Amalli Talli Dream Denim

Our fellow leggy ladies, it’s time to throw out all of those jeans that you have been making work, for lack of better options. Our best option has arrived and it’s no surprise to anyone at this point that it’s Amalli Talli. What you might be surprised and ecstatic about though, is the price point! We’ve all been shopping for denim countless times. Enough to know that sometimes not only are there limited options available (if any in-store) but we also usually have to pay a premium to find the same options regular sizes have. 

Before this drop, it’s been a woe is me and my lack of options. Now it’s more like, check me out in my well-fitted, comfortable, ideal denim. Caitlin and I have long ago transitioned to almost exclusively wearing high-rise denim. As we’re built in more of an hourglass frame, it makes us feel our best to nip in at the waist. Also, a long-overlooked fact is with longer legs, we often have longer butts. So you’re already operating at a disadvantage with mid rise, and don’t even speak of the low rise in our presence. We lived through that ill-advised trend in high school, and nothing will make us return to it ever again.

We’ve got big butts and we cannot lie! A lot of people have mentioned their concern because Amy and Alli are very slim tall women. You know that Caitlin and I are built differently and we’re always happy to give our thoughts/feedback on the difference of their clothing on us a couple of sizes up. This denim is billed as high-waisted, and a higher inseam in the back than the front. I will note that I definitely have denim that is higher than this, but I do still call it high-waisted. The front goes to an inch below my belly button. The back leaves me with zero concern about my butt crack creeping out the top when I sit down. If it passes that test, then I definitely say it’s high-waisted. 

I have on the size 30 in the black pair with grey wash, which is basically true to size for me. For sizing reference, I wear between 30/31 in other denim. I did try on a pair in size 31. I noticed the difference in the waist, where I didn’t feel I needed any extra room. The denim does have a great amount of stretch to it. Plus, I didn’t notice any stretching out, which is usually a big concern. Often because I’d rather pick my denim to be comfortable I’ll pick a larger size, but then it ends up loosening a bit too much and I’ll constantly have to pull them back up.

Caitlin got the dark wash pair with knee rips. She decided to keep the size 31 after trying on both the 30 and 31. She is a 35 inseam to the floor, so as you can tell she has some extra length to cuff the jeans! Plus it’s so magical having the knee rips be perfectly placed. It makes all the difference in comfort as well.

Another notable part that starts to drive us nuts with wearing a lot of skinny jeans: the calf tightness. I don’t have particularly large calves but the nature of skinnies it pulls on the calf portion trying to remain tight to the leg. Consequently, that pulls on the knee, which means suffering throughout any time seated or constantly adjusting the pants up and down as you sit and stand. Well, rejoice! There is room for your calves in Amalli Talli’s denim!

Lastly, I want to touch on the obvious: length. They cut their denim in two lengths, 35” and 37”. I’m wearing the 37” and they are generously long. My inseam to the ground is 38” so as a skinny jean, it only needs to go to ankle length. This leaves for the option of rolling the cuffs. We personally like the ability to play with cuff and give it different options! If you don’t think you want the extra length you can choose 35”. Our Mom ordered 35″ instead of choosing the same 37″ as me. Then she can wear them like the rest of her skinny denim. Or you can obviously get them altered, which to us is a great “problem” to have!

We’re feeling super spoiled with all of these quality pieces dropping from Amalli Talli. It’s been helping us to go through our closets and clean out items that we now realize we were just settling with! Do you ever feel like you come across items that make you rethink your previous purchases? We’re grateful for Amalli Talli raising the expectation bar. Now, we can have clothing just as high quality as anyone else!

The cost of their denim is already under $70, which is spectacularly good. PLUS, they go up to size 38, which is amazing since we know a lot of people have been wondering about better coverage for plus sizes! To get an additional 15% off, use THEREALTALL15 and snap up a pair or two. We’re just here to spread the good news!

Also we wanted to give a quick shoutout to our new photographer friend from France: Ignace! You can see his work here

Outfit Details

Link to the black/grey wash denim here! Link to the dark wash with knee rips, here!