Does my bum look big in this ?
Oct. 4th, 2005 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This isn't something I expected to hear myself say. It's certainly not something I expect you to bother reading. However...
Last week sometime, I tried on a pair of black trousers. They were my size, fitted nicely over the waist, were a little tight across the hips, unpleasantly tight down to the knees, then flared ridiculously over the ankles. Humph, I said.
This has happened a few times. Some dopey fashion designer decided a couple of years back that trousers should perhaps be skin-tight from hip to knee, then flare out. Lord knows why. Ask a passing thirteen year old, they all seem to be wearing them.
My reaction to encountering such unflattering trousers has been to put them back on the shelf and go looking for something nicer.
However. On Saturday, the trousers someone had ordered for Boojum's new kit arrived and were distributed. We wanted trousers which looked as much like our old ones as possible (ie black and largely lycra, no pockets, same fastenings), and the final choice had been made when I wasn't there. The trousers were ordered from a catalogue, and hey presto.
You can guess where this is going, can't you ?
I didn't like the design we chose in the first place (no pockets ? I ask you), and these are worse. Although they're clearly my size, they are far too tight round the thighs for me to be comfortable wearing them. Not only do they look bad, but as I move around they start to shuffle upwards and, not being loose enough to slide down again, end up in wrinkles at the tops of my legs. Bah. None of the others in the team has this problem.
So, what it boils down to is that my thighs are too large for these trousers, and I don't have much option but to wear them. Throwing a hissy fit and storming out of Boojum because they won't order new kit for everyone to suit me isn't my style. Besides, apparently the trousers "look fine" on me. I'm not, however, happy or comfy wearing them, and in about three weeks I will be doing so while standing on stages in various parts of Massachusetts. Since they were all bought together to match, buying myself an alternative pair isn't really an option. Since the material seems to be largely elastane, it's unlikely they'll stretch much, either.
I don't want comments saying "but you're not fat"[*], and as far as I'm concerned dieting can sod right off. If anyone has any practical methods of toning thighs in three weeks that might be useful, but to be honest I was really just having a bit of a whinge.
Why do people design clothes like this ? Not many people can wear them and look good, and an awful lot of people do wear them and look bad unnecessarily. They might, in fact, have been expressly designed to make slim people feel fat - and I really don't see who benefits from that at all. I'd blame a cynical fashion industry, but I can't think what they gain from it.
Special offer, unlimited time: Buy these clothes and get a free poor self-image.
[*] Although admittedly comments saying "well, you are fat" are equally unwelcome :)
This isn't something I expected to hear myself say. It's certainly not something I expect you to bother reading. However...
Last week sometime, I tried on a pair of black trousers. They were my size, fitted nicely over the waist, were a little tight across the hips, unpleasantly tight down to the knees, then flared ridiculously over the ankles. Humph, I said.
This has happened a few times. Some dopey fashion designer decided a couple of years back that trousers should perhaps be skin-tight from hip to knee, then flare out. Lord knows why. Ask a passing thirteen year old, they all seem to be wearing them.
My reaction to encountering such unflattering trousers has been to put them back on the shelf and go looking for something nicer.
However. On Saturday, the trousers someone had ordered for Boojum's new kit arrived and were distributed. We wanted trousers which looked as much like our old ones as possible (ie black and largely lycra, no pockets, same fastenings), and the final choice had been made when I wasn't there. The trousers were ordered from a catalogue, and hey presto.
You can guess where this is going, can't you ?
I didn't like the design we chose in the first place (no pockets ? I ask you), and these are worse. Although they're clearly my size, they are far too tight round the thighs for me to be comfortable wearing them. Not only do they look bad, but as I move around they start to shuffle upwards and, not being loose enough to slide down again, end up in wrinkles at the tops of my legs. Bah. None of the others in the team has this problem.
So, what it boils down to is that my thighs are too large for these trousers, and I don't have much option but to wear them. Throwing a hissy fit and storming out of Boojum because they won't order new kit for everyone to suit me isn't my style. Besides, apparently the trousers "look fine" on me. I'm not, however, happy or comfy wearing them, and in about three weeks I will be doing so while standing on stages in various parts of Massachusetts. Since they were all bought together to match, buying myself an alternative pair isn't really an option. Since the material seems to be largely elastane, it's unlikely they'll stretch much, either.
I don't want comments saying "but you're not fat"[*], and as far as I'm concerned dieting can sod right off. If anyone has any practical methods of toning thighs in three weeks that might be useful, but to be honest I was really just having a bit of a whinge.
Why do people design clothes like this ? Not many people can wear them and look good, and an awful lot of people do wear them and look bad unnecessarily. They might, in fact, have been expressly designed to make slim people feel fat - and I really don't see who benefits from that at all. I'd blame a cynical fashion industry, but I can't think what they gain from it.
Special offer, unlimited time: Buy these clothes and get a free poor self-image.
[*] Although admittedly comments saying "well, you are fat" are equally unwelcome :)
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Date: 2005-10-04 10:37 pm (UTC)I hate hipster style trousers but am beginning to think they might have to be then answer for me, since my waist is simply too big for the rest of me. I have one pair of jeans that fit on the waist and there's room for a whole extra bum in them, not to mention several pairs of socks in the front of my pants without anyone noticing. And the jeans which fit nice on my hips and are the right sort of size in the crotch and thighs are so tight on the waist I can't wear them without getting indigestion, unless I never sit down or bend over.