From the Washington Post:
“The term "mom jeans" was introduced a few years ago as part of hilarious fictitious "Saturday Night Live" commercial with an unforgettable tag line: "This Mother's Day, don't give Mom that bottle of perfume. Give her something that says, 'I'm not a woman anymore. I'm a mom!' " It poked fun at mothers who wear the matronly jeans that immediately typecast them as being women who're hopelessly out of touch with fashion trends (at best) and sexually repressed (at worst). Women who wear mom jeans can be found everywhere: waiting for a latte at Starbucks, perched atop teensy chairs at parent-teacher meetings, running errands at Home Depot, Olive Garden.
To be fair ...mom jeans serve a purpose for a very particular type of woman. The denim is made of soft, washable cotton, so the jeans are very easy to care for. The styling and cut is often generous, especially in the pants leg, waist and tummy….
If the zipper on your jeans is the same length as that People magazine you're reading in the grocery store check out aisle, you're probably losing the camouflage fight. And if the back pockets are the size of an IHOP pancake and are situated on the fleshy part between the waist and the bottom of the booty, they should have no place in your closet.”
My question: what if you are wearing Mom Jeans and you’re not even a mom? What does that make you, other than middle-aged?
6 comments:
As a middle-aged mom currently wearing her mom jeans, I say, toss that washington post in garbage.
Are you sure that article wasn't written by our ami Russell Smith?
Actually, it was written by a woman. But maybe Russell is using a female nom-de-plume.
I wonder if SHE was wearing mom jeans as she wrote???
(I doubt it)
Is there a secret Mom Jeans store? Every pair I try on, and now own, are those darn low-rise jeans. Which are an adventure all on their own with trying to keep any crack from showing....
Let's not forget about when moms cut their hair to lesbian-length short.
And those little backpack purses. You know, with gold zippers? (Where do moms even buy them?...)
Thankfully, my sis and I got our mom to ditch all of those things and she looks at least 20 years younger...
if I were a lesbian, I'd have a long, long hair (just to confuse everyone).
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