To preface this, I only wear Hudson jeans, as they fit me like a glove and in the adult version, are excellent, reliable, high quality--so I was super excited to try their girls' line for my daughter. But Hudson is new to the kids' denim game and their sizing is all over the place, extremely inconsistent from design to design. My daughter is a somewhat lean but fairly average 10 year old and wears a size 8 in most leggings and jeans. I ordered her literally every style in the Hudson girls' denim line in a size 8 and 10, to see what she would like and was baffled at their unreliable sizing and HUGE WAISTS in all of the cuts and fits they make for girls. (Whereas the rest of the fit below the waist on each cut is normal and proportionate, like other brands.) Their denim and dye quality is also hit or miss in different styles/colors, which I was surprised at, based on my experience with the Hudson name--some cheaper/scratchier, and the black and grey dyes on this Flare and the Skinny Jean reek terribly with a heavy sulfur odor which will knock your socks off (and took three washes to tone down. Can't be good.) This Flare pair is adjustable (like most of their styles except the Pull-On floods and the Jegging) and in the size 8, was still far too wide in the waist compared to other brands. If you have an average, slim or petite kiddo, Hudson kids jeans are definitely not the best-fitting brand for that body type, and seem to be geared toward fuller girls. Even then, the waists in all the cuts are disproportionately wide compared to the rest of the Hudson kids' jean design (in hip, butt, thighs, calves), which are more traditionally proportionate/fitting, like other brands which can universally fit many body types. This Hudson Flare (please make a non-ripped version for schools that don't allow any tears!) and Skinny/Slim fits fit her, but the rest of the cuts in the Hudson girls' denim line were unwearable due to the waist issue. (Plus inconsistent sizing, some of the 8's were huge overall, whereas others were normal--even in the same cut but in a different color. This is unusual.) This Flare and the Skinny cut fit her, but she still had to adjust them by 8 notches on each side, which is far too wide compared to other adjustable brands. Even so and although they can't be worn at school due to the shreds, she fell in love with the ripped Flares and we purchased them in the black, dark, medium and "dipped" washes. To be honest, I was surprised that Gymboree jeans were a higher quality denim, dye and far better cut than my personal favorite, go-to Hudson brand. I look forward to Hudson kids living up the brand's reputation by fixing these sizing/waist, design and consistency issues so that slim kids can also reliably fit into the brand like their moms can, because their designs are stylish, thoughtful, and on-trend. You can do it, Hudson!
