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Mom jeans—are they really the worst? It's commonly agreed upon that they're a fashion mistake, but look back at your favorite TV shows and movies (especially in the '90s) and you'll find that some women rocked the high-waisted look with class.
Here are the 25 Sexiest Mom Jeans Shots in Movies and TV. Oh, and by the way, tell your mom we said, "Happy Mother's Day!"
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Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement
"Don't make fun of my jeans like that."
Brigitte Nielsen as Ingrid Knudsen in Cobra (1986)
She ain't messing around with her jeans.
Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live
The picture explains it all.
Sissy Spacek as Natasha in Trading Mom (1994)
We're thinking out of the box here.
Keri Russell as Jessica on Boy Meets World
Just your typical girl next door...in the '90s.
Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa on Clarissa Explains It All
She can't help how great a good pair of denim looks.
Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner on Roseanne
Mom jeans with some attitude.
Tori Spelling as Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210
Mom jeans: the 90210 cast uniform.
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Helen Shivers in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
We know what you wore last summer.
Jackée Harry as Lisa Landry on Sister, Sister
Maybe J.Cole will start writing some lyrics dedicated to the matriarch of the family.
Cindy Crawford as Kate McQuean in Fair Game (1995)
Nothing looks weird on Cindy Crawford.
Sandra Bullock as Sally Owens in Practical Magic (1998)
Only Sandra Bullock can look bewitiching in those jeans.
Mary Steenburgen as Betty Carver in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
She may be a bit crazy, but she knows how to wear a pair of jeans.
Elizabeth Berkley as Jessie Spano on Saved by the Bell
Trends from the '90s, or trends of the next Fasion Week?
Jessica Biel as Mary Camden on 7th Heaven
If Mary Camden can rock a pair and still nab Justin Timberlake...
Kelly Packard as Tiffani Smith on California Dreams
Girls like her justified the look.
Danielle Fishel as Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World
Just one of the boys.
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Who could ever resist Liz Lemon in these pants?
Susan Sarandon as Thelma and Geena Davis as Louise in Thelma & Louise (1991)
Mom jeans have never looked so badass.
A.J. Langer as Rayanne Graff on My So-Called Life
Is this still from a '90s sitcom, or an American Apparel ad?
Lori Loughlin as Becky on Full House
Uncle Jesse seems to be digging them.
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, and Courtney Cox as Monica Gellar on Friends
Mom jeans will be there for you.
Shannon Doherty as Brenda Walsh and Jenny Garth as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210
Although they went friends to enemies, they will always have mom jeans in common.
Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward, Sherilyn Fenn as Audrey Horne, and Madchen Amick as Shelly Johnson on Twin Peaks
Solving murders in the most fashionable way.
Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski on Saved By the Bell
A twist on the classic.