i used to love these jeans. i was thrilled to have found jeans that fit nice and look nice. i got every color available. i did notice that the darker colors were cut smaller, i've noticed this in other brands as well. i wear an 8. after about 6 months on all the jeans, the tummy slimming panel blows out or something, and leaves you with an odd unflattering stretched, baggy crotch area. these were not tight, i don't have a weird gut, i work out and have a nice figure. i had bought these jeans used on ebay and i had noticed the same stretched out area, i thought someone had hung them over a hanger and it caused a strange seam running horizontally, or had a very odd shaped body and wore them out strangely. so i ordered brand new ones and loved them, but they all stretched out in the same very unflattering area, rendering them unwearable after about 6 months.