How do you know if jeans are the right size without trying them on? The quick and simple tip: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

A timeless piece of our wardrobe, jeans are a wardrobe essential, summer and winter alike. And it must be said that it goes with everything: a faux fur jacket for winter and a pair of sneakers over black jeans for a perfect casual chic look, a soft sweater with bleach fabric for a comfortable fall outfit or another oversized shirt, a thin belt and a pair of moccasins with raw jeans to ride the quiet luxury trend, also called old money, which is all the rage at the moment.

However, when it comes to finding THE perfect pair of jeans, many questions remain. Finding the ideal model, without having to do any alterations, is not an easy task (a bit like finding the right bra size). To adjust a size, many tips have emerged on the social network TikTok, to make our lives easier: enlarge jeans that are too small, tighten ones that are on the contrary too wide, shorten them neatly without sewing… For each problem, his solution.

But we can’t help but harbor the hope of one day finding the foolproof technique to immediately spot the jeans that suit us in the store. Still on TikTok, the user @lauriannemei shared a grandmother’s tip to know if the one you’re eyeing is the right size, without even trying it on. Too many people in the fitting rooms, lack of time or buying on the internet, there are many reasons for not putting on the pants we want to buy in store.

How do you know if pants fit you? : Here is the quick and easy tip to find the jeans in your size without trying them on

According to the TikToker, this simple tip would allow you to know if the jeans are the right size and thus avoid unpleasant surprises when you arrive home. To do this, simply put the jeans around your neck. We’ll explain it to you. Take the pants and position them with the top facing your neck. Then grab both ends of the waist and try to wrap it around your neck. If you manage to go around and they touch at the back, the jeans fit you!

In the comments, opinions oscillate between those who knew this grandmother’s tip and validated it, and those who are delighted to finally have a technique for getting the right size the first time. The trick is so simple that the editorial team rushed to test it: and it was validated (with high-waisted jeans). If you are skeptical, you can start by testing this theory to sort between several models and save time before going to try on your jeans. It remains to be seen whether this tip is valid for all body types.