Hi all! I’ve been wearing American Eagle women’s jeans for nearly two decades, but the quality has gotten so bad…I’ve had multiple pairs of jeans tear around the back pockets/belt loops just from pulling them up within a handful of wears. And of course the thighs break down from chub rub within months.

I know I need to switch brands, but the problem is that I’ve not found any jeans that fit me as well as AE. I’m short and thick with an ass…I currently wear a 12 x-short (31” waist, 41” hips, 25” inseam), but even when I was a size 2 in high school, I still had trouble finding jeans that fit both my waist and my hips. Supposedly the 10” difference between waist and hips is standard, but other jeans don’t fit the same way so I don’t know what the difference is 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not even wearing their ‘curvy’ jeans now that I’m thicker around the waist than I used to be.

I’m also partial to high-waisted (10-11” rise) skinny jeans because I’m an aging millennial I guess 😬

I just want some comfortable jeans that will last more than a year. I work in a research lab, so I wear jeans daily and don’t want to be wearing ratty jeans to work.

I had AE jeans in middle/high school that lasted years. I know the weight gain makes a difference too, but not so much that jeans are tearing in the first few wears.

I’m somewhere between 5’0 and 5’1 and have always struggled with jeans. Jean sizing does not seem reliable anywhere, and most of the time jeans drag on the floor or rise way above my belly button which is a huge no for me…I liked how these hugged my body, but I’m not sure about the length and how it looks. Does this look okay length wise? Or should it be hitting right before the ankle? I’m not sure how jeans are supposed to fit anymore.

These are American Eagle bootcut in a Petite size 4 short.

Does anyone know if these jeans have been permanently discontinued? I just bought some a couple months ago and they were already online only, but now I can't even get the page to load, despite it still showing on the website listed under bootcut and flare jeans.