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The cut of the jeans is the actual shape of the jeans. Currently, there are a lot of different shapes and styles to jeans, and I will attempt to summarise the main ones here:

• Low rise jeans. Low rise jeans sit tend to sit on the hips below the waist. The "rise" is the distance from the crotch to the waist band at the front. Standard low rise jeans have a rise measuring about 8". Ultra low rise jeans can have rises even lower, such as 7" or 6.5", but some people find jeans cut as low as this a little difficult to wear. The distance between the crotch and the waist band at the back is usually cut higher in low rise jeans, in an attempt to avoid "plumber's bottom", a condition in which the bottom cleavage, normally of a tradesman, is clearly visible. All the styles below, with the exception of high waisted jeans, can in addition be low rise.
• The opposite of low rise jeans is high waisted jeans, where the jeans sit on the waist or even higher. Simon Cowell is said to have a penchant for high waisted trousers, perhaps to keep his bottom cleavage under wraps. All the styles below, with the exception of high waisted jeans, can in addition be high waisted.
• Boot cut jeans - these jeans tend to be tighter on the thighs but flare out a little at the ankles.
• Straight leg jeans - these jeans are usually a similar circumference from thigh to ankle - they neither flare out nor taper at the ankles.
• Skinny - these jeans are tight and fitted to the leg. They may well contain lycra in order to help get the perfect fit. The usual amount of lycra in "stretch" jeans is in the region of 2%, although it can be higher. Any of the styles listed here can also be stretch.
• Baggy or Loose Fit - what it says on tin - the opposite of skinny, these jeans are comfortable and easy to move around in. I call them Pilates Pants because I teach Pilates wearing baggy jeans.
• Tapered - like skinny except a little looser fitting on the leg.
• Flared - flared jeans tend to fairly fitted to the thigh, but they widen dramatically at the knee to become very wide at the ankles. They are almost like a more extreme version of bootcut jeans.
• Bell bottoms - these jeans tend to be quite tightly fitted to the knee, they then flare out towards the bottoms, so that the bottoms appear bell shaped.
• Capri - capri cut trousers are shorter than standard length trousers, tending to go just past the knee or perhaps as far as the calf. The term is used interchangeably with Crop or Cropped, although cropped jeans can be ankle length, just above a "standard" length. This of course is worth knowing if you usually have to pay to have your jeans taken up because you are "vertically challenged". I love my Rock and Republic Crowns, but it's only the cropped ones that I haven't had to spend an additional £12 on to get them turned up.