Mom jeans is a humorously pejorative term for a fit of women's jeans considered very unflattering. The style usually consists of a high waist (above the belly button), which accentuates a flat curvature of the buttocks, as well as generous cuts in the stomach and leg. The jeans are usually in a light-blue solid coloring with no form of stone washing or fading. Other attributes of the style often seen are pleated fronts, tapered legs and elastic waistbands. The style is often accompanied by a blouse or shirt that is tucked into the jeans. This style of jeans was popular with women until the early 1990s, when lower rise jeans were becoming fashionable.
The name of the fit has its origin with a 2003 Saturday Night Live skit for a fake brand of jeans called Mom Jeans, which used the tagline "For this Mother's Day, don't give Mom that bottle of perfume. Give her something that says, 'I'm not a woman anymore. I'm a mom!' "[1]
A corresponding term "dad jeans" has been coined in the media to refer to a similarly unflattering, high-waisted and shapeless style of jeans often worn by middle-aged men. This came to prominence in 2009 when President Barack Obama was depicted as wearing them to a baseball game.[2]