I am normally a size 8 in Levis. I can just grab a pair in the store and walk out happy. Not the case with these jeans. I could barely get them to my thighs, and that did nothing for my self confidence...blah! I thought these were made for pear shaped ladies, so the least they could do is make us happy:). They should've kept their sizing but increased the butt size or something. Not happy, and not getting a bigger size or even 2 sizes bigger!