“Boyfriend Jeans now coming to anytown USA.”

By Bryanne Schulz

The growing trend in Hollywood these days, especially among mommas, are “Boyfriend Jeans.” Every holly-mom, from Katie Holmes to Gwen Stefani, has been photographed in the new baggy style. If you’re worth your weight in the celeb world then this is the trend you’ve been wearing everywhere from Whole Foods to that meeting with Samuel L. Jackson.



Rarely do we see a trend so comfy come out of world usually crammed with size 0 skirts and thousand-dollar flip-flops. I’d like to stand up and say, “Thanks Reese Witherspoon!” I, too, can wear some oversized jeans and roll the legs up to look like I’m anticipating a huge water leak in my basement. What a grand world we live in when fashion can appeal to the masses. Especially those of us who are often ignored - muthas!

Yep, I’m a mom. I show excitement because my demo is largely ignored. Last week I was in my living room thinking about how I should vacuum up the Cheerios when I decided to try out this new trend for the first time. I rolled up my jeans, (which have become increasingly baggy lately - score one for me!). I didn’t go anywhere but my own home at first. I could hardly believe how, as long as you were dressed like Halle Berry, vacuuming up crumbs could be so fulfilling.



The next day I grew even more adventurous and sported the rolled up look while I took my dog and son for a walk through the neighborhood. While my pet and my child may have thought I was insane, no one in my neighborhood seemed to notice. I'll admit I was even doing a little strut as I pushed the stroller around. Sure, there were no paparazzi around to take my photo but I figured if there were I'd look good.

Later I decided to keep the look going when I wore my Boyfriend Jeans to the supermarket. OK, so it was after 10 PM and most of the people in the store were dressed like hobos or Nick Nolte in his mug shot, but I still felt like I was taking a risk. I was perusing the supermarket aisles while walking on the wild side of denim fashion. And I liked every second of it.

No matter how mundane picking up ketchup and diapers might seem to some it was a fashionable jaunt for little old me.

The glory of these Boyfriend Jeans will continue for me, I'm totally hooked on the look. I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say rolling up my baggy jeans changed my life, but if baggy, rolled up jeans are cool, consider me Oprah. “Now everyone, look under your chairs. Boyfriend Jeans for everyone!”

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Bry Schulz is a writer, photographer, and mother who really hates squash. Not necessarily the game but definitely the vegetable.