If you really do have m-a-s-s-i-v-e t-h-i-g-h-s then you’ll want to check out athletic fit or tapered fit jeans.

What about skinny jeans?

If you aren’t a stocky gent and have what we call in the biz, “chicken legs,’’ you may want to check out a skinny-fit.

Skinny fits, as long as they’re not actually skin tight, visually lengthen your leg.

So, as a rule, remove as much fabric from the equation as you can without your jeans pulling tight across your skin.

Here, we have an example of Brock with a slim-fit pair of jeans on the left and a skinny-stretch pair of jeans on the right.

The most important thing to remember is to avoid baggy pants. First of all, they don’t work on any guy. But the damage is so much worse for shorter guys.

So keeping ‘em slim is our first rule, but how else can you tell which pair of jeans is going to be the perfect fit?

Let’s go from top to bottom and see what works best for you.

The Waist

When choosing a pair of pants, you want them to stay up without a belt. Belts are great for an extra quarter or half-inch and there, but any more than that and the fabric will start to fold around the waistband.

If your jeans are too big, this will create odd-looking folds in the front and seat of your pants.

But while you don’t want to go too loose, you definitely don’t want to go too tight either. Ultimately, these jeans should be comfortable.

If your jeans push into your stomach when you sit down, they’re probably too tight. Doing the classic “unbutton the pants after dinner” move is best saved for Thanksgiving when you really go all-out. If you’re unbuttoning after that Chinese chicken salad, well, your pants are too tight.