The perfect straight leg jean for my millennials that are trying to ditch those skinny jeans! My favorite jeans 👖

If you are still emotionally attached to your skinny jeans, consider this a gentle intervention. I started this video standing right up in the camera lens because we needed to have a serious talk about letting our calves breathe. Then I took a big step back to show the full outfit in action. It is scary to change your silhouette but we have to move forward.

These are a mid-rise straight leg. My honest verdict is that they look fantastic but you have to mentally prepare yourself for real denim. There is absolutely no spandex hiding in this fabric. They will not stretch out to accommodate a heavy lunch. The specific detail I appreciate is the back pocket placement. The pockets sit slightly higher than usual and they tilt inward just a fraction. It lifts everything up in a way that feels very flattering.

Let us look at why this flopped with my audience. The video barely scraped five hundred views and the engagement was abysmal. I posted this right in the middle of a sweltering July heatwave. Nobody in their right mind was shopping for thick non-stretch denim when the humidity was peaking. It was a classic case of the right message arriving at the wrong time. If I had waited until late September to film this styling trick, the millennial panic over fall outfits would have absolutely carried it. Save this style for a crisp autumn afternoon.