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Skinny Jeans vs. Slim Jeans

Clothes are one of the main accessories and are one item which is never out of business. To sell their products different companies come up with various alterations in the name of fashion to ensure their business keeps on running and there is no monotonous in the type of products they are bringing out for people. Jeans is one such item which is famous all over the world and one of the most worn dress. It is available for women and men and has many different types, two of such types are known as slim jeans and skinny jeans. Mostly, it is thought that both are same and the only difference between them is that they have two different names for the same thing. This is not entirely true, there are some variations in both of them which will be discussed in this article. The main difference between them is that skinny jeans is the one which is stick around the body tightly and makes the body parts visible as in giving a shape. While slim jeans, on the other hand, is the type of jeans which is neither too loose nor too tight as in gives a good outlook if someone is wearing them. They are also distinguished in the way of marketing strategy as one company might call a tighter jeans slimmer while the other call the slim jeans skinny. The slim jeans can be worn by anyone while the skinny jeans are mostly preferred by women though men can also wear them. Another type of difference between the two is the type of occasion on which they can be worn. Skinny jeans are usually for informal gatherings since they are considered casual while slim jeans is only for specific occasions such as formal parties on work though it must be said that jeans is not a traditional official outfit. There are different types for skinny jeans but slim jeans are for multiple body shapes. There are many other differences as well which will be detailed at the end while brief definitions of both jeans is given in the next paragraphs.

Key Differences

Skinny jeans are mostly worn on informal functions but slim jeans are mostly worn for formal functions.
Samantha Walker
Oct 30, 2016
Skinny jeans are mostly worn by men and women while slim jeans are mostly worn by women only.
Skinny jeans are tighter around the body while slim jeans are straight from the top to bottom.
Slim jeans are more stretchable since they have to fit around the body shape while skinny jeans are not that flexible.
Skinny jeans can be suitable for people who have a good body which is not too fat while slim jeans can fit people with different body shapes.
Slim jeans can be worn for specific occasions while skinny jeans are for variety of occasions.
Samantha Walker
Oct 30, 2016
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These are the types of jeans which are along the same pattern of normal jeans and there are no cuts through the legs.
These are the type of jeans which are tighter from the legs and there is a small opening around the separation of legs.

Audience

These are for specific people and have to be tried before one can borrow them.
Helps the slim jeans to fit the body of different people.

Public

Are mostly worn by men and women.
Are mostly worn by women only.

Function

Are mostly worn on informal functions.
Are mostly worn for formal functions.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 30, 2016

What is Slim Jeans?

These are the type of jeans which are tighter from the legs and there is a small opening around the separation of legs. This opening is around 9 to 20 inches in size and helps the slim jeans to fit the body of different people. The main advantage of this is that people who have a chubby body or the ones who have a thin body, can both wear them at the same time and it won’t look bad on them. There are many other names of such jean types and can be known as tight pants, drainpipes, skinnies and pencil pants.

What is Skinny Jeans?

These are the types of jeans which are along the same pattern of normal jeans and there are no cuts though the legs. These are for specific people and have to be tried before one can borrow them. There are many variations but the cut is similar to straight leg since the structure is like that. It does not have many names and sometimes is usually considered the same as slim jeans. It is mostly worn by women and but can be suited to males, though they don’t always look good on them. They become twisted from the top but are straight from the legs and down.

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