To ask slightly chubby ladies who wear skirts......

[MintChocChip147]

How do you do it?!
I'm about a size 16 and wore a maxi dress yesterday and the pain from the top of my legs rubbing together was horrible! Really hurt!
I won't be wear a dress or skirt for the rest of summer I don't think.
And my legs leave a lot to be desired so that rules shorts out too.
Looks like I'm spending the entire summer in cropped trousers and strappy tops!

[auldspinster]

Oops posted too quickly - primark do short leggings that you could cut off.

Dunno if they still do em but evans used to do shortish cotton shorts, not skin tight but would be ok under skirts. I never got on with comfort shorts, too sweaty.

[jendot]

Little cotton cycling shorts instead of pants £3 a pair on eBay... I own a pair in every colour and match them to what I am wearing.

[nenevomito]

ooh jendot - do you have a link?

[Kannet]

Buy some body glide its amazing stuff

[x2boys]

And where di you buy any thing that looks even half decent I speak as a large lady myself? Who has spent the past few weeks sweltering in trousers and tops!

[LadyCelia]

Deodorant stick rubbed on the rubby thigh areas works nicely I find.

[ReginaPhilangie]

Yup cropped leggings or tights underneath.

[pumpkinsweetie]

Thanks for the thread op, was wondering the same thing!!
Great tip about cutting normal tights down and wearing them underneath, will give it a try

[Mandy2003]

Ah, the Sloggi long legged knicks

I used to work in a canteen kitchen when I left school and all of us chubsters working there wore these under our (dinner lady-ish) overalls.

[Lj8893]

I do the cut off tights trick, but its starting to get uncomfortable the bigger my bump gets with the tights now so I am going to try alot of these tips!

Thanks OP for starting the thread and thanks everyone else for the ideas!

[Mandy2003]

I've put body glide on my shopping list!

[Holly1977]

I'm not particularly chubby but have started wearing dresses for the first time ever due to being 17 weeks pg. My thighs aren't chafing but do get sweaty. Seems to me that wearing anything under the dress like tights or shorts defeats the point of wearing it in the first place. currently I'm just sitting with my legs akimbo under the desk where no-one can see!

[LongTailedTit]

This is brilliant for tips, thank you OP!
I've only had trouble with this since I was pregnant with DS, so have just had two years of really fecking sore inner thighs in summer, it really hurts!!
Shall try deo tomorrow.

[hiddenhome]

WD40 does the trick.

[YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar]

Liquid talc. Absolutely amazing. No mess. :o

[OnIlkelyMoorBahtat]

WD40 does the trick.

Hahaha!

[steppemum]

I use long knickers. They are knickers with legs. They are cotton and quite light and thin, so much much better than tights or lycra or thick cycle shorts.

[YourMaNoBraBackOfMyCar]

I find comfort shorts too sweaty.

[catabouttown]

I concur with talcum powder!! I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and have given up completely on squeezing into my maternity trousers so maxi dresses is all I am wearing, I couldn't survive without talcum powder!!

Even when I wasn't pregnant though I have always had this problem, even when super slim I am all hips and thighs and end up with horrible spotty rashes on my thighs if wearing a skirt or short shorts when it is hot. I used to just out sudocrem on overnight to help ease the pain and ugliness but now I've discovered talcum powder I will stick with that!!

[arghh]

3B ACTION CREAM! you can buy it online its austrailia's no1 anti chaffing cream! my other half gets what he calls chefs arse (that's the official industry term!!) and it works wonders!!

[wonderingsoul]

I cut the legs of leggings.

I can't wear a dress without it and it's still cooler then wearing jeans or trousers.

[ChippingInHopHopHop]

I just wear shorts. I don't have the prettiest legs on the plantet - but it's too hot to give a fuck... oh that and I look like a bloody lamp in a skirt or a dress

[Wholetthedogin]

I use Vaseline. Works wonders!

[picnicbasketcase]

I borrowed a pair of DH's boxers the other day

[EBearhug]

I only wear skirts on days I know I won't have to walk far for this reason. Today, I have loose trousers.

Mind you, it's mostly too hot to eat at them moment, so I should end up losing some weight.