More Express Studio Stretch Wide Waistband Editor Pants

I started buying the Express Studio Stretch Wide Waistband Editor Pants for work a couple years ago.  They have been the only pants I wear to work.  I have like 10 pairs of them, and they've lasted all this time!  Seriously the best investments ever.  I used to hate my work pants and felt that they were so uncomfortable to sit in all day.  But the Express ones are so comfortable and flattering at the same time.  It's weird because I cannot wear their regular Editor pant, only the Wide Waistband Editor pants work for me.

I haven't bought a pair in about a year or longer.  Because I just keep my current ones on rotation and haven't felt the need for more.  They used to only have black, gray, charcoal, and brown.  And I bought every single one.  But since these pants are so popular, they have been making other colors as well.  I remember back in the day I had to buy my pants in size 00, since that's how big they ran.  So a few months ago I bought a pair online in size 0 to be safe, but those turned out to be too tight.  I've since been looking for the same color in size 2 (they sell out extremely fast online and in stores), but was not able to get them until now.  The color is called Cool Earth.  It's kind of between taupe and brown.  Really nice color.

I don't know what it is, but I think they have changed the cut of these pants.  For one, the flare is like an inch wider than my older ones.  I don't like super flare pants, especially when they tend to cover my shoe completely.  But I think this could be because they are about half an inch longer as well, even though it says the inseam is still 31 inches for the regular length.  My old ones are definitely shorter.  So now I would have to get these hemmed.  Even in size 2, these still fit relatively tight around the waist and butt.  But the legs are wider.  It's just not as flattering as the old cut!  

They were having buy one get one 50% off, so I actually bought another color as well, in Stone.  It's like a light tan color.  

The cut is actually more flattering in this color.  Even though the flare is still bigger than my old ones, and about half an inch longer.  For some reason the legs just fit better.  The material feels slightly different.  It's much softer, whereas the Cool Earth color is a bit stiff.  This is the thing I don't like about Express.  It's like hit or miss.  They are not very consistent.  Different colors of the same item can fit and look very differently.  And even though these are supposed to be the exact same pants, you can see that the back pocket on these Stone ones are actually a flap, vs. the Cool Earth pockets. 

Ugh!  I will still keep these, because I need new pants.  But I'm really upset that my perfect work pants no longer exist!  Or perhaps I just need to try out different colors to see which one fits best.  Sigh... I wish they would make the waist and butt looser because I think the size 0 legs would fit me better, but I can't button those up comfortably on top.  Lol.  Perhaps it's my own problem and I should work on toning up my love handle area!

I need to replace my black ones as well, since they are the ones I wear the most and the back hem started fraying a little.  I will make my way to the store one of these days and try on every black pair they have.  Hopefully the cut is still the same in black...