These jeans are soft and cute and wonderful but I ordered a size 7 because I'm losing weight and wanted goal jeans..I'm currently definitely a size 12, around my hipbones where the waist sits is 37" and the widest part of my hips is 41.5" and they fit really well. I'm glad I was looking for smaller jeans for a goal because if I'd ordered a 12 they would have been huge 