After last week’s ASOS debacle, I’m pleased this week to be wearing a new pair of Amanda jeans kindly gifted to me by Gloria Vanderbilt (not GLORIA Gloria, you know what I mean).

I’ve been wearing Gloria Vanderbilt jeans since the SEVENTIES. It was the one brand I could count on fitting my curvy figure. And later on, they were the first jeans I knew of that had STRETCH. Oh, Glorious Day. Say what you want about “stretch jeans not being REAL jeans,” when you have THIS body, you need some spandex.

And they’ve been size inclusive up to size 26 since the beginning. Back in the day, that was a big deal. And it’s still a big deal, as plus size women continue the search for well-fitting, readily available, reasonably-priced jeans. AND they take returns (ahem).

I don’t mean for this to sound like an ad. It’s not an #ad. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you know I wear these jeans almost exclusively. I usually just stray if I want a skinny jean fit.

My girlfriend and I traipsed around the city one rainy day last week, playing scavenger hunt and going wherever the available parking spots took us. And while I wanted to look cute, what I really wanted was to be comfortable. A pair of comfy, stretchy jeans, an easy cotton pullover and my super marshmallowy Skechers sneakers did the trick.

Do you have a favorite brand you’ve been able to count on for years and years?

What I’m Wearing

Photos by Mochi – thanks!

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