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, cut to cut, and even color to color within the same style. 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 grey and black dyes on this Skinny Jean and the Flare 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 Skinny pair is adjustable (like most of their styles except the Pull-On floods and the Jegging) and in the size 8, was still abnormally wide in the waist compared to other brands--although the Skinny fit had the most proportionate waist of all their cuts and styles, and fit her slim figure the best, of all the girls' line. 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. That said, the waists in all the Hudson cuts are still unusually, disproportionately wide compared to the rest of the jean design (in hip, butt, thighs, calves), which are more traditionally proportionate/fitting, like other brands which can universally fit many body types. This Skinny and the Flare cut fit her, but she still had to adjust them by 7-8 notches on each side, which is far too wide compared to other adjustable brands. The rest of the cuts in the Hudson girls' denim line were unwearable due to the disproportionate waist issue. There's also a sizing inconsistency in the Skinny cut, between the dark blue wash and the grey version of the same pant--the 8 in the dark blue fit with front piping fit her well, but the grey 8 with piping was a fuller, less skinny cut, giant and baggy. To be honest, I was surprised that Gymboree jeans were a higher quality denim, dye and far better cut and reliable sizing consistency than my personal favorite, go-to Hudson brand. I look forward to Hudson kids living up the brand's high-end 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!
