Oh, this is a sore subject for me! I'm 35 (not afraid to admit it!
) but wear a 1 in Jr. sizes. The ONLY place I've been able to find decent jeans is at Gap and Old Navy because they have what they call the "just below waist" ones. Even those though give me a problem because there's a big gap in the back where you can see straight down my pants!! I have a long torso so anything "low-waisted" is super low on me. If even my low cut panties stick out the top of them, they are too low for me. On top of that, they are finally making shirts a little longer now. If my shirt doesn't come down past my waistband, I'm not comfortable. If someone MY size can see the tackiness of a belly hanging out, then WHY can't the "larger" girls see that a belly hanging over the waistband, not covered by a shirt, is tacky??? Maybe just MY opinion....
There are higher end stores that carry size 2's that I can usually wear (sometimes with the help of my MIL - a seamstress who alters SO much of my clothes) but financially, I just can't go to those places much.
It's time they realize that not only Jr. age girls shop in the Jr. sections and start making pants that are a reasonable waist height and maybe throw some styles in there that a "mature" aged woman can wear to work!