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Fashion designer Rachel Roy

Just because you’re a mom and you wear jeans doesn’t mean that you have to wear “mom jeans.”

Forget the high-waist versions with the huge back pockets. They should be tapered at the ankle, or boyfriend jeans, or a bootcut, and a bit of lycra helps too. Check out these moms and how they show everyone who’s got good jeans!

Model Veronica Webb with daughters Leila and Molly
Jessica Alba and daughter Honor
Halle Berry
Jennifer Hudson
Model Cynthia Bailey and daughter Noelle
Christina Milian and Violet
Toni Braxton
Cookie Johnson in her own CJ jeans