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.

Love floaty dresses in this heat, I’m a size 10 with a thigh gap, even at my heaviest when pregnant my thighs didn’t rub, I think it’s more to do with shape than weight, I have wide hips.

Thanks everyone who mentioned liquid talc, I never new it was a thing! I'm definitely looking into this for under my boobs!!

I have the M&S ones along with the Snag and Next ones, the M&S ones do make me sweatier. The Snag ones are best in my opinion followed by the Next ones I have.

Depends on your body shape surely. My thighs have never rubbed together.

I feel cooler in dresses! Especially floaty or loose fitting ones. Trousers or shorts are always tight around the middle. I like to feel the breeze!

Mitchum deodorant on the thighs

BMI of 21 and I get chub rub. Hourglass figure. I am sure I hold water in my inner thighs and armpits because some days they are bigger than others. Even in the winter, I cannot go running in shorts, it has to be leggings.

Better tights are an alternative company

These sort of thing are perfect. I wear cycling shorts mostly under dresses in the heat. If it is REALLY hot I wear the shorts with no knickers on so I'm not adding an extra layer.

Omg me too and I have very slim legs, I’m size 10-12. I don’t understand it at all!

Dr Andrea Dray suggests Sudacream for chaffing.

Can I just say how much I hate the term "chub rub"? It's awful. I have never had a thigh gap, even in my 20s when I was teeny tiny. My thighs now are muscular, so I wear these (cooling style) under dresses and they're amazing: thighsociety.ca/collections/all-styles

probably due to upset around some of their products being NSFW . These products are aimed at a specific community and I personally have no issue with consenting participants indulging in any kink they choose. It definitely wouldn’t stop me supporting an ethical, body positive, British based company that makes good quality items in favour of fast fashion from many of the other suggested retailers on this thread.

Wirarpa shorts for me. Game changer!

I used to have chub rub when I was a size 8. And that was 20 years ago, when a size 8 was smaller than a size 8 is now. I am not a size 8 (or even close) anymore but I still wear dresses all summer long, every day. I’m in the south east and it’s really hot. I use the anti chafing cream from Aldi when I need it.

Cooling thigh shorts from Thigh Society. I pretty much only wear dresses in hot weather now.

Same

Chub rub shorts. I like the Big Bloomers ones, I have a pair of Snag but they feel very hot (and long!) in comparison. And yes, I even wear them on holiday with little dresses - I barely notice them. The Snag ones are relegated to the back of my drawer for emergencies.

I am overweight so it's doubtless mainly that, but my size 10, very slim friend gets sore thighs too. She has very narrow hips and a boyish figure, so I guess her thighs are close together.

My thighs rubbed at size 8 and they rub at size 14. I have a build that is both curvy and muscley, however much extra fat I'm carrying.

Little dab of roll on antiperspirant deodorant where they meet, walk funny while you wait for it to dry, total game changer.

I wear M&S chub rub shorts, which are not too hot.

People saying its weight - obviously it may well be, but my thighs used to rub together when i was a size 8 (unfortunately a couple of sizes bigger now). If watching the Olympics, you'll notice that some of the female divers/swimmers who probably don't have an ounce of fat on them have thighs that touch, so probably also have this problem.

Better tights
They are exactly the same as snag but they don't have men dressed as women
I xant do a link but just type in 'better tights'

DD is a size 6 and has chub rub. It's the way you're built.

The term chub rub needs to be changed. Just call it upper thigh rub. Chub implies...well chubbiness.

Same. Roll-on deodorant or the stick 'cream' type deodorants. Works a treat! Cheap cotton cycling shorts if I was say on a city break and going to walk all day long.

Depends upon the individual. Some aren't comfortable with the marketing imagery and the link to a very NSFW clientéle base website, others think that they're overpriced due to the branding, others think that what they sell is actually pretty crap.

I prefer things from Better Tights on the whole in terms of quality, design and price.