To think those loose flowery trousers that are so popular make even the slim look like they have an arse of an elephant?

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unless you are stick thin

Aw man, there’s so many typos there I may have to ask for it to be deleted...... ‘arse looked like two....’

Dh told me my flowery trousers made my bum look big but I told him I didn’t care!!!

I know what you mean, if I want to look slim I can't wear patterned trousers or jumpsuits. But they do look nice. I was thinking maybe at last this is a comfy cheery fashion for women's benefit rather than for men's male gaze. In which case HOORAY! Then I read big bums are in fashion so I guess my happiness was premature and we haven't smashed the patriarchy yet. Dammit.

It’s interesting... on the one hand you have threads that say “no one looks at how you look in shorts” and on the other you have this.

Mumsnet - men should stop looking at women and making judgements.
Other Mumsnet - look that the elephantine arse on her! Shouldnt be allowed!

Yeah and people wonder why men cant get these things right.

They hide cellulite really well though, which balances out the arse enlargement.

I am over the moon these are back in! I was known in my yoof as "curtain trousers", such was my penchant for them.

Disclaimer: I have no arse at all and need all the help I can get pretending there's anything there.

Not sure of your point really tbh. I love mine; they're comfortable and the need to point out that people's asses look big is bizarre.

You're right they look awful and pyjama like

They aren't the worst, though. I have yet to see a single person look good in those stripey trousers that are around at the moment.

stripey? pinstripe? i have seen just a couple of admittedly slim teens wear them and I have total envy

Right I'm skinny and in desperate need of an arse. Someone recommend me some big elephant bum illusion trousers please?

I think they make you look like you're wearing pyjamas.

When they first started popping up I knocked on my friend's door so we could do the school run together and she was wearing a pair. I asked if she was ok, did she need me to take her DS to school for her she said "no I'm fine, why's that?" and I realised she wasn't still in her pyjamas, they were her clothes.

I spent 30 years being uncomfortable in a vain attempt to try and look thin. Now that I dress for comfort and to be able to move around easily with my daughter I can see how much of life I missed out on by being so trussed up and in discomfort all the time. So hooray for floral trousers and elephant bums.

They are definitely more functional than aesthetic, so it depends on whether what you look like matters to you, I guess. I would never wear them, but I am tiny and would look swamped. My leggy teen can wear them and look great, but she would look great in a tattie sack.

I do think we are allowed to point out items of clothing we consider ugly or unflattering, it is not a personal attack and the OP didn't say people shouldn't wear such trousers, just pointed out they aren't the bonniest choice.

I think I am wearing some today, they aren't flowery they are stripey and do look a lot like pyjamas but they're comfy and it's hot in my office! I'll try to see what my arse looks like next time I go down to the bathroom.

Is it these

m.shein.co.uk/Frilled-Waist-Floral-Wide-Leg-Pants-p-411020-cat-1740.html?url_from=ukadplapants171124452XL&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw_2MlZaj3AIVZbXtCh2ntQi-EAQYASABEgL4b_D_BwE&ref=www&rep=dir&ret=m

no geek, hang on

They are a bit peculiar, but I think normal style rules have been suspended due to the heat. Well all be wearing muumuus by August.

I've seen some skinny girls wearing them who look like they've got impressive back, which I presumed was part of the attraction.

Elephants are fabulous creatures. We should all be more elephant.

www.selectfashion.co.uk/clothing/s045-1101-035_black.html/5057233249541/?gclid=CjwKCAjwhLHaBRAGEiwAHCgG3grsPCHEzXUUUNESEFwTAyeUZ6jTAJUBeLt1-TsafuPa3GuMdNjt8BoCEFgQAvD_BwE

and this is the plus size
www.dorothyperkins.com/en/dpuk/product/dp-curve-black-dark-floral-print-joggers-7362875?geoip=noredirect&cmpid=ppc_pla_UK_ip&utm_medium=cpc&istCompanyId=e0b51aa7-96c9-4550-a6f3-56b61a0b5995&istItemId=-wtxlllqqaq&istBid=tztx&gclid=CjwKCAjwhLHaBRAGEiwAHCgG3oFrC_4FVxxU7pkkMC3-lRCwNTJ_35PRpapxjjmiJ5_nvi1I748eQxoCG14QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

My arse looks big in anything ( because it is)
So I might as well be comfy

most of the models are size 8, and most don't show the model wearing them from the back view.

anyway, peachy is a good expression to describe the bottom