- Mom jeans
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Mom jeans is a humorously pejorative term for a fit of women's jeans considered very unflattering. The style usually consists of a high waist (above the belly button), which accentuates a flat curvature of the buttocks, as well as generous cuts in the stomach and leg. The jeans are usually in a light-blue solid coloring with no form of Stone washing or fading. Other attributes of the style often seen are pleated fronts, tapered legs and elastic waistbands. The style is often accompanied by a blouse or shirt that is tucked in to the jeans. This style of jeans were popular with women until the early 1990s, when lower rise jeans were becoming fashionable.
The name of the fit has its origin with a 2003 Saturday Night Live skit for a fake brand of jeans called Mom Jeans, which used the tagline "For 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!' "[1]
A corresponding term "dad jeans" has been coined in the media to refer to a similarly unflattering, high-waisted and shapeless style of jeans often worn by middle-aged men. This came to prominence in 2009 when President Barack Obama was depicted as wearing them to a baseball game.[2]
References
- ^ Hudson Neal, Jill (2007-09-26), "Mom Jeans Flatter No Body", Washingtonpost.com, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101300540.html, retrieved 2007-10-03 "The term "mom jeans" was introduced a few years ago as part of hilarious fictitious "Saturday Night Live" commercial"
- ^ Associated Press, AP (2009-07-21), "Obama: No apologies for "dad jeans"", Chicago Sun Times, http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1676604,w-obama-all-star-mom-jeans-072109.article, retrieved 2009-11-19
External links
- Deb Acord (June 11, 2006), Wearer beware of "mom jeans", The Seattle Times, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003051369_fashjeans.html, retrieved 2008-05-08
- Carol Band, A Household Word: Mom Jeans, parenthood.com, http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/a_household_word_mom_jeans.html, retrieved 2008-05-08
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