I was intrigued to give these a try after watching her with Colleen. They were in different camps about sizing. Colleen said that if you're between sizes, size up esp if you're apple shaped or thick in the middle. She said they come in at the waist, so if you are thick there you need the extra room of the sizing up. She emphasized NO vanity sizing with these jeans. I've heard her say she wears a 4 in DG2, but in these she said she fit into the 8 or the 10. Giuliana seemed to want people to stay true to brick and mortar, or to size down in order to get the shaping or compression factor.
I ended up sizing down and hope that was the right decision. I got one of each, and know that was a splurge but I'm hopeful from the presentation that these will really be great.
I'm pretty much done with dg2. Those are just too stretchy and, while comfortable except for sometimes needing to pull them up, do nothing for me. They're too big in the waist.
I DO like the NYDJ jeans I've gotten, but they're more pricey even on a good sale so I wanted to try these.