okay, so I finally want to buy dior homme skinny...

[dismalfuture]

I wish I had access to a scanner, because there's been a few good roundups of DH jeans in Mens Non-no, in particular the December 2005 issue on p66 that I'm looking at now, which is a collage of guys from London, Paris, and Milan all wearing various DH jeans. All nine-ten guys are pretty different in terms of build/personal style, which is what I need to show here to illustrate my point that Diors look nice on a wide variety of types.

Here, my shit snapshots aren't the best representation of the magazine, but this is what I'm trying to get at through all of this.

[Guest Airjamie]

Your mothers fit like new standards. Too big in the waist.

[Tyler]

Nobody is saying that Diors don't look good on certain body types - Jeez guys calm down! I love Dior jeans and of course they're versatile and anyone can wear 'em. The questions was which would one recommend for someone of 5'8" tall and some have said the skinny type and some have said the fitted type. I haven't said you HAVE to be so tall and weigh so much to wear 'em. I have just said that i think a skinny jean looks better on a longer leg. Flame me all you like but I think it kinda makes sense!

As for the hemming. Look, if someone is 5'8" then they'll likely have an inside leg of about 30". I'm sorry but I think having excess denim of over half a foot flapping around your ankles is ludicrous - over half a foot of material is what's going to be flapping about down there if they're not hemmed! It's making me chuckle just to think about it! They'll be bunching up so much it'll look hilarious! hahahaha!

I am not a body facist - was just trying to help by giving my opinion not by saying that you have to look like a runway model to wear Diors.

As people have advised me - wear what you feel comfortable in and what fits your body shape. We're all different.

As for the photos above - ummm aren't the guys in the pics sharing a remarkably similar body shape? Looks like it to me! And the guy in the white jeans is a perfect example of silly bunching - they look like they don't fit him at all and the way the jeans stick out on the bottom of his left leg shows just how your jeans shouldn't bunch if you ask me. Bunching is good when it's still in keeping with the shape of the leg and the jean but when you've got what looks like a cardboard box stuck up your trouser leg I think it's going a bit far! Even Number 9 is in danger of straying into a my jeans are too long alert but the other guys look great!

Hope you like your jeans when you get them!

[LetsGetSerious]

Im excited to get them, Ill guess we'll see how they really fit!

[sphoxx]

If you want to try something slim but not a skinny as DH you might try the PBJ xx-005 but I am not sure how those are in comparison to the 21cm cut.

Both my dior 19cm and 005s are size 28; I'd say the pbjs are right inbetween the dior 19cm and 21cm in terms of the thigh size. From the knee down they're much closer to the 21cm and about 2'' shorter. The pbjs rise is also considerably higher, although mine haven't stretched that much yet, don't know where they'll end up. Hope that helps.

edit: I'm ~5'9''

[LetsGetSerious]

Both my dior 19cm and 005s are size 28; I'd say the pbjs are right inbetween the dior 19cm and 21cm in terms of the thigh size. From the knee down they're much closer to the 21cm and about 2'' shorter. The pbjs rise is also considerably higher, although mine haven't stretched that much yet, don't know where they'll end up. Hope that helps.

edit: I'm ~5'9''

honestly, thats the best thing anyone has really said to me yet in this thread! thanks:)

[LetsGetSerious]

got the jeans today. I probably should have ordered a 31 for them to fit a bit better in the waist or maybe even a 30 and they could have stretched a bit, but everything you guys said was pretty true. there is no way for these to look good on someone as short as me. they were SUPER baggy and look pretty shitty. Denim was nice though and I wish they would have fit differently. I cant really imagine anyone under 5'10'' wearing these unless you are like a 26 in the waist...

so Im sending them back tomorrow. Ive been looking at other jeans... something that might be a bit more flattering on a shorter, not super skinny guy. PBJ xx05s look nice, but are they slim fitting at all? Are apcs a possibility for someone of my build?

thanks guys.

[ally fu]

Post a couple of pics of you wearing them before sending them back.

I'm 5'9" and a 30 waist and I've just ordered a pair of 19's - you've got me worrying now!

[LetsGetSerious]

Im at work now and the jeans are at home :-/

Mine were 21cm so that will probably make a difference, and your slight edge over me in height and figure will probably make them okay for you, I was just expecting something very slim fitting and that was not the case at all.

[ayn]

I tried on the 19cm, 29W, I'm 5'8, and I'd def get them hemmed, way too long:

[ko]

Do yourself a favor and please don't hem your Diors. The inseam is 37" for a reason, they look great.

[dismalfuture]

ayn: I think they look proper, they're meant to be worn exactly like that. Good fit on you.

[ayn]

seriously? ok then, when I get myself a pair of these 19cm I'll rock them just like that. haha...

[evisu 2000]

that girl in the back has got some real short shorts on. any pics of her?

and i agree, the jeans look good on you.

[roundhouse]

hey just wondering guys are most denim like dior, apc and nudie sanforized and left hand twill?

[tweeds]

yes to the first, no to the second. if you want LHT you'll be interested in Lee repro lefties.

[LetsGetSerious]

I tried on the 19cm, 29W, I'm 5'8, and I'd def get them hemmed, way too long:

like I said earlier, the 19cm may have made a difference, and I may be a bit shorter than you and a bit fatter.

[bahnahnahs]

why are DH jeans sizing so weird?

The sizing chart shows size 29 as 81.5cm for the 19cm version, its way bigger than other brands size 29. And their smallest size i have seen so far is size 28 only which equals to 78cm. Is this the pre-shrinkage size or something?

[Astérix]

They go down to a 26.

[bahnahnahs]

anyway, for DH, where should u be measuring ur size? the waist or hips?

[shinobi2000]

I agree with the others Ayn that you should not hem them. Right now they seem stiff enough that they are bunching up evenly. Mine on the other hand, only bunch up at the bottom creating these huge bulges around my ankles, it looks ridiculous. I might hem mine.

[polishmike]

i have the same problem. mine are 21cm but i'm not sure if i should hem them.

[Astérix]

They length is fine, but if you could I would have gone down in size or down to the 19cm...those look really baggy for some reason.

[polishmike]

i think its the picture, they don't look baggy at all. these are 33, my reg size. i can't go down anymore cause they just wouldnt button. right now its pretty close anyway. i also have big thighs and that stops me from getting some skinny jeans.

[LetsGetSerious]

i think its the picture, they don't look baggy at all. these are 33, my reg size. i can't go down anymore cause they just wouldnt button. right now its pretty close anyway. i also have big thighs and that stops me from getting some skinny jeans.

how tall are you? mine fit even more baggy than that and I had a 32...

[polishmike]

i'm 5'9. i really like the fit i'm just not sure about the length. i think i can hem them about 1 inch and they would still look good

[Astérix]

DON'T hem them...if you ever decide to sell them you will get more for unhemmed ones...plus they look find how they are. They are meant to be worn bunched.

[dismalfuture]

polishmike, I think you could probably do with a little bit of hemming, since those are 21's and they do look a little baggy in that picture. Then again, if you say they look skinnier in real life you many not want to hem, the bunching and length do look ok, they just look a little baggy and wide as others have mentioned.

[LetsGetSerious]

the last thing I wanted was for my jeans to wear like Polishmikes...

I wanted bunching at the bottom with a very slim thigh...

[polishmike]

well, mine are very slim at the thigh. i just don't have skinny legs like most of the guys here. they do bunch up at the bottom a lot but i think that looks way better on skinny tall guys. i have apc ns and i didn't hem them but with diors i think i'll have to. i'll post pics in before and after.