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.

Agreed

I saw some lovely ones online (WITH POCKETS!!) & if I was a dress wearer I'd definitely wear these, Pinklily on FB have lovely ones

Another vote for chub rub shorts from snag tights

It’s a shape thing for sure. I’m afflicted and wear snag chub run shorts. I am a bit chubby these days but I first experienced the horror of chub run when I was a skinny eight year old.

I'm a size 20 and live in dresses. The trick is use roll on deodorant between your thighs. Trust me!

I’m in hot but beautiful sweaty Italy with a dress and chub run shorts from Snag. They are the bees knees. The only place that isn’t sweaty are my chunky thighs. Highly recommend them!

Dresses are the coolest thing I can wear right now, but I have very thin legs and no thigh rub!

I hadnt heard of liquid talc before this thread so Ive learned something today!😃
I just bought some chub rub shorts from Amazon....thank goodness they are such a big thing nowadays. I remember as a teenager you just had to put up with it!
No avoiding it for some of us. Im a slim size 10 who runs and exercises tons and my legs still rub (I also have to shop plus size for boots coz of chunky calves, even at a size 8!).

you don’t think it’s snotty and unhelpful to say ‘I’ve never experienced this and by the way you must be fat’?

Get an absolute grip of yourself.

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

For most of history, they were wearing their dresses over knee-length bloomers and/or some sort of tights or stockings. Those performed the same function, among other things, as a pair of anti-chafing shorts does today.

Also, just because people have done something for centuries, that doesn't mean it's never unpleasant for them.

What you're saying is a bit like replying to someone who is asking for blister plaster recommendations because they get blisters whenever they wear a new pair of boots by saying 'Well, I've never had this problem so anyone who does must have fat feet if they're rubbing on their shoes. People have worn shoes throughout history and they've always managed OK.'

Is it the heat making you sound so cross?
This is a discussion forum.
We can all have different opinions. And there are plenty other posters saying what I did.

You can get chafe patches if full shorts are too hot

https://www.hollywoodfashionsecrets.co.uk/products/chafe-tape?pos=1&&psq=chafe&ss=e&&v=1.0

Depends where you are a chubbo. If you have thunder-thighs, then it is problematic. I am a size 18 chubbo on matchstick bandy Asian legs, they don't rub together but I would look like a flowerbed in a dress, unfortunately, so don't venture into that territory.

It's not size related - I'm a size 8-10 and I get this and always have done - I have big thighs!! I use Snag Chub Rub shorts

Cream deodorant reapplied every hour is great. For breathable shorts though the big bloomer company have great ones for wearing in hot weather.

It’s just the luck of the draw of how you’re made, isn’t it? I’m clinically obese but my thighs don’t rub together. I love wearing dresses in this weather (I worry I look like a badly upholstered sofa from the 80s but, meh, I can’t see myself!)

I live in summer dresses and an overweight - liquid talc is the answer, it’s absolutely amazing!

These - https://www.marksandspencer.com/2pk-shaping-shorts/p/clp60533883?colour=ROSEQUARTZ&extid=ps_ps-pla-pmax_ggl_ww_ch__-UK-_-_bau_smec_counterfactual&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwae1BhC_ARIsAK4JfrzEcC863OuvbnH5txEZGRHx7vJXCudq8NFOjPc8L3HY5RHGFLeTt88aAv05EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

They're very lightweight and not sweaty at all. I live in them over the summer.

Don't buy snag ones that are a tights material. They're so hot for me!

(I speak as an overweight perimenopausal woman that hasn't worn dresses for years due to chub rub, but have been saved by these!)

Wow how patronising. We all carry weight differently. We're not all blessed with perfect figures.

Oh, and when I was 18 I was a size 8-10 and still had thighs that rubbed, so it's not just for the overweight!

I wear anti-chafing shorts - these are my favs as they have lots of holes down the sides by design and let a nice breeze in! https://www.thebigbloomerscompany.co.uk/products/urban-slip-shorts

FWIW, I’ve had my thighs chafe at every size from a skeletal size 10 teen to a size 18 middle aged pregnant lady. I am
broad framed and hipped but at any weight I just carry any extra mass on my upper thighs. It’s how I’m built…my petite mum is the same.

Silicon sex lube (very sparingly) on the parts that rub.

Thanks to this thread I have now ordered these from Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C3CLYFRJ?psc=1&smid=A1XHNONWWMO5BT&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

I can now throw out my snag chub rub tights which are far too hot for me (and I am also now anti-snag and cannot believe I gave them any of my money)

I don’t wear dresses very often but did recently as it was too hot for trousers. It was loose and midi length, it felt lovely. Although I’m overweight my thighs don’t really rub together (although they can ‘stick’ together in the heat).

Exactly.

And I'm a size 16 and don't have this problem!