Linen Trousers " the acceptable face of jogging bottoms"

[Dogsby]

its true. and i KEEP seeing them on baggy arsed mums. WHY do you think you look nice in these? Get yourself some capris or something, You are one step away from Anne Harvey

[ggirl]

lol at baggy arsed women

I have a few pairs , they haven't surfaced yet this yr.

[Dogsby]

the same baggy arse mum who thinks a white stuff Bongo Beat dress is de rigeur

[notnowbernard]

i am wearing black linen trews today

i don't have a baggy arse yet though

[Dogsby]

black
they are the wooden spoon of the linen trouser world.
never black, always a mess.
desist bernardo

[notnowbernard]

lol @ wooden spoon

to be fair all i've done today is weed the garden

but are they really that bad? I don't like white ones, surely they are more wooden spoon? esp when you can see pants through them

[ggirl]

worse if you can't see any pants
bleurgh

[Dogsby]

are you GINORMOUS?
it was when muy MIL started reffing them as a sign of her with it ness that i KNEW they were doomed

[notnowbernard]

Am thinking thong-on-show style

[Dogsby]

you musnt wear them

[KnottyLocks]

Oh shit

[KnottyLocks]

I look a darn sight worse in capris. Honest.

[Fimbo]

3/4 length primark ones are savage. I don't care if they are only 2p, they are trouser chavness.

I hate the "white stuff look". Dress thing with white long sleeved t-shirt underneath, linen trousers full or 3/4 length, birkies and a long necklace.

[notnowbernard]

I do however own 2 pairs of recently purchased capri trousers

[ggirl]

i spent ages looking for nice linen cardi today
ALL of them had either hanky wanky hemlines or those massive sleeves ,can't remember what you call them.
So annoying

[notnowbernard]

3/4 linen ones are hideous I agree also

I wear my linen ones to work. Am not allowed to wear denim, but have to be comfortable. No one gives a shit what you look like really in a detox clinic

[KristinaM]

I have navy linen ones for work and I look fab in them ( sticks out tongue)

Ok, but I look passable. Otherwise it's a skirt or dress with either bare legs ( cold and wet here) or opaques, which look stupid in late may

Capris, bf jeans rolled up etc all very well nut not suitable for many workplaces.

[Buddhastic]

I hate them too. For some reason I thought they looked okay on me but realised that ten mins in and I am always a crumpled baggy assed mess. I put mine in the bin this week.

[KristinaM]

And neither my arse nor my trousers are baggy

[MooMooFarm]

I don't like linen anything actually - it always goes baggy and shapeless in no time.

[KnottyLocks]

I like baggy and shapeless. Goes with my face. And brain.

[gramercy]

sorry, but capris are not a decent alternative. If you are not 5'10", French and have calves like Pippa Middleton, then you look like a refugee from the Cotton Traders catalogue.

I have several nice pairs of linen trousers (from Primark, natch) full-length and sit below the waist. I maintain they look ok. I am size 8 but have legs like a East German shot-putter.

[notnowbernard]

I am only 5'6" and most definitely do NOT have calves like Pippa Middleton...

The Capris look alright though

[KnottyLocks]

My calves are ish- it's my thighs that make capris look awful. My legs taper too much to get away with it.

[notnowbernard]

I am hourglass shape, calves are in alright nick, thighs a bit blobby but ok covered up...

I mean, what alternatives are there? I hate shopping for trousers, I find it so hard to get anything decent

Leggings but only with dress or tunic top but can't wear that combo atm as breastfeeding