These days, there's no chance I'm traipsing around town in too-tight jeans that cinch my belly like a balloon animal. Nor am I wearing a pair that's so baggy I look like a blowfish. Allow me a ...

When the Amandas came out in 1993, they were dubbed the original slimming jeans ... Casual chic: Gloria Vanderbilt's Amanda jeans are fitted where I want them to be, without being restricting.

As I looked, Amazon's No. 1 bestselling jeans popped up: the Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda Classic High Rise ... they were dubbed the original slimming jeans. Well, there's a reason for their staying power ...