Why do jeans stretch so much?

wanderlust2006

I wash my jeans and they fit well, by mid-morning I have baggy butt.   I feel like the stretchy-ness is get worse, my older jeans don't stretch as much as the newer ones.

 

Do you buy your jeans tight so they fit after they stretch?

Tambcat

Are they Gap jeans? Gap jeans are the worst about stretching! You do have to buy them a size too small and then just suffer through the first couple of hours in them.

AppleBear

Tambcat:

Are they Gap jeans? Gap jeans (and Banana to) are the worst about stretching! You do have to buy them a size too small and then just suffer through the first couple of hours in them.

Really?  I like Gap jeans.

I bought a pair from Talbots in the fall.  Now, they are truly awful.  They faded from dark wash to a bright blue and stretch so bad.  Awful!!! 

wanderlust2006

Tambcat:

Are they Gap jeans? Gap jeans are the worst about stretching! You do have to buy them a size too small and then just suffer through the first couple of hours in them.

They're Loft

PeachyKate

I always like to joke it is because of my big fat arse.

The only ones I have that don't do that are levis.  I bought a pair from Lands End earlier this year and they are the absolute worst, I would never by another pair from them again. 

amandasw

honestly, that's why I get the more expensive brands - they never stretch out and I wear them for years.  It's one of the things I'll splurge on (or find sometimes second hand!) because it really makes a difference.  Citizens, Sevens, Joes... oh and also I never put them in the dryer.

Daffyone

I think its all of the spandex that they put in them now.  Jeans before (Uh oh, I sound like my parents...in the good ol' days....) they didn't add spandex to jeans, they were just 100% cotton denim.  Try and find a pair that doesn't have that today!  It's next to impossible.  I can't stand spandex in my denim, that's why I shop at co-signment stores and second hand shops for my denim.....