Re: Trousers and Jeans:
Straight legs are your friends. Boxy from the hips down is good. But wear it with fitted tops. Tapered or flare are bad bad bad things for people who have tummies and/or wideish hips. I speak of what I know. And have.
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Aims - Sep 14, 2005 12:43:44 pm PDT #3025 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Atropa - Sep 14, 2005 12:44:44 pm PDT #3026 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
They're stealing your style! Or more likely, borrowing it until next year.
I've been torn between muttering about lining my hat with tinfoil so the designers won't read my mind anymore, and clapping my hands and squealing with glee.
I just got that Newport News catalogue and was staring at that very coat, thinking, "My God, Jilli needs that SO BAD."
Heh. I actually got that coat, and then returned it. It was very, very nice, but didn't *quite* work with my full skirts, and the shoulders were just a touch too big for me. Otherwise, a gorgeous coat.
Betsy HP - Sep 14, 2005 12:44:45 pm PDT #3027 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Thank you, guys. These are WONDERFUL.
ChiKat - Sep 14, 2005 12:46:54 pm PDT #3028 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Straight legs are your friends
Yes. As are plain-fronts. Pleats are evil on just about everyone.
I'm pretty good at finding pants that work. I need stretch material for them to fit right because of the no waist issue (my measurements are 48-42-47...no waist).
Shirts I have a hard time with and jackets are impossible. I always look boxy. Because I shied away from fitted. I shall try fitted stuff now.
DavidS - Sep 14, 2005 12:51:20 pm PDT #3029 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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Betsy HP - Sep 14, 2005 12:55:27 pm PDT #3030 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
One thing confuses me: why does the fitted waist fit over the pooch?
Atropa - Sep 14, 2005 12:59:04 pm PDT #3031 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
One thing confuses me: why does the fitted waist fit over the pooch?
Because, if your belly is shaped at all like mine, it starts to curve outwards just below where your natural waistline is. Not the waistline located where the fashion industry has been trying to trick us about, which is anywhere from 3 to 6 inches lower than the natural waistline.
Amy - Sep 14, 2005 1:02:03 pm PDT #3032 of 10001
Because books.
Straight legs are your friends
Yes. As are plain-fronts. Pleats are evil on just about everyone.
So very true.
One thing confuses me: why does the fitted waist fit over the pooch?
Anything cut for a specific size should allow some room for the fitted factor, I think. And it really does create the illusion that you're tapered, too.
Jars - Sep 14, 2005 1:03:59 pm PDT #3033 of 10001
Also, the tapering is at the side, and especially on shirts and jackets, the front is flat panelled. As bellies are usually all sticky out in the front, the shape hides that and accentuates the shape at the side, where the waist should be.
Steph L. - Sep 14, 2005 1:11:11 pm PDT #3034 of 10001
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I have to be the voice of dissent on the straight-leg jeans. I have a significant buddha belly, and straight-leg jeans look like death on me. Because they *appear* to get skinner toward the ankle, making the hip/waist/buddha area look even BIGGER. Sort of like an inverted triangle.
Perfect jeans: low-rise (but not so low my undies hang out) boot-cut, with a bit of stretch.
Boot-cut = ideal. Not as exaggerated as a flare, but wide enough that they make the thigh/hip/waist area look trimmer.
What looks good when you have a lump in the middle but are NOT pregnant?
Also, A-line dresses/skirts.