I’m a sucker for fashion—always have been. But jeans lately have
veered toward tight-fitting, or even skintight. In fact, jeans that are
so tight, are not considered jeans at all. They’re “Jeggings.” Jean
material in the cut of leggings. While I’m all for fashion, these are
not the skinny jeans of modern trend, and they are not at all to be
considered modest. Skinny jeans don’t mean skintight jeans. There is a
difference. Mine are slim-fitted and tapered to my legs, not painted on
them. A useful tip for me is to stand straight and pinch the fabric on
my thigh and see if it stays.
If it maintains some remnant of the bowed,
pinched shape, they’re fitted but still modest. If it snaps back (or
are so snug I can’t even pinch them), they’re too tight.
Unbelievably, skin-tight pants, spanx and jeggings have also been
known to contribute to compressed nerves in the pelvis called meralgia
paresthetica. The clothing pinches the femoral cutaneous nerve that runs
along the thigh and pelvic area and can create recurrent abdominal
pain, bladder and yeast infections and/or blood clots