I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


shrift - May 05, 2014 10:29:46 am PDT #26863 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I am this way with jeans, except in petites. Petite length is just slightly too short, whereas regular almost always requires a ridiculous amount of hemming except when it doesn't, which makes NO SENSE since I am the average height of women in the U.S.

More proof that Women's clothing sizing is ridonk.


Jesse - May 05, 2014 10:36:13 am PDT #26864 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

But also people's bodies are ridonk! I couldn't believe it when I figured out that my friend who is the exact same height as me was cuffing her regular length jeans when I was wearing Talls in the same style. Our bellybuttons are almost six inches apart, because I am a little short-waisted, and she is super long-waisted.


Sophia Brooks - May 05, 2014 10:37:17 am PDT #26865 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I can't really wear pants, and always had trouble. The only size where pants fit me was a size 16? Now that I am bigger, the front always comes up over my boobs, while the back fits. Which is weird because I have a belly. On size lower though and I can't close them. When I was thin, and lower rise pants were in, they always got sucked into my waist because my hips are disproportionately wide, and I had a perma wedgie. When high waisted pants were in fashion, I had a super big gap in the waist, for the same reason.

Dresses are just easier for me.


Dana - May 05, 2014 10:38:30 am PDT #26866 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I sometimes end up buying petite sizes because if it's big enough to fit me in a regular size, it's too long. I laugh when that happens, because....I am not petite.


shrift - May 05, 2014 10:46:06 am PDT #26867 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

But also people's bodies are ridonk!

I know, but I mean that dudes get to buy pants based on their waist and leg length! Why can't women get waist/hip/length sizing?! Other than the fact that the entire clothing industry would have to change how they operate.


Jessica - May 05, 2014 10:47:12 am PDT #26868 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I would settle for skirt waistbands that fit like pants. I'm fine in either pants or dresses, but tailored skirts always cut into my belly, even when they fit.


Connie Neil - May 05, 2014 10:56:16 am PDT #26869 of 30000
brillig

Hubby and I wear the same length of jeans. He's nearly a foot taller than I. Then again, he also has extra vertebra.

Woman Within has betrayed me, I bought a skirt of the exact same size and length and style as another one that is the perfect length, but this one is 4 inches longer. I bought a pair of pants from them that were also petite, and they're nearly six inches longer than my legs. Petite is marketed for short people! I don't want to hem! Unfortunately, it's been months since I bought them, so complaining about it now is stupid. I've just been staring at them and glowering about I have nice dress wide-leg pants that I don't wear because I hate hemming.


Dana - May 05, 2014 10:57:15 am PDT #26870 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I think the world is just lucky we wear clothes at all.


Burrell - May 05, 2014 11:02:07 am PDT #26871 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Why can't women get waist/hip/length sizing?!

what shrift says X100

Also? Regulars used to fit perfectly, then they got too long. I refuse to believe that everyone else got taller.


-t - May 05, 2014 11:06:24 am PDT #26872 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Petites are often too long for me. I buy "petite short" whenever I see it in my size, pretty much, because that usually works for me. And I can't be bothered to hem.

Reltaedly, today's jeans have perfectly fine front pockets - same brand and maker and size (maybe not style but I'm not sure)as the ones that I was complaining about last week. IDEK.