She bought those jeans without trying them on and they just….fit? Crazy shit, did not happen to me in 2003
It’s also funny to see current day body trends (like BBL obsession starting with the Kardashians) run up against fashion trends (the tendency to recycle trends from 20 years ago to call it “vintage”). No body that spent the last few years focused on getting a phat ass (either from growing glutes in the gym or getting aesthetic procedures) is going to enjoy wearing 2000’s revival jeans
As someone that was small with a natural big butt back then you are 100% correct. Those type of pants either showed my ass crack or flatted my butt to no end. I was constantly trying to find pants that would fit me decently.
At some point I feel like the zipper was just performative. Like 1/2" isn't keeping anything closed, the button is doing all of the work. The zipper is just there because it feels weird not to have it.
Also, I totally understand the curvey part. I always had a lot of junk in my trunk and I had absolutely no business in the ultra low-rise jeans that I wore.
Those pockets are why I loved flip phones: nokia brick was always too long but when I got that first flip phone, I could close the phone over the outer part and it'd stay put instead of getting pushed out if I even considered moving.
Some gals look absolutely amazing in low rise jeans, others not so much, same with mom jeans, some girls can absolutely rock that high waist line, some definitely shouldn't.
Then there's god's gift to denim, the bare back wranglers they make for women, those are designed for them big boned, strong farm /ranch women, and hot damn if them wranglers don't show that off.
But again, not everyone can wear them to the same affect, but the ones that can, know exactly what their doing, and know what they want, and in my experience they'll come and get it.
Why can’t we meet in the middle? There is such a thing as normal form fitting jeans that are comfy. But the high rise mom jeans is always a yuck from me. Worst part of looking back on all those pictures from the 80s
The buttcrack thing was real. Combined with casual sexism at the time meant I caught one guy at work multiple times taking pictures of my buttcrack when I was bending over to pick stuff up. No nothing happened to him. Luckily I was into vintage stuff so started wearing high waisted jeans after that.
Tbh, they actually worked for some body types and not for others. I have long legs and a short torso so they lengthened me out a bit. But the constant ass cracking of it all was annoying. I didn't wear anything as low as what she got at the thrift store, but I didn't hate it. But I 100% understand everyone that did. Some of the low rise jeans were so low (like what Paris Hilton wore) even back then, as a wearer of them, I thought it looked kinda gross. Almost no one looked like Britney Spears in the I'm A Slave 4 U video.
Once low rise jeans went away I never wore a thong again. My friends would sneak up behind us that wore low rise jeans and snap them sometimes if they were showing. It was hilarious.
low rise is back finally and I'm all in. stocked up on Levis this week, not taking a chance on having to wait another 2 decades for them. to be fair, they are not nearly as low as the ones we had back then, but fml high rise was the worst possible cut for my body.
I’m so glad you mentioned body type, I was mocked in high school cause I couldn’t wear them.
I couldn’t wear them because I have huge hips that are very wide and a big booty. I was never going to have the body type for low rise or ultra low rise jeans.
These are the jeans that spawned thousands of eating disorders mine included.
Yep and repeated SAs from men thinking they could touch too. I had no clue touching was illegal! I’m glad these modern girls see how unstable it was back then.
100%. I was dieting the entire time and low to underweight. They were good for those of us in the no-booty club. I'm glad the booties had a great run and are still appreciated.
I feel like you had to be fairly thin to get away with looking good in them. If you had any fat on you they looked goofy. I was said woman with some fat on me. Not even that much, but I was never skinny enough for low risers, and I couldn't find any other style of jeans that weren't mom jeans.
Long torso wide hips and thick thighs trying to fit into the scene with a pair of these...yeahhhh couldn't even drop a pencil without looking like the beginnings of a twerking video
Ah yes, the good old whale tail or T bar. I'll never forget standing at a traffic light behind a girl with a huge muffin top spilling over the sides of her jeans and her G-string pulled up high, flossing a giant boil at the top of her arse crack. As much as I hate mum jeans, not everyone was meant to wear hipsters.
This is a lesson that should be taught in schools.
Different body types require different clothes. Same for guys, I will wear loose board shorts at the beach because NOONE wants to see this, but wearing a wetsuit is weird. There is no shame in that. I'm okay with it, everyone else is happy I'm not in a Speedo or the old borat mankini.
That being said, I do not feel bad proposing an application process for people for clothes.
I loved my low rise jeans. I loved showing off my body. I dressed like a total slut in those days and have no regrets because I looked great. Now I am the same size, but two kids later and my Csection pooch would make those pants unwearable. Now my jeans yo to my bellybutton. 😂
I'm tall and all legs, next to no torso. The distance from my waist to my bra is maybe 2-3" so wearing the exact same outfit she is here, you'd see just a little peek of my waist.
I loved low rise cause anything up to my waist made me look like Urkle, esp since back then long jean lengths for women wasn't a thing. I'm not just saying that, effing everyone called me Urkle. Low rise jeans saved me lol I actually looked cute for the first time ever.
Now I just wear long shirts/tank tops to cover up that my jeans literally go up to my bra, or if I'm wearing a fitted shirt, I'll wear a baggy mid rise that I pull down to wear low on my hip. Not everything is for every body type for sure.
I remember the first time I saw an actual whale tail in junior year chem class. It looked like a damn rope - I wanted to ask how in the fuck that could be comfy…but I was afraid of the answer lol. And her!
Sooooo...... this is from a period where fashion was way more of a high % ratio than usability % in the "is this worth my time to own/wear" scale.
They look great... hard to believe those jeans are that old and still look that good. Obviously the owner realized they are for occasions and not daily use 😀
Deep-Interest9947@reddit
This girl has the ideal 2003 body. Come back when you’re a curvy girl trying to exist in 2003.
Also she indicated the fly was over an inch and for a minute there they were all 1/2 to 3/4 inch.
Perfect_Caregiver_90@reddit
I distinctly remember not being able to buy shirts or jeans for 7 years.
Being tall and curvy meant public indecency risk taking that I was just not comfortable with. Underboob and my ass crack? At the same time?
Never being able to sit down? Lift my arms? Sit down and lift my arms at the same time? So no school participation, ever?
I think I bought 2 t shirt dresses and had them altered into tunic shirts out of desperation during that time.
pennie79@reddit
I only wore skirts or dresses. 00s office wear was really nice: pencil skirt and a blouse that zips at the side.
UnlikelyDecision9820@reddit
She bought those jeans without trying them on and they just….fit? Crazy shit, did not happen to me in 2003
It’s also funny to see current day body trends (like BBL obsession starting with the Kardashians) run up against fashion trends (the tendency to recycle trends from 20 years ago to call it “vintage”). No body that spent the last few years focused on getting a phat ass (either from growing glutes in the gym or getting aesthetic procedures) is going to enjoy wearing 2000’s revival jeans
d3dk0w@reddit
As someone that was small with a natural big butt back then you are 100% correct. Those type of pants either showed my ass crack or flatted my butt to no end. I was constantly trying to find pants that would fit me decently.
Natural-Carrot5748@reddit
At some point I feel like the zipper was just performative. Like 1/2" isn't keeping anything closed, the button is doing all of the work. The zipper is just there because it feels weird not to have it.
Also, I totally understand the curvey part. I always had a lot of junk in my trunk and I had absolutely no business in the ultra low-rise jeans that I wore.
DiligentDaughter@reddit
Right?? I'm petite, but curvy. Always a mile of asscrack in those. Do not miss fashion of the early 00s
Deep-Interest9947@reddit
The zippers were so pointless.
MardelMare@reddit
Still look fire!!! 🔥
Mysterious_Ayytee@reddit
That's definitly not how it worked. Or is this christian speak for intimate shaving? Is lover stomach a code word for pussy?
gerardkimblefarthing@reddit
They're back? The Ass Crack Bandit is going to have a field day.
cbih@reddit
Low rise jeans were the best
HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit
"I was born in 2003"
Ummm... that's impossible because you appear to be an adult and 2003 was only a few years ago... so...
ShakesDontBreak@reddit
Like literally a few years ago. What timeline is this?
troelsbjerre@reddit
1970 was 30 years ago
1980 was 20 years ago
1990 was 15 years ago
2000 was 10 years ago
2010 was 5 years ago
2020 was last year
HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit
Exactly, anyone born in 2003 is toddler and incapable of buying jeans.
Successful-Winter237@reddit (OP)
CHNLNK@reddit
Glad our watches are synchronized, time for a heist.
Punkpallas@reddit
Wasn't sure if we'd get it together in time, but we did it, fam.
ShakesDontBreak@reddit
Perfect.
Sycamore_Ready@reddit
Whichever timeline it is can we please stop so I can get off the ride?
WindTall5566@reddit
Food_Library333@reddit
This bastard haunts my dreams.
Pnmamouf1@reddit
You know how math works right? It's 2026
HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit
Pantsickle@reddit
She's STILL "but a child."
Finger-of-Shame@reddit
Her noggin is 50% of her body.
DisasterDebbie@reddit
Those pockets are why I loved flip phones: nokia brick was always too long but when I got that first flip phone, I could close the phone over the outer part and it'd stay put instead of getting pushed out if I even considered moving.
La_Croix_Life@reddit
This was the way. The ancient wisdom.
Successful-Winter237@reddit (OP)
Eziekiel23_20@reddit
College campus full of girls wearing these was heaven.
MusicalTinnitus@reddit
Some gals look absolutely amazing in low rise jeans, others not so much, same with mom jeans, some girls can absolutely rock that high waist line, some definitely shouldn't.
Then there's god's gift to denim, the bare back wranglers they make for women, those are designed for them big boned, strong farm /ranch women, and hot damn if them wranglers don't show that off.
But again, not everyone can wear them to the same affect, but the ones that can, know exactly what their doing, and know what they want, and in my experience they'll come and get it.
adamcmorrison@reddit
Yikes my brain still tells me these look fire.
helikophis@reddit
That's what I was thinking... "those look great on you"
this_knee@reddit
Wait …. These jeans aren’t just fine?
EfficiencyIVPickAx@reddit
Women don't know what they gave up with this high-waste bs
Steel1000@reddit
Why can’t we meet in the middle? There is such a thing as normal form fitting jeans that are comfy. But the high rise mom jeans is always a yuck from me. Worst part of looking back on all those pictures from the 80s
EfficiencyIVPickAx@reddit
Granted
CrotalusHorridus@reddit
I still have a thing for the 'whale tail' thong look, when the lowrise jeans are so low, the hip part of the underwear is visible.
Not seen that in 20 years
adamcmorrison@reddit
Yep me too
Adamant_TO@reddit
Peak culture. Sexy AF.
bananabastard@reddit
They do.
_R_A_@reddit
Honestly, I never really cared for this look.
tessathemurdervilles@reddit
The buttcrack thing was real. Combined with casual sexism at the time meant I caught one guy at work multiple times taking pictures of my buttcrack when I was bending over to pick stuff up. No nothing happened to him. Luckily I was into vintage stuff so started wearing high waisted jeans after that.
yayoffbalance@reddit
i miss low-rise... but i have a criminally short waist, so mid-rise goes up to my neck.
sabby55@reddit
I had a pair of the ones that advertised having the one inch zipper. They were also camo. And flared.
elektrik_noise@reddit
Tbh, they actually worked for some body types and not for others. I have long legs and a short torso so they lengthened me out a bit. But the constant ass cracking of it all was annoying. I didn't wear anything as low as what she got at the thrift store, but I didn't hate it. But I 100% understand everyone that did. Some of the low rise jeans were so low (like what Paris Hilton wore) even back then, as a wearer of them, I thought it looked kinda gross. Almost no one looked like Britney Spears in the I'm A Slave 4 U video.
ElPeroTonteria@reddit
The ass crack was how you showed of the whale tail…
palmerry@reddit
And the tramp stamp!
GarblingCumfarts@reddit
As a dude I was completely fine with that.
elektrik_noise@reddit
Once low rise jeans went away I never wore a thong again. My friends would sneak up behind us that wore low rise jeans and snap them sometimes if they were showing. It was hilarious.
sakkadesu@reddit
low rise is back finally and I'm all in. stocked up on Levis this week, not taking a chance on having to wait another 2 decades for them. to be fair, they are not nearly as low as the ones we had back then, but fml high rise was the worst possible cut for my body.
nickfil@reddit
Went to college with a girl who insisted that the ass crack was the new cleavage.
GlitterberrySoup@reddit
I definitely remember a Victoria's Secret campaign from around 2002 that said the same
Srslywhyumadbro@reddit
Please sir, coin slot.
(Full disclosure I never heard anyone call it this but I like to pretend that this was a real commercial for a real product to the youts)
YVRkeeper@reddit
Some of those pants were so low you had to shave before wearing them…
Foxy_locksy1704@reddit
I’m so glad you mentioned body type, I was mocked in high school cause I couldn’t wear them.
I couldn’t wear them because I have huge hips that are very wide and a big booty. I was never going to have the body type for low rise or ultra low rise jeans.
These are the jeans that spawned thousands of eating disorders mine included.
No_Custard_6481@reddit
Yep and repeated SAs from men thinking they could touch too. I had no clue touching was illegal! I’m glad these modern girls see how unstable it was back then.
elektrik_noise@reddit
100%. I was dieting the entire time and low to underweight. They were good for those of us in the no-booty club. I'm glad the booties had a great run and are still appreciated.
ailish@reddit
I feel like you had to be fairly thin to get away with looking good in them. If you had any fat on you they looked goofy. I was said woman with some fat on me. Not even that much, but I was never skinny enough for low risers, and I couldn't find any other style of jeans that weren't mom jeans.
CautionarySnail@reddit
I remember that they were also trying to market the fact these jeans showed plumber’s crack as “butt cleavage”. 🙄😂
SnooPaintings5597@reddit
Those were the days…
EatLard@reddit
Jeans so low you have to get a Brazilian wax to wear them.
ThermionicMho@reddit
can I ask for a moment to recognize the brilliance of the "two fingers or five thoughts" remark
ThePerfectSnare@reddit
I've given that line about six thoughts by now and I still don't get it.
ThermionicMho@reddit
you'll never fit that in those pockets
My_First_Knife1@reddit
Whybrows!
ThanksALotBud@reddit
When did that go out of style?
OneRub3234@reddit
She look good though
epidemicsaints@reddit
I worked at the mall at the time and watching people do that weird lurching walk to keep their pants on was hilarious.
lsp2005@reddit
That was me, I did that walk. My post pregnancy body is not made for those jeans, but they will always have a special place in my heart.
Sad_Palpitation6844@reddit
I still have my pre baby pregnancy Silver Jeans from 1998
brainvheart143@reddit
The things we gave up 🤣
Sad_Palpitation6844@reddit
It was hilarious when men came in to test them out trying to hide their junk
Successful-Winter237@reddit (OP)
🤣
Similar-Sir-2952@reddit
They look great
Successful-Winter237@reddit (OP)
Literally the only body type that can pull it off… but still can’t bend over or sit😛
Sad_Palpitation6844@reddit
Standing pants only if you didn't know already
Old_Pitch_6849@reddit
Lots of gals in the 90s were coked up. They didn’t sit often.
Similar-Sir-2952@reddit
I bet you can 😘
rayofgoddamnsunshine@reddit
Gross.
Sad_Palpitation6844@reddit
I've still got jeans from 1998
According-Property64@reddit
Long torso wide hips and thick thighs trying to fit into the scene with a pair of these...yeahhhh couldn't even drop a pencil without looking like the beginnings of a twerking video
DisasterDebbie@reddit
Same! Didn't stop me from wearing them to those college parties anyway.
BritOnTheRocks@reddit
obligitary nightmare fuel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjpooj6uvEQ
Grymm315@reddit
The pants are designed to display a bikini thong. The pants protects your legs, the thong protects your modesty.
HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit
Ah yes, the good old whale tail or T bar. I'll never forget standing at a traffic light behind a girl with a huge muffin top spilling over the sides of her jeans and her G-string pulled up high, flossing a giant boil at the top of her arse crack. As much as I hate mum jeans, not everyone was meant to wear hipsters.
whatiscamping@reddit
This is a lesson that should be taught in schools.
Different body types require different clothes. Same for guys, I will wear loose board shorts at the beach because NOONE wants to see this, but wearing a wetsuit is weird. There is no shame in that. I'm okay with it, everyone else is happy I'm not in a Speedo or the old borat mankini.
That being said, I do not feel bad proposing an application process for people for clothes.
Steel1000@reddit
You forgot the tramp stamp rose or butterfly or sun
kamarsh79@reddit
I loved my low rise jeans. I loved showing off my body. I dressed like a total slut in those days and have no regrets because I looked great. Now I am the same size, but two kids later and my Csection pooch would make those pants unwearable. Now my jeans yo to my bellybutton. 😂
limelight022@reddit
*mute*
absentlyric@reddit
God I miss the early 2000s fashion for women.
But then again, Im a guy, so I definitely saw the appeal.
QuaidLudes@reddit
Please make this in style again.
Tasty_Meal_9719@reddit
Her eyebrows are crying out for help.
Shiresire1565@reddit
Is that two foreheads?
nefarious_angel_666@reddit
Ugh. I have a bubble butt. Sitting was not a public offence... simply wearing these was a public offence
SpearmintInALavatory@reddit
I will occasionally revisit this exposé on low rise jeans
TheCrawling_Chaos@reddit
Ma'am you can pull this off.
bloomdecay@reddit
I expected the jeans to be covered in rhinestone eyeballs and wings.
FantasticPlum2025@reddit
This was my body shape in 03 and every pair of jeans I had definitely looked like these. A time was had.
amscraylane@reddit
I found a really cute pair of Nike plaid pants at the thrift store. I was amazed by the pocket size. I can fit my whole hand / phone in them.
My friend pointed out they were women’s golfing pants! Who knew!?!
Effective_Drawer_623@reddit
My wife is constantly pissed she can’t find jeans like this anymore.
bananabastard@reddit
They look great on her.
No_Custard_6481@reddit
I saw this too. Triggered to no end! All the weirdos touching skin. I threw them in the trash!
InfidelZombie@reddit
Or as I call them, "normal jeans."
S1ayer@reddit
Everytime I see these jeans my brain automatically thinks anorexic even though she seems pretty healthy
ponchoacademy@reddit
I'm tall and all legs, next to no torso. The distance from my waist to my bra is maybe 2-3" so wearing the exact same outfit she is here, you'd see just a little peek of my waist.
I loved low rise cause anything up to my waist made me look like Urkle, esp since back then long jean lengths for women wasn't a thing. I'm not just saying that, effing everyone called me Urkle. Low rise jeans saved me lol I actually looked cute for the first time ever.
Now I just wear long shirts/tank tops to cover up that my jeans literally go up to my bra, or if I'm wearing a fitted shirt, I'll wear a baggy mid rise that I pull down to wear low on my hip. Not everything is for every body type for sure.
Ok_Bird_9745@reddit
My ass crack was always showing, thankfully I had those thongs to cover it up.
FruitMustache@reddit
Please bring back low rise jeans!! 🙏
-DementedAvenger-@reddit
Young lady, please talk slower because I have no idea what you said.
Nice jeans though.
SimienFox@reddit
Sit down- public offence?! Or sit down, opportunity for whale tale :D
Steel1000@reddit
I remember the first time I saw an actual whale tail in junior year chem class. It looked like a damn rope - I wanted to ask how in the fuck that could be comfy…but I was afraid of the answer lol. And her!
PhoneJazz@reddit
Let me see that thong th-thong-thong-thong
Pantsickle@reddit
It must be difficult, being born with a machine gun for a mouth.
EfficiencyIVPickAx@reddit
Bring them back!
bony-tony@reddit
Don't forget your coin slot cream!
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gBfpN6/
conscientiousrevolt@reddit
I've seen lower. I think she still has a full inch of coverage above her...
bowleggedgrump@reddit
We had no idea how lucky we were man…. Oof
conscientiousrevolt@reddit
No, I knew. Jfc 🥵 all day
full_of_ghosts@reddit
Yeah, I must be old, because to me, those jeans look totally normal on a early-20-something young woman.
The weird part is listening to a early-20-something young woman of today talk about how weird they are, when they look so normal to me.
Take-it-like-a-Taker@reddit
Pretty cool that these were 100% marketed to teens - I wonder who the taste-makers were that made these kinds of decisions
junto80@reddit
“Two fingers or five thoughts” is brilliant
rianbrolly@reddit
Forever Hot low rise jeans. Drove us guys absolutely crazy. Also lower back dimples.. damn
WarhammerRyan@reddit
Sooooo...... this is from a period where fashion was way more of a high % ratio than usability % in the "is this worth my time to own/wear" scale.
They look great... hard to believe those jeans are that old and still look that good. Obviously the owner realized they are for occasions and not daily use 😀
ConnectKale@reddit
Just remember ladies before these jeans no one knew what a muffintop was.
fromthedarqwaves@reddit
It was in 8th grade when I first saw the low rise pants/exposed thong combination and the world was forever changed.