The skinny jean showcases the discrepancy between the size of your thighs, and the size of your ankles. Since your thighs are much larger than your ankles, this causes your thighs to appear very large, simply by comparison to the size of your ankles. In flared jeans, the size of your thighs is offset by the flare at the ankle. This causes your lower and mid-thigh area to appear more lean, because the lower leg appears to be larger. Its a wonderful illusion.
Lets take a look at a more common scenario; a woman who doesn't have skinny little legs.
In the picture of the skinny jeans, notice that the mid-thigh appears to be the largest area of the leg, and the knee lacks contour, causing the leg to have a sausage-y look. In the flared jean, the lower thigh and knee area appear to be quite slender, thanks to the complementary flare in the lower area of the pant.
To further demonstrate my point, take into consideration the way that an hourglass figure may be flattering to the waist.
Large breasts and wide hips cause the waist to appear small, by comparison. While on the other hand, small breasts and narrow hips can cause the waist to appear larger than it may actually be. Another wonderful illusion for those women blessed with breasts and hips.
Hourglass waist, hourglass pants... Same concept, equally effective.
This is so silly. The whole argument here stems around the idea that the most important thing for pants to do is make the lower thigh/knee area appear thin. Flared pants are great for that. However I love how skinny jeans make my calves/ankles appear more slender. Skinny jeans highlight how a leg actually looks naked, and that's sexy! If you don't like how your leg naturally looks, cover it up with a flared pant. But there's nothing wrong with skinny jeans and I don't agree they make you look any thicker than flared pants do--they just don't hide your calves! And the comparison to an hourglass figure is also ridiculous. Not only did your analogy not work (skinny jeans do not have the same silhouette as a small-chested and small-hipped girl, I think that would be closer to straight-legged jeans), but it again made the assumption that it is as important to make your knees look slim as it is to make your waist look slim. That simply does not make sense!
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