Mom Jeans

I was on Pinterest the other day and saw a pin about picking the best jeans for your body.  And really, who doesn't want to look their best in jeans?  I immediately opened the post and soon realized that it was a series of posts.  After reading them all, I would like to take this time to make a confession.  Apparently, I'm wearing "Gateway" mom jeans.  That's right folks.  Apparently, Old Navy sells gateway mom jeans.  Are you as shocked as I am?   So now instead of worrying about a few cigarettes leading to being a crack addict, we now have to worry about Old Navy jeans leading to high-waisted, light blue mom jeans?  Really?   And here's the sad part....I just started wearing Old Navy jeans and really like them.  They have several fits but apparently the pocket placement is wrong.  Pocket placement - yes, you need to measure from the side and back.  Going jeans shopping is stressful enough, now I need to take a tape measure and an assistant? 

This leads me to my next point - non-Mom jeans.  I don't consider the jeans I wear to be Mom Jeans.  I even googled it and along with several SNL skits, according to Wikipedia, Mom jeans are considered to be both unfashionable, and unflattering to the wearer's bodyshape. This style usually consists of a high waist (rising above the belly button), making the buttocks appear disproportionately longer, larger, and flatter than they otherwise might. It also tends to have excess space in the zipper/crotch and leg areas. The jeans are usually in a solid, light-blue color, with no form of stone washing or fading. Other attributes of the style often seen are pleats, tapered legs, and elastic waistbands.   Yes, mom jeans are part of wikipedia.  My jeans do not fit that description at all so I felt like I was in the safe zone.  In fact, my buttocks may appear larger but flatter it is not!  Even the jeans my mom wears don't look like Mom jeans to me.  And...if you go in Forever 21, they have a TON of high waisted jeans and shorts right now!

I digress, back to the non-Mom jeans.  What about the moms wearing the ultra butt bedazzled, low ride jeans?  Is that more acceptable?  Don't get me wrong, if you can rock the look, then do it.  But at what point is it wrong?  At what point do we say, "Ok, my butt does not need to be this bedazzled to get groceries?"  At what point do you stop buying the same jeans as your daughter and move on the the mom jeans?  And what about your son's friends that are seeing your navel and possibly your butt crack?  If I could pull off that look, then maybe I would be saying - um never. 

I guess since I am a mom, wearing mom jeans is acceptable.  Just like wearing bedazzled jeans is acceptable for others.  It's all about what you feel looks best on you regardless of pocket placement.  As moms, we are judged on so many things already.  Can't we just leave jeans out of it?  Until that day comes, I'll stick with my gateway jeans from Old Navy and just hope it doesn't lead to Wranglers from Farm and Fleet. (not that there's anything wrong with those either!)