To hate flared or wide trousers (light hearted)

Thomasina79 · 2024-04-03T12:49:57+00:00

I also hate tiers on dresses and ones with no sleeves. Have the designers not looked at the weather recently.

Northernsouloldies · 03/04/2024 20:38

I think when I see VB in floor skimming trousers...the hem must get wrecked particularly the white trousers.

katebushh · 03/04/2024 20:24

I hate wide legged trousers because they make me look short and fat and I fear them since I got my foot caught in the opposite flapping leg walking up some steps and almost broke my neck.

TextureSeeker · 03/04/2024 19:38

I've been wearing flared leggings a bit lately, they make my figure look great. Even my teenage dd complimented me the other day in a new pair I was wearing and when she does it you know you look good.

okthenwhat · 03/04/2024 19:35

I also remember walking to sixth form in the rain in flares/bootcut jeans and my trousers ending up soaked to the knees (maybe this is where the ombre look that was in in the early 2000s came from...)

AhBiscuits · 03/04/2024 18:35

I just have trauma flashbacks of going to XLs nightclub aged 20 with ridiculously wide legged jeans, them dragging along the ground and getting soggy to the knees.

Hoppinggreen · 03/04/2024 18:25

Churchview · 03/04/2024 15:37

I bought some wide legged jeans back at the end of summer.
They looked great with my summery con type plimsolls but I've been able to wear them all winter as I think they look hell with any kind of boots. Like all the clumpiness of my body has dropped to the bottom. Perhaps a heeled boot would be ok, but I can't be doing with heels.

Also, there's the whole what coat to wear dilemma. A long coat and flared jeans and you have the silhouette of a Christmas tree.

Try cowboy boots

Moveoverdarlin · 03/04/2024 17:17

I agree with the wide legged trouser thing, I just thing they make you look ten times bigger than you are.

Poachedeggavocado · 03/04/2024 17:15

I keep trying wide legged trousers because I see mid size influencers look great in them. Every time though I look like a stumpy toilet roll. I think 5ft 3 is too short for them. I'll stick to my straights or bootcuts thanks.

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Thomasina79 · 03/04/2024 17:11

I am (gasp) 68 though don’t feel it and I vowed I would never, ever, ever wear flares again at the end of the 70s. Those of a certain age may remember we inserted our own bit of material to make them more flared! Also, having lost six stone iin the last year, I want to have some nice clothes having gone from a size 22 to a 12. I like some dresses, especially a retro 40’s style.

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PassingStranger · 03/04/2024 16:20

I hate flares too.

Churchview · 03/04/2024 15:37

I bought some wide legged jeans back at the end of summer.
They looked great with my summery con type plimsolls but I've been able to wear them all winter as I think they look hell with any kind of boots. Like all the clumpiness of my body has dropped to the bottom. Perhaps a heeled boot would be ok, but I can't be doing with heels.

Also, there's the whole what coat to wear dilemma. A long coat and flared jeans and you have the silhouette of a Christmas tree.

phoenixrosehere · 03/04/2024 15:27

I love my flares and skinnies, high waisted trousers.

Wide-legs are hot or miss here and I have yet to find a brand in the UK I like. My favourite wide leg pair were more tapered, high waist, and fitted around the bum. When I’m back in the States, may see if they still sell them.

Hoppinggreen · 03/04/2024 15:25

Normally I agree as I am a chunky 5ft 4 BUT I bought a pair of very dark wide legged jeans from Sains and absolutely love them. They are my favourite item at the moment and a perfect length that I can wear with a small heel but also my trainers. I have worn them for everything from Uni open days to Cocktail bars and always feel good in them.

MissyB1 · 03/04/2024 15:20

I’m 5ft 3 so even if I liked these wide legged trousers I would look bloody ridiculous in them.

Mercurial123 · 03/04/2024 15:16

MidnightPatrol · 03/04/2024 14:38

A singular wide leg trouser?

A skirt?

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No, a wide leg trouser, a red lip, a jean....

Whatismypasswordthen · 03/04/2024 15:13

As someone who once tripped on my massive flares and went head first down a flight of stairs into a shut door, yanbu.

Capris or skinnies for me ever since. Stay safe.

suburburban · 03/04/2024 15:03

Drafty

suburburban · 03/04/2024 15:03

I have one pair and they feel heavy and drafts itms

Nothing looks that great with them too wise

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 03/04/2024 15:00

Agree with both. I don't want to do the 70s twice!

PotatoPudding · 03/04/2024 14:41

I hate high waisted jeans and trousers. I am very short in the rise, so they practically warm my ribs! I also have a pot belly ever since my c-section 6 years ago, which looks even bigger in high rise jeans. Until recently, they were pretty much all you could get for years.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 03/04/2024 14:40

How do you walk in wide legged trousers? I had a pair and the amount of fabric kept wrapping around my calves as I walked and then catching on itself. So unless I walked like I'd had my horse shot out from underneath me, I was just a mass of seething fabric tangling and untangling.

Mind you, I'm a shortarse with stumpy little legs, so what I was doing in wide legged trousers is anybody's guess.

MidnightPatrol · 03/04/2024 14:38

Mercurial123 · 03/04/2024 14:37

I love wide legged trousers and have been wearing them for years. What I really hate is the fashion singular a wide leg trouser...

A singular wide leg trouser?

A skirt?

Mercurial123 · 03/04/2024 14:37

I love wide legged trousers and have been wearing them for years. What I really hate is the fashion singular a wide leg trouser...

the80sweregreat · 03/04/2024 14:32

Some subtle boot leg jeans look ok on me , but these really wide leg trousers are a bit much. Reminds me of the 70s

MonsteraMama · 03/04/2024 14:23

The issue I have with the baggy shapeless wide legged stuff that's fashionable at the moment is I just don't think it looks good unless you're tall and willowy or built like Twiggy.

I just look like a binbag full of coleslaw in all of it, or five sizes larger than I actually am. Or both.