I haven’t been jeans-shopping for such a loooonnng time. I think my last purchase of a pair of jeans was 5 years ago, if not longer. The pairs of jeans I own are less than the amount of my fingers. I have been wearing the few (speak only 3) pairs of jeans for the past 5 years. I have a little more than that but these 3 are my favorites because they make me look good in them, they make me feel comfortable wearing them day in day out.

There is this pair, which is my favorite among my limited collection of jeans, and it finally gave up on me last week . There was a time, or it still is, that holes in jeans is absolutely the ‘in’-thing. But I think it is not very appropriate as an office wear. The holes that started appearing on my jeans happened to be more of the material being worn down rather than being ‘in’.

However the idea of buying jeans here always makes me cringe. I am 5ft 2inch and I know I am short. Sometimes I feel like a hobbit if I’m standing beside some of my super tall German friends. Sometimes I wish I could use an inch or two taller. BUT I am comfortable with my height and if mother nature makes me this tall, I accept my own fate then. What irks me most with my lack of height is whenever I attend some open air concerts and these ‘giant’-Germans acting like it was so cool standing in front of a girl who’s like 20cm shorter, completely at ease, blocking my view. That is when I wish I could be taller.

Anyway I digress, oh ya, back to buying jeans here. The jeans are either usually tailored for some super tall girls or those who have skinny thighs and hips, which I am neither of those types. That absolutely puts me off. So last week I decided that’s it, I’ve had my fair share of worn down jeans. It is time to get some new ones.

I really walked into every shops in Mannheim, very determined to search for the perfect pair of jeans and guess what I managed to find 3 pairs! I didn’t know that Esprit has a collection of jeans categorized as ’short’ . From the sound of it, I know that those jeans are really cut out for me .