I am a 35 year old woman and mother of 2 young kids. These jeans do not give me a muffin top or reveal coin slot ( plumbers butt). I think they are worth the money. They do not stretch out, are nice and dark, and are not low rise. It is really hard to find jeans that are not low rise and that do not look like mom jeans. Mama like em. They were long so I had them hemmed. I am 5'5 and wear between a 6 and 8. I bought a size 30. I think the 29 would have been good too.