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To hate wide leg trousers

163 replies

Thomasina79 · 25/01/2025 11:17

first world problem I know!

I wore flared trousers first time round and swore I never would again! To me the wide legs look ugly, buy each to their own!

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Marine30 · 25/01/2025 23:33

I’m on the fence. I bought some barrel legs and although they look fine (I’m 5.9) I feel a bit like an art teacher who wears bangles - nothing wrong with that look but I normally go a bit sleeker.
Trouble is when a new jean shape comes in and they pan the old style (skinnies now that they’re ’out’) you feel really dated if you do wear them 😔
Also a bit miffed as my legs are my flex and in these baggy jeans they just look meh.

Greyish2025 · 25/01/2025 23:31

NoCheesesForTheMeeces · 25/01/2025 21:03

I'm 5'3 but slim and with relatively long legs. I think I look great in high-waisted wide leg trousers! I wear a fitted shirt tucked in and I think I look rather chic and gamine. Short people, don't let the comments here put you off them!

If you are short and slim they would probably be fine, I’m the same height as you and a size 10 and I think they make me look frumpy and bigger than I am

Greyish2025 · 25/01/2025 23:27

Thomasina79 · 25/01/2025 11:17

first world problem I know!

I wore flared trousers first time round and swore I never would again! To me the wide legs look ugly, buy each to their own!

Agree, unless you are very thin, they can make short people look frumpy and dumpy

cherish123 · 25/01/2025 23:25

I agree. I am slim but think they make me look fat. They add about 2 dress sizes to ne and are very unflattering.

Factchecking7 · 25/01/2025 23:21

Its alright, skinnies are back

PigInAHouse · 25/01/2025 23:20

I don’t get my feet stuck in mine because they’re not too long.

marmaladeandpeanutbutter · 25/01/2025 23:16

I like them and I'm not young. Everyone should wear what they like.

JudgeJ · 25/01/2025 22:57

Nitgel · 25/01/2025 14:28

They're just stupid. I think uoung fashion types like them but I worry that I would get caught in them. Esp on tube escalators. :/

I like to wear wide linen trousers in Summer but I have often caught the toe of one foot in the opposite leg coming down stairs and almost fallen!

RedRiverShore5 · 25/01/2025 22:50

I like them but not dragging on the floor, I'm 5'10" though

Swonderful · 25/01/2025 22:49

sky1267 · 25/01/2025 11:31

I hate them, can’t wait for skinny jeans and leggings to go back in fashion. I do still wear leggings tbh. My legs get cold in wide legged trousers

I find my legs stay much warmer in wide leg jeans as they trap air around my legs. Skinny jeans are freezing!

Member869894 · 25/01/2025 22:46

I like them but I trip on them when running up.and downstairs so they're dangerous to me

PigInAHouse · 25/01/2025 22:44

This thread is pretty vile. Telling women how ‘hideous’ they look. That no-one looks good in them. That they’re unflattering. Can you imagine men talking about each other in this way?
I look great in them. In my opinion. And mine is the only one that matters.

soupyspoon · 25/01/2025 22:44

Thats a good point, Ive learnt to go up the stairs with my legs far apart as my wide leg sort of loungy trousers get caught up in my slippers and make me trip over

Greentrilby · 25/01/2025 22:42

Just watch your step in them. My mum got her foot caught in hers and broke both wrists.

merrymelodies · 25/01/2025 22:36

They suit tall women with flat stomachs and long legs. Otherwise they're hideously unflattering.

Chicca1970 · 25/01/2025 22:32

I absolutely can’t wear them - they looked good in the 90s but I’m 54 ffs so I opt for straight leg now 🙌

SereneCapybara · 25/01/2025 22:24

I like them. I have terrible legs and there was no way of disguising that with skinnies. They may not be flattering but at least every squidgy bit is not on show as it is in skinnies.

When will classic straight legs come back in. They are the perfect solution.

MySweetGeorgina · 25/01/2025 22:22

www.uniqlo.com/uk/en/products/E464744-000/00

MySweetGeorgina · 25/01/2025 22:21

These are much more flattering and cool in real life than in the pics

the long length is long enough for me , I buy them hanging off my hips rather than tight though, iykwim

MySweetGeorgina · 25/01/2025 22:18

@MaryBeardy i got some great wide leg jeans from Uniqlo in long length

doneandone · 25/01/2025 21:50

I love them!
I've just bought 2 pairs from Sainsbury's this evening. One of them was a pair of joggers, dh called them sporty spice trousers.

mewkins · 25/01/2025 21:47

I love them (5ft 8) ...and controversially also like barrel legs.

I grew up in the 90s and honestly I've missed having loads of fabric flapping around my ankles more than I'd realised!

JaneBoleynViscountessRochford · 25/01/2025 21:35

DoYouReally · 25/01/2025 14:25

Cheeky ask...but any change you could pulodt a link to any you've found. I must be looking in the wrong places. I would love s pair that are flattering.

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Not good with links but my favourite are the black jersey ones from M&S, they sell out fast but can usually be found on Vinted. I bought ones from Cider that hang really nice but they are so long I can only wear them with heels.

Dyra · 25/01/2025 21:29

Anything that hides my thunder thighs is perfect in my book. I genuinely despise skinny jeans, so having more than one option is a godsend in my eyes.

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