To wonder how women wear dresses in the heat

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Please can someone help! How on earth are most people wafting about in dresses in the heat?

I'm a U.K. 12 and if I wear dresses in the summer with normal pants my thighs rub together so badly, it's impossible to walk more than 5 minutes!

I have chub rub pants which are great and I put up with how sweaty they make me, but they are absolutely not suitable for a holiday where I'm wearing little beach dresses etc and it's very hot.

I've tried thigh gel in the past and found it makes no difference, it rubs off right away.

Is this just me? I'm slightly overweight but not a lot and find this happens even when I'm slimmer.

Can only survive in dresses in this heat

Very Light dresses 👗 , no thigh rub but have wide hips.

Harem trousers and the like are a good call. In a light muslin or similar and wide at the bottoms. You can get away with a much thinner fabric for trousers than you could for shorts.

My thighs well and truly meet at the top, but I don't get chub rub. I don't need to do anything to stop it, they just don't chafe for reasons I can't explain. Maybe it's my gait, or that I don't sweat much, I don't know. So I wear dresses most days in summer.

I have bigger problems with loose shorts getting rucked up in my crotch when I'm walking. Not a good look.

I always wonder the same. Chub rub tights are awful frankly. They just make me even hotter and you can't wear them on the beach. Once you've taken them down once to go the loo you're stuffed.

Lanacane gel is good.

I agree it is body shape not size. I used to get horrific chub rub as a teen and was a size 10 - 12.

Now I am a size 16 and rarely have any issues, even wandering round in a dress in very hot weather. The difference? Years of kickboxing and yoga - i think it has lengthened my thighs (but sadly not reduced them!)

@Twitchyeyebrow miss Mary has good ones

As evidenced by the rest of the thread, losing weight won't necessarily resolve the issue. Telling a woman to lose a stone is both rude and simplistic. Beautiful is as beautiful does, 3.

Awww @RedToothBrush, must be amazing to be so teeny tiny

I'm also a size 12 and live in dresses in the summer.

I've never had a problem with thigh rub.

Use the rub on balm that runners use to prevent chafing. Can't remember the name of it, it's expensive but lasts for ages

That’s not always true at all.

Many people with petite hips will rub because there isn’t the same gap.

Many heavy people with wide hips can carry a lot of thigh weight without them touching because they have those legs that start far apart at the hip ( like wooden horse rider dolls).

Try 'Innersy Slip Shorts' cotton and comfy. Size 18 here.

I wear the cheapest 100% cotton cycling style shorts that I can buy. I usually pick some up from places like Peacocks or Yours.

It probably means you have a narrow neat bone structure, something I was always envious of when I was younger with my large bones, and couldn't stop a pig in an alley type shape.

Primark do some for £6.

Kindly, you don’t have a clue.

Never had this problem

I'm sorry, but why am I getting abuse?

Sometimes there are explanations that you can't avoid. It's not trying to be nasty. I don't see how it helps anyone by not stating the obvious.

Women have traditionally worn dresses for centuries. How have they coped throughout history?

To never ever buy from Snag again? http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/4987388-to-never-ever-buy-from-snag-again

My husband has this problem (he doesn't wear dresses) but shorts give him a thigh rash.
I haven't heard of liquid talc but came to say he finds talc works for him.
He's also not overweight but has thicker thighs and finds walking very far uncomfortable in the heat.

Currently abroad in 37° heat and blazing sun. I’ve lost some weight around my thighs snd have been wearing loose, cotton, shift dresses. Normally I’d wear shorts for thigh rub. Definitely makes a difference having less chin on thighs

It's just a thigh shape thing. I usually wear dresses in summer, and never have this issue, in spite of being a few dress sizes bigger than I ought to be.

Used to use Snag, now use Popsy chub rub shorts they are great

My skinny as can be DB gets this from running and uses body glide anti chafe balm- you can get it on Amazon.

Underpops from Popsy!

And their tights are awesome too. Much better than Snags which were far too baggy around the ankle for me.