of fans of RRL's slim boot here?

Need to see pics, but they probably look nice.
 
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Originally Posted by mehhhh
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...and I actually kind of like them?

I guess my mom found these Perry Ellis bootcut low rise dark wash jeans for like 85 million % off when she was shopping for me. I promised to try them on, I've been wearing them all night now and I'm kind of starting to like them. I have wide hips and a large ass, I think they kind of balance that out.

I'm always a skinny, slim, or at least straight kind of guy. Is it 'bad' for me to put these in the rotation? What kind of footwear goes best with a wider leg opening?

No, because you admittedly have wide hips and a large ass, so please stop wearing skinny jeans.
 
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kenneth cole square shoes.
 
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Skinny is so 2009. You're a trailblazer, son.
 
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Originally Posted by Stylin-1
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No, because you admittedly have wide hips and a large ass, so please stop wearing skinny jeans.

I know this is the general rule. I really do. But they still look good. Skinny is probably an overstatement of what I'm talking about. Slim/straight is probably more accurate.

My two favorite pairs of jeans are A. Reynolds 32/32 Wilshire fit and some older Gap Morrisons also in 32/32, but I have some American Apparel slim trousers in 33/32 that fit nicely also since they're a size too big.

Anyway, the more I think about this, the more I'm not liking the bootcuts. I was wearing them last night with some Adidas shells and I kind of felt like a 10th grade girl wearing LEI flarez. I will relegate them to bulky square boot duty only.

How hard is it to sew? As in physically break out a sewing machine, tear the flares out of the jeans, and sew them into a very slim flare?
 
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Sewing isn't that hard. Especially what you want to do.

Damn, I'm starting to feel like Mary Poppins in here today...
 
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Ludeykrus and uncuntrol, the hick and the freak, both endorsers of the flare. You make the call.
 
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