What am I supposed to do about the gap between my jeans and sweater?

[CaragianettE]

Fashion currently seems to have gone in the direction of relatively short jumpers and lower rise jeans. This leaves me with a gap of at least a couple of inches between the two. I’ve always carried weight on my stomach, and leaving that gap bare with my muffin top hanging out is not something anyone needs to see. But if I wear a longline T-shirt underneath (the t shirt is old, from when longline was still in fashion), it looks a bit ridiculous, because there are about three inches of fabric in a different colour to the t-shirt and jeans, just sort of randomly sitting in the middle of my outfit.

Is anyone else having this problem? What am I supposed to do?

Try a different shop? I've been wearing high raise jeans ever since they became a thing. No issues of finding new ones ever. There are other brands beyond FC. Try New Look, M&S...

High rise jeans are everywhere

I've started buying men's jumpers for this reason. Even if I had the body type to pull this look off I don't want warm arms with a cold belly button.

Well you have two choices - you wear the FC jeans and existing jumper and put up with the tummy
gap, or you endure an afternoon of trying on jeans from other brands to find some alternatives 🤷🏻‍♀️

I HATE buying jeans/trousers - but I’ve accepted it’s an afternoon well spent once a year to go to a few shops and try on a range of sizes and styles and commit to a couple of options to see me through.

Just wear a vest top underneath to ‘fill the gap.’ You can buy ones that specifically suck you in, eg Shapermint.

Oh, and it sounds like you could do with a visit to Primark. Inexpensive jeans of all kinds, jumpers and vest tops all under one roof.

There are plenty of high rise jeans OP

You're greeting a problem that isn't there

I hate jumpers and tops that sit at the top of the pelvis. I just feel so uncomfortable.

Thin vest top ?.m and s have some. They used to do.lovely tight fitting spaghetti strap tops but discontinued them

High rise jeans are everywhere. As are oversized jumpers.

Plenty of shops still sell high rise jeans. Next , matalan, m&s

@CaragianettE I still buy high rise skinny jeans - River Island and ASOS are 2 places that sell them. I’d imagine Jean brands like Levi’s do too. Have you actually shopped around or just decided the FCUK don’t do them anymore so nowhere does?

Actually, skinny jeans have made to come back for the last two or three years and I have gone from being slightly on the edge to being pretty mainstream this season so there’s loads of skinny jeans around that they’re not being worn the way they were before and they tend to be mid or high-rise rather than the low skinny of before

In fairness to the OP, I was in M&S yesterday and struggled to find a top or jumper that wasn't short

I wouldn't wear a jumper without a t-shirt or vest top under it. Get one that colour co-ordinates with your jumper if you're that concerned but spoiler alert, no-one is scrutinising your clothing choices that closely!

I think we’re actually really lucky at the moment because in the olden days there used to be one style of Jean that was on trend. Whereas now there are actually lots of different styles at work. It’s about the details and what you wear them with so you can be finding high fashion wide leg, barrel leg, skinny, straight, flared, Bell bottom everything in the right combination of low, medium or high-rise.
I’ve got some fantastic high-rise skinny jeans from G star that have just nailed the modern skinny
I’ve also got some midrise wide leg from the same place and also from Levi’s and also some high-rise wide leg from Zara all recently

So it’s more about branching out to different retailers and seeing what’s available and looking at how they styling them because it really is a great time for jeans you can find on jeans and so many different styles at the moment

@CaragianettE the way other people find clothes that work for them is to try clothes from a variety of brands. They do this using their own time and energy.

It seems a bit absurd to start a thread complaining that your clothes don’t work for you, whilst simultaneously refusing to try any others.

Have a few different bodysuits, or tight fitting t-shirts, that I try to match to the colour of my jumper.
Though I only have this gap when I lift my arms up. If there is always a 2-inch gap, maybe try to find slightly longer jumpers because I know how hard finding good fitting jeans is

Not all clothes work with all other clothes and all body shapes, obviously. Your clothes combination does work, just not for you, on account of your body shape.

I carry my weight on my belly too, used to have this problem a lot many years ago, in the end i completely revamped my wardrobe and rarely wear trousers now. Most of my outfits now consist of leggings with a shortish casual dress.

Go to a different shop? You don't have to shop at French Connection?

Obviously not everyone is walking around showing their midriff. Just buy clothes you like and feel comfortable in from somewhere else.

What an odd dilemma to have...just wear something different, there's thousands of different styles and shops, problem solved.

A long black camisole top under the jumper tucked into the jeans can work depending on the jeans and jumper colour

This is the most bizarre thread. Just buy high rise jeans and/or longer jumpers. It’s so simple.

What?

This is the most bizarre issue I have heard in a while.

So French Connection no longer sell the pair of jeans you like, so you have bought any old pair even though they don't work for you.... just because they are French Connection.

I feel like the answer is a little bit obvious here. Unfortunately you will need to make the time to find the next pair of high rise jeans that work for you.
High rise jeans are most definitely not hard to come by.