this month's challenge

[fox]

I need black jeans.

There aren't any.

Well - not precisely true. But here's the thing: I can't wear any pants with "skinny" in their name. The shape just isn't right. Everything I've found that exists in black doesn't fit in one way or another; usually the rise is too low, because where I'm carrying some weight I'd rather not be carrying just now makes my lower belly a little cushy, which uses up more rise than a flatter belly would, and my waist is already quite high, which means mid-rise pants on me are pretty low and low-rise are laughable. The nearest approximation I've found in an affordable option was at Target, of all places, where one size was a little too small (enough that wearing them for a couple of hours wouldn't ease it enough) and the next size up was much too big.

Sigh.

So my latest brilliant plan is to buy blue jeans in a style I know fits comfortably, and overdye them. I have never done this. Who has pointers?

Comments

[resonant]

If you want to try one more buying source, Lands' End has a nifty thing where the descriptions 'tall' and 'petite' are somewhat independent of inseam length -- meaning that you can order a pair of 'tall' jeans in inseams that range from 32 to 36. I have the opposite problem from you -- my rise is very short, though I'm average height -- and I order their petite jeans in a longer inseam.

They're non-stretchy traditional denim. This was a plus for me but might not be for you.

[fox]

Doesn't look like there's any black denim there for me. But thanks for the tip!