I have literally tried on every brand of jeans that I can find in every style with the unfortunate result that every pair I try on are too tight in the calf area. I have solid calves due to all of the cycling and running I do but I cannot seem to find a pair of jeans that fit over my calves. They have all been uncomfortably too tight. I have tried boot cut, flare, straight leg, etc. PLEASE give me some recommendations!

Its really starting to hurt my self esteem. I have been thisclose to crying out of frustration.

I would like to commiserate with you! I too have what feels like ginormous calves....jeans are tricky and boots are sometimes impossible!

Have you tried trouser or wide leg jeans? These usually have much more space in them than bootcut jeans. Sometimes these are sold in a different section of the store, with the hanging pants instead of the folded jeans on the wall.

Are you open to working with a tailor? If so find a pair you like and buy them in a size that fits your calves. Then have them taken in through the hips and/or waist.

That being said, have you tried black opaque tights? They are one of my favorite outfit pick me ups. They look great with dresses/skirts/shorts and my legs look much thinner. I know you asked for help with pants but I thought I would share this option with you.

2nd for wide leg. like this.

here's my take on this: don't let a garment ruin your self esteem. you don't Have to Own jeans. pass them up!
replace with other types of pants, skirts, dresses, leggings, slim city shorts.
don't let anything you can't have get in the way of how you feel about yourself. i'm not a jeans person (they're not my best look) so guess what? i don't wear them. i do not feel
gipped at all.

Thanks for the suggestions. I live in a smaller town and havent even seen wide leg or trouser jeans as an option.

I dont have any problems working with a tailor; I just need to find one.

And as for the tights, I just got my first pair this week to wear with a cute red jersey dress.

As for other pants, I feel way too dressed up in anything other than jeans. I am in the former Sheep capitol of the World.

if you can't wear jeans, but want to tone down the overall dressiness, you can wear other cotton pants with a jean jacket. So denim up on top!

I have wide, muscular calves and yet I find it hard to believe that you can't even find boot cut jeans that would fit you. I sympathize with you about boots but jeans shouldn't be that difficult to find no matter how wide your legs are. Jeans come in so many different leg widths these days that it shouldn't be that hard to find something. I think you should keep looking. Sorry I can't be more sympathetic!

I can't help but think that you haven't shopped in the right stores or are trying to fit a woman's body into Junior sizes.

Hey---

Don't worry about it, you probably are shopping in the right sizes. I have had the same problem with an occasional pair of all of the styles that you mentioned, and I didn't have cyclist calves, I was just fairly thin everywhere else compared to my calves because of an injury. I know what you mean about being in a small town, in my hometown there are two months out of the year where they herd sheep down the main highway (main street) everyday. Are you looking for dressy jeans that you can wear to work or out on the town, or are you just looking for a casual pair? If you are looking for something dressy I would recommend the wide-legged or trouser jeans. You can order them online off a place like Zappos.com which has free shipping and return shipping, or make a trip to a bigger town and check out Express or other stores (I like their trouser jeans). If you are looking for casual jeans I would try the western wear store. Nowadays they have tons of jeans for women with different cuts, but their bootcut jeans tend to have wider calf areas (to fit a pair of cowboy boots all the way up to wear the muscle bulges). Cruel girl jeans is also carrying a casual, wide-leg style that I liked. Sorry, I just figure if you are in a former ag. community this would be your best bet to find jeans in town. I recommend the western-wear store alot because they offer many lengths, especially talls which are sometimes hard to find.

If you still want to find boot cut jeans my advice is to look for jeans that are wider at the knee and flare out from there more than most. Here are some examples:

7 for all Mankind

DKNY Soho Jeans

Here are flare legs. Note how wide they are at the knee:

Calvin Klein Jeans

Stay away from long and lean cuts like this:

Nordstrom Jeans