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To hate flared or wide trousers (light hearted)

30 replies

Thomasina79 · 03/04/2024 13:49

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

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KnittedCardi · 03/04/2024 14:17

Detest wide floaty trousers, why add reams of material to make you look bigger than you are?? Fine if you are slim, otherwise no. Tiers OK, if in the right place, and not augmented with frills, I am not 4 years old. Long sleeves, or short sleeves, three quarter sleeves give me the rage 😂

MidnightPatrol · 03/04/2024 14:08

I love the wide legged trouser and tiered midi.

Having spent most of my youth in an era where skin-tight clothes were fashionable, I am revelling wearing completely shapeless clothes with the odd bit tucked in.

I will be investing in lots of floaty matching linen sets in a variety of colours for the summer.

Row23 · 03/04/2024 14:00

I love a flared trouser!
Agree about tiers on dresses though - sometimes they’re in odd places and it looks unflattering.

the80sweregreat · 03/04/2024 13:59

I find clothes buying a chore to be honest
I think it's fine if your a slip of a thing and can look good in anything , but for odd shaped people like me it's a minefield and dresses do not suit me at all.
Some of the designs are terrible too. Too many frills or fuss.
I much prefer winter when I can put a coat over my jeans and jumpers and be comfortable and warm and hide my feet in boots

Ponoka7 · 03/04/2024 13:58

I can't shift my post menopause tummy/lack of waist, so a tiered midi dress solves my problems. I've just bought four holiday dresses from Matalan, one from Yumi and two from Roman, all with three quarter sleeves. New look, asda and river island had some. I agree about sleeves, I don't want live in denim jackets. Two of my DD's look good in flares.