We just need to briefly go through what black skinny jeans are, what is their history and where they are in the styles of today.
As the name suggests, skinny jeans are made to make you look thin, maybe even thinner than you really are. Because of this they are sometimes called slim fit pants. They are different from drainpipe jeans as they taper near the leg bottom rather than just go down straight which means that they are considerably less baggy. In fact there is quite often a zip at the bottom to help people actually get the pants to go over your feet.
A few other names that people call them are skinny pants, skinnies, pencil pants, stovepipes, cigarette pants as well as a few others. All these names stress how tight they fit.
This jeans fashion began as long ago as the 1950s and Elvis Presley was one of the first people to wear them and make a big fashion statement. In reality they were possibly a major factor in giving rock and roll the bad boy image which still remains to a certain extent.
For many years since then they were always very closely related to music in some way. Country music stars wore them as well as several famous bands including the Beatles. They were the clothes of the teddy boys who were seen as the baddies and were very different to the flower power fashion of the goodies.
Some people were known to put black skinny jeans on and then get into a bath of water so that they could shrink them to make them fit even tighter. Such was the urge to fit them as tight as possible.
The style faded from a lot of the music scene a little in the last ten years of the 20th century when people tended to prefer the baggier jeans which have always been there but worn for more practical reasons and not as a fashion statement.
They have come back again in the 2000s mainly led through indie bands which has helped them in becoming a vey popular garment. They are one of the few style accessories that are as popular with men as to women. Other from black, you can now get them in most sizes and colours.
However, skinny jeans are not suitable for all. We should mention that if someone is of the fuller figure to start with, they will not look good when they wear them. A person needs to be pretty skinny to start with.
Similar things apply to what you wear with them. It might be an idea to wear something baggier on your top to counteract the effect out somewhat. Tucking them into long boots looks good and this makes the wearer look taller than you actually are. If you are already tall and skinny, you can do whatever you like. You will look good in anything with your black skinny jeans.
