What’s the difference between Boyfriend Jeans and Mom Jeans? Age. O, The Oprah Magazine delivers five fashion trends that work for everyone. Really? How many people would be horrified to find themselves the butt of all jokes in the middle of Paris? Well, former fashionistas need to listen up: Boyfriend jeans are cute on girls who are young enough to have “boyfriends”. However, any woman who has walked this earth for over half a century has “lovers” not “boyfriends”.
When 7 For All Mankind comes out with a new jeans style, made with 5-10% Lycra, no buttons, no loops, pull-on or side zip waist, a tight fitting (mom) butt, and calls it “My Married Lover’s Jeans”, then 57-year-old women will be happy to wear them on the Paris Metro with no fear of snickers.
No Boyfriend jeans, no rips, dirt, or paint splatters (except actual artists) should be worn after 50! Until some entrepreneurial soul comes up with a pair of decent jeans for Boomer Chicks, here are some of the best bets:
Not Your Daughter’s Jeans
Not Your Daughter’s Jeans Premium No Waist Slim Leg: These jeans are getting close to great. They have 4% Lycra-Spandex and very little bulkiness in the waistband because there are no belt loops. However, these jeans still have zippers, zip pulls, and a button, which attracts people’s attention to one of the worst areas of a post-menopausal woman’s bod, her stomach.
These jeans, however, will look much better under tight fitting tops than almost anything else. The 4% Lycra will get a Boomer Chick to NYC from SFO without crotch cramps, but won’t take her from LAX to Auckland. So NYDJs are acceptable, but are not the pajama-like comfort that cranky Boomers deserve.