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

I totally agree Op, i love them, i have about 6 pairs, my arse looks huge in them, i look far better in jeans. The only trouble is they look daft unless worn with a plain top. I've found that a plain vest top looks best with them and for some reason makes your bum less huge looking.

Can anyone recommend a comfy pair without tapered legs (don't have to be floral print)? I tried and failed to buy some lighter trousers the other day. It's just too warm to wear jeans at the moment and all the shorts I saw are indecently short (for my figure) hot pants.

How nice to know that when I am going about my day wearing my super comfy trousers, some mean judgemental woman is comparing me to an unflattering animal description!

Bloody hell, talk about uptight.

Why do you care?

Are you joking???? Op is uptight- why the f does she care???.?

IME (observation only) they only look good if worn with a vest-type tight top and on very tanned, very slim people.

Everyone else looks like they've escaped from a lunatic asylum in their pyjamas!!

I have the arse of an elephant whatever I wear. I dress to be comfortable bearing in mind my medical condition and the bloody heat. You cannot imagine the immensity of the shit I don't give about what anyone else thinks.

Growingboys

As I say, I've seen my rear view. I don't actually wear flowery trousers, I wear plain ones, but the trousers that make my backside look small have yet to be made and if I saw some flowery ones I fancied you can bet your bottom dollar I'd wear them.
I've been very ill over the years, and as a result of that I've struggled to control my weight. But I'm alive, I'm functioning and I'm utterly unworried about what anyone else thinks about my dress sense or lack thereof. I've got other and better things to concern me. It's a shame other people haven't.

I imagine people wear them because they are cooler than other trousers.

I think if everyone could see their rear view at all times there would be a lot of clothes they would never wear again. Best not to think about it!

Are you joking???? Op is uptight- why the f does she care???.?
I never said the Op is uptight

I have stripy ones and will admit they make me look like the side of a barn (im 5'9 and a size 12 so not overly fat nor thin). But they are elasticated and soooo comfy.

Oh fuck off love, it's hard enough trying to find clothes that are bearable in this heat. Don't like my giant, floral arse? Don't look then!

I love all the posters going on at immense, angry, length about just how much they don't care how they look in ugly trousers - incredible, really, to be able to get quite so enraged about something you really, really, really don't care about at all, not one bit

My rear end is as big as it is. I can style it nicely in jeans, high boots and a bum skimming cardigan. But there’s nothing that disguises it in summer. The alternative to these trousers is NOT pretty. A skirt with thighs rubbing and bloated ankles? Ughh. There’s no good answer in this heat.

I can't find it in myself to get angry about flowery trousers.
I think they look funny on, but they're Oh So Comfy.
I think they're the New Leggins.

They're difficult to match things with and a pp is right when they say they only look good with vesty tops.
But it's not always warm enough for vesty tops.
Moving away from the flowers -
The stripey ones make people look like they've escaped from Alcatraz.

They remind me of the temple trousers that everyone buys in Thailand/Bali. They look very comfortable. The wearing of tight fitting top to compensate for the fullness below has been standard fashion advice for any wide-legged pants since the very lovely Katherine Hepburn (and probably before).

The pattern-y aspects would bother me. I have several pairs of blue and black harem-style trousers from H&M of about five years ago. They are fab.

I'm sure if people are that concerned about their huge arses being prominent in these trousers they'll wear a little longer top to cover most of their arse.

Here are two that illustrate the point about tops:

I don’t think elephantine arses are considered a bad thing anymore

Big arses never were a bad thing, although they might have been unfashionable. Elephantine arses, however, are presumably grey & wrinkled and have a little skinny tail hanging between the cheeks: possibly not good.

I have these and they actually look nicer IRL because they are less shiny than they look in the photo and I think look better with my rose gold Birkenstocks than the sling backs the model is wearing.
Plus they are the the lightest, comfiest trouser ever. I have to stop myself wearing them too much in case people think I only have one pair of trousers.

This is a really bitchy thread. Talk about a self esteem battering, it's great to know that I'll be judged for wearing trousers like these when I'm already feeling pretty crap about my body. Lovely!

I love these type of pants! I'm also a pyjama bottoms lover and to me these are perfect.

I don't have any problems with matching them as just tend to pick a bright vest top or a black or navy one, depending on the pattern.

These are my latest ones, £10 from Matalan.
I'm a size 18 and my arse is huge and looks bloody fantastic in these

In my case, the belly of a buddah & the arse of a rhino. They look terrible on me. I need a proper waistband. I still try them on in shops though. One can hope.

I'm slim and have tried some on. Every pair looked horrendous on me and I felt I wear wearing ill fitting pyjamas.

Then again, I also done understand these mid calf baggy culottes that seem to be in fashion either. They look silly on everyone I've seen in them.

There's a lot of summer fashion this year that I don't think is terribly flattering to most women.

But I'm just grumpy with it all after 2 trips to 2 different shopping areas for an event this weekend saw me acquire nothing because most trousers aren't proper trousers, loads of tops have random elsastic on the bottom or are cropped, everything in new look seemed to be garish and rainbow and I'm over this year's high street offer.