Levi's Women's 501 Skinny Jeans (Open Box)

Okay so first of all you definitely need to size up at least one size. I am between a 10 and a 12 depending on brand but normally in Levi's I am a 12 but they still leaves some room. So I went ahead and ordered a 12 in the 501s but they were not even close to fitting. I could get them all the way up but to button them was not going to happen. So I did a return and purchased one size larger. When I got the 14 I put them on and they were pretty close to the fit of the 12s however I could button them but it was not easy at all and afterwards could not move. I started a return on the 14s as well. I had fully intended to return them and did not even want to try a 16. However I saw one review where someone mentioned having to lie down to button them and that they were extremely tight until she wore them around for about 10 minutes. Well I put the 14s back on and fully buttoned them (mind you the waist was not that tight but my hips and thighs were stuffed in there) I tried to sit down as best as I could and walk around a bit doing as much movement as I possible. Low and behold they did loosen up considerably. They are still extremely tight on my thighs and are now almost too loose from my waist to my thighs! I do love the look of these and with the 28-in inseam is perfect for me and hit me right at the top of the foot since I'm short. So I went ahead and canceled the return and had decided to keep them. I'm not sure if that was the right decision or not because I now feel myself having to constantly adjust them because I feel like the waist is falling down. They are definitely that stiff jean type that you know is going to hold up. Like I said they are beautiful and very well made but the sizing is very strange. I saw on the Levi's website that they had a stretched version so I have ordered those which have reviews saying they run too big. I got my normal size in the stretch version so I'm not sure how that is going to go.