Jeans Too Tight? Having A Muffin Top Moment?
Posted by: Nina Carbone
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5:20PM, Wednesday August 19th 2009
Have them expanded. (Like I was going to recommend some newfangled diet or exercise mumbo-jumbo!) A company called Denim Therapy has just launched a service where you send them the jeans that no longer fit and they, well, make ‘em work for your body. Wondering how they give you more room? Check it out…
For $60 they insert little expandable side inseams into the upper sides of your jeans, right on the hips. Yup. The company is really targeting preggers women with the service because once you get back to your pre-baby weight you can have the flex inseams removed (it’s included in the $60 fee)—but hey, if you gain a bit and don’t want to give up your fave denim, it works for just about anyone. Well, anyone that only gains weight in their waist—they’ve yet to figure out expandable vents for our thighs!
Would you do it? I may just go out and buy a new, bigger sized pair of jeans for $60 or less. And since I’m not a big scale-person—hate stepping on them—I actually use my jeans to determine if I’ve gained or lost weight, particularly when I’m wearing the same pairs over and over when winter comes. [Glamour]
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feinicstine
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:29 pm: [report]
Personally, I’d go out and buy a new pair of jeans too. If you have that perfect pair that fits exactly right, or used to, they’re not going to fit the same just because of some inserts. It seems like a little bit of a waste for muffin tops, maybe not for maternity pants since that’s guaranteed to be a temporary “condition”.
writergirl
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:34 pm: [report]
It’s still cheaper to buy maternity jeans than pay $60 to have the inserts put in.
impoddity
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:37 pm: [report]
They have adjustable waistband for kid jeans. It’s a little depressing that adults need them.
*sam*
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:41 pm: [report]
I would seriously consider doing this—I have REALLY big hips, and therefore have to buy larger sized jeans (16), however, the butt/thighs NEVER fit!! and if I get a pair to fit my butt/thighs, they’re like a 14, and I can’t button them!! I’ve pretty much just have to deal with either a muffin top, or baggy, shapeless pants. ugh, I hate pants shopping!!!
lea322
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:48 pm: [report]
@*sam*: have you considered tailoring? Paying sixty additional dollars for a pair of jeans seems a bit ridiculous when you could probably get them tailored for much less.
AgentBeryllium
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 04:52 pm: [report]
Would be pointless. My dryer manages to destroy all my jeans. :/
skywalk
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 05:37 pm: [report]
Yeah, I don’t get this unless you buy $100+ jeans and as feinicstine said they wouldn’t fit you quite the same anyways. But I don’t buy $100 pants- more likely they would be at least $60 or less.
Alli
wrote on August 19 2009 @ 07:01 pm: [report]
I’m not going to lie, this would be awesome for tall women when they get pregnant. My sister, who’s 5’11”, had to wear skirts for the majority of her pregnancy because she couldn’t find long enough pants.
LostInStars
wrote on August 20 2009 @ 01:46 am: [report]
I would just buy new pants. Unless I was wearing the pants when I met Liam Neeson or something. Then those suckers would never disappear from my closet.
gloriafretz
wrote on August 20 2009 @ 09:27 am: [report]
Or maybe everyone can keep the same jeans and just take responsibility for their weight. If you eat right, exercise and live a healthy lifestyle, your weight does not fluctuate more than a manageable 5 lbs. As for maternity jeans, I would just buy some for the pregnancy and work my butt off to get back into my old ones.