Mind The Gap

I have to confess that I have never been a fan of Gap jeans.  For years and years, more years in fact than I care to remember, they just haven't worked for me.  If they fitted on the waist they would be too big on the hips and I know my eldest daughter has had exactly the same problems despite us being completely different body shapes.  I was left with the assumption that unless you were fairly slim, Gap wasn't the brand for you. My love of jeans developed over the years and I always tried to grab a designer pair with a massive discount, often at theoutnet and more recently high street jeans or jeggings in the form of M&S and Warehouse, both of which I find comfortable and a good fit, but when I popped into Gap at Bluewater the other week and saw a wall display of sale jeans with either a £12.99 or £14.99 price tag, I couldn't not nip into the changing room with a couple of pairs and give them another go.


I avoided the ripped boyfriend jeans like the plague (I'm too old) and tried on a jegging in one size up as they didn't have my size, so comfortable and the really dark indigo colour I like as they work so well for evenings, but sadly they fitted fine in the body but were too big on the legs.
Next I tried a 32 waist (my usual size) 1969 cuffed always skinny jean and hey presto we have lift off! A little bit tight on the waist meaning my muffin top is more of a full blown victoria sponge (with lots of jam and cream filling - tunic tops only need apply) but for less than £15 I left the shop a happy bunny as lots of my jeans are getting a bit worse for wear and desperately need to be replaced if I'm honest.  So the deep cuff lives on my friends, but sadly these jeans are more expensive online (£22.99 - although that is still a bargain) why oh why do Gap do this? Suggest you pop into your local branch to see what they have left, it's worth stocking up on a few different styles at these prices!

Have you grabbed in any bargain pieces in Gap lately?