I have never been the type of girl that casually wears skirts and dresses. I am easily the most comfortable in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, which isn't a problem until it's time to buy new pants. It is very difficult to find fashion-forward jeans that fit me. Over the years, I've realized that this is due to fashion industries marketing towards one body type. This is absolutely absurd, and it annoys me, so why not passively attack said industries through the internet.
Dear people who make pants (specifically jeans),
How very kind of you to cater to the girls out there who have thin legs with trim thighs, slim hips, and small butts. I'm sure pants shopping for them is a fun outing that doesn't take multiple days. All sarcasm aside, I really am glad that they have little difficulty finding clothing that fits them.
As for the rest of us that don't have those exact qualities, shopping for pants is a bit more difficult. For example, there are the girls that may have thin legs, trim thighs, and small butts, but wide hips. Or those with muscular legs, small hips, etc. There are many permutations of these characteristics that appear to be overlooked when you are producing pants, and it makes shopping very very frustrating.
It is now storytime. Many, many, many times, there was a girl who needed new jeans. She dreaded the outing but knew it must occur anyway, or she would be forced to wear dresses all of the time. This girl went to a few different stores and tried various brands of jeans, and was disappointed to find that each time she managed to find a pair that fit over her soccer-strong calves, the pair would get stuck on her thighs, a bit bulkier due to the same sport. So she would sigh in frustration and go get the next size up. Finally, the pants go all the way up her legs and she has a small celebration. She goes to zip them, and when she finishes fastening the jeans, she realizes that there is a large gap between her back and the waistband of the pants, one so enormous that no belt could ever fix it. With a mighty cry of rage, she notes the brand of jeans so as to never try them again. Thus the cycle begins again.
It is utterly ridiculous that there are not jeans out there, EASILY FOUND, REASONABLY PRICED jeans that fit me. Curvy, wide-hipped me. At first I found it very bothersome that there seemed to be very few manufacturers that produced for me; was my body so unnatural that it was impossible to make pants that fit me? Over the years I've gotten past those thoughts, but it took until adulthood to do so.
So, pants-making people, if you could perhaps widen your target consumers, and also the legs of your pants, I and many other people would greatly appreciate it.
