I have worn Lee Riders all my life, I'm now 47 years old.  I tend to buy two pairs and wear them until they're totally worn out before buying another couple pairs.  I have always worn size 6 petite which fit perfectly everywhere but are a little on the loose side, which I like.  I usually keep a size 4 petite on hand as well which fit me just a little more snuggly though are not tight.  My size 6 wore out completely so I decided to order them online which I'd never done.  I decided to be on the safe size and order a size 8 petite since I did not want them tight.  I feared they might be too big and I'd have to return them.  To my shock, they are WAY too small in the thighs and WAY to big in the waist.  I held them up to my size 6 petites and the thighs of the size 8 are much smaller (in fact they're smaller than my size 4 petites) and the waist is huge, it bulges out about two inches in the back.  So they've completely remade their jeans so that I can no longer wear them.  If I go up another size so they fit in the thighs, the waist will be so huge that I could probably pull them over my hips without unbuttoning them.  If I go down a couple sizes so the waist will fit, I'll never get them over my hips.  What a joke!  These are shaped for a man!  I'm not a man!  I'm curvy!  My old size 4's and 6's fit perfectly everywhere, they fit over my hips and curved in to lie smooth against my waist with no bulge in the back.  So I'm returning these and wearing my old size 4's until they wear out.  I don't know what I'll do then.  I'm so disappointed.  Maybe I'll add some pictures later, showing how they compare to my size 4's and 6's.