As a Petite Mom in My 40s, I Thought Wide-Legged Jeans Weren’t for Me—Until I Found This Pair

As a Petite Mom in My 40s, I Thought Wide-Legged Jeans Weren’t for Me—Until I Found This Pair

These flattering jeans help me feel stylish, not clownish.ParentsWhen I was a kid, my 5-foot-tall mother shared her theory that clothing stores shrank the styles that didn’t sell and stashed them in the Petite section, leaving us shorties with the least-appealing options. At the towering height of 5-foot-3 (and 3/4 inches!), I haven’t always felt her pain—and petite styles are way better these days. But there is one category for which petite siz…