I really really wanted to like these jeans, it's so hard to find a decent pair and I loved the style.  For sizing (although everyone holds weight differently) i am 5'6" and close to 140 and workout daily so muscular but very skinny calves and barely any butt and very curvy waist, but thighs are always kinda tight in jeans. The 7 were slightly too big - they fit as I put them on but wearing for 30 minutes, I had a large gap in waist in back and the hip area slide down and created a crease that I needed to yank up Constantly. The 5 were a tad too small as they cut into my waist and the crotch was way too short and thighs too tight. I wear between a 4-6 in jeans in misses sizes, Both lengths were perfect and jeans were comfortable, but being styled so tight, I couldn't have keep them with those issues. I think thess world work better on not as curvy waisted, with more proportionate thighs. They are great if you have no butt or tiny butt, they do shape it well. Fabric was nice and nothing pinched or scratched me.