with celebrities and fashion heroes sporting the cut, albeit much more low-slung on the hips. But, as trends redirected towards skinnier styles and then oversized fits, bootcut jeans fell out of ...

And even certain brands that sell “plus-size” jeans cut corners by working from the same patterns used for their straight sizes, with (often thin) designers not designing for curves ...

Not sure where to start? Go west, young man, to the brand’s bread-and-butter Cowboy Cut line, the official jeans of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. (How’s that for authenticity?) ...

Cropped jeans start at $36 at Amazon Maggie Horton ... They have the same front patch pockets, high-waist cut, exaggerated hem, and, of course, an above-the-ankle crop. They’re made from mostly ...