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 ...

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 ...