Jeans that Fit

Every woman (and, I suspect, many a man, if they'd be willing to admit it) has trouble finding a pair of jeans that really fit well. Sometimes, you don't even realize that you have been wearing awful jeans until you've tried a pair that feels abso-tively fantastic.

This is my case, and I had been very loyal to The Gap's jeans for much of my adult life. Ever since my little brother worked there in college and put me in a pair of 10A Boot Cuts, that's the only jean I even cared to wear.

Then The Gap changed their styles. Boot Cut was gone and was eventually replaced by your choice of Curvy, Long and Lean, Low-Rise Boot Cut, and Mid-Rise Boot Cut. I quit The Gap and hadn't returned to them years - until today.

This was no whimsy. I had more urgent reasons: the 10A Boot Cuts I got 5 years ago were no longer responding positively to my doctoring and nursing. Despite the only-occasional use, delicate washings, and hang-dryings, these antiques of mine were becoming less and less appropriate to wear outside the house. Patches that were thread-bare were quickly becoming "ventilation."

I tried to find other jeans this week. Cheaper jeans. Non-Gap jeans. Nothing looked right or felt right.

And when I finally walked into The Gap again, I put on a pair of 10A Long and Leans, and the love returned - the love of myself! I literally looked into the mirror at myself and sighed. Then of course, I laughed that I should be so relieved by a pair of jeans. But when we try to make a pair of jeans "work" when they really don't, we tend to either blame our bodies or blame the jeans, and I felt so good that I didn't have to do that anymore. So I threw down my bag of pennies and made the investment in two pair of jeans - and myself.

Jeans that fit - indeed, clothes that fit - should remind us how beautiful we are. And if the clothes remind me of something any less positive, it' worth saving my money for the clothes that make it easier for me to remember how blessed I am by this body.

This is not an endorsement of The Gap or any of their products.
However, this is an endorsement of YOU and your feeling beautiful! Do what feels right and do what feels beautiful to you!