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Can I wear these trousers or are they just too silly?

31 replies

BranstonPickled · 22/08/2011 00:05

Not been on MN long and this is the first thread I've started.

I'm in my early fifties. I dress youngish - usually favour good quality skinny trousers, good jackets & boots. I occasionally dress in the Lagenlook style and I've seen these jeans/denim trousers on Ebay. I keep looking at them but I think I might get laughed at in the street if I wore them!
I would wear them with a long fitted top and short jacket (possibly black) and flat pumps.
I'm five foot six and size 12/14.

What do you ladies think - are they just too silly?
Tell me honestly please.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110724439832?var=410034055367&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

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hellymelly · 22/08/2011 00:08

Well I hate them,the numbers in particular,rather than the shape.But I am a firm believer in wearing whatever you like,its only my opinion,whereas yours is the one that matters.If you love them,buy them.
btw what is the lagenlook style?

snice · 22/08/2011 00:10

Honestly?

Even reading what hellymelly wrote before i clicked your link-they're worse than I expected

Graciescotland · 22/08/2011 00:11

They're awful, sorry.

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BranstonPickled · 22/08/2011 00:13

Hi hellymelly - lagenlook is the continental style of layering clothes. The clothes are often balloon shaped or very drapy.
I don't often dress in that style, just when the mood takes me.

(I fear that the dreaded waterfall cardigans may have originated with lagenlook)

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hellymelly · 22/08/2011 00:13

btw,if you like that sort of shape,you might like this company www.wall-london.com/?gclid=CLejpdvB4aoCFdNc4QodVS297A

FoundWanting · 22/08/2011 00:14

Are you a children's entertainer?

AlwaysbeOpralFruitstome · 22/08/2011 00:16

The black top on the mannequin is quite cute but the trousers? Oh my poor, poor eyes!

zookeeper · 22/08/2011 00:17

Really really horrible

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BranstonPickled · 22/08/2011 00:18

FoundWanting - no, but that's what I was worried about!

I think they look good in the photo, whilst the model is standing still.
Reckon I'd look a prat popping out to the Coop wearing them though.

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FoundWanting · 22/08/2011 00:21

Yes. I think you probably would. Grin

ShanaK · 22/08/2011 00:25

Well if you are not sure & need the opinion of others, I think that in itself says it all! If I am ever uncertain of buying an item of clothing it's usually means I shouldn't buy it. And if you are worried about looking silly then I wouldn't buy them personally!

bishboschone · 22/08/2011 09:00

lol@ childrens entertainer...p.s,,,did anyone clock the price?

polyhymnia · 22/08/2011 09:17

No to the trousers - unique but not in a good way. Unless you would feel great in them, in which case it's a free country, etc.

On lagenlook, I'm sure it looks absolutely fine on you as a size 12/14, but have to say it is a pet hate of mine on large women (like myself). Can't really understand why it's even marketed to plus sizes, as it is in Northern Europe - perhaps with mistaken notion of covering multitude of sins, etc? But anyway the result IMO is always unflattering and like a ship in full sail.

fishie · 22/08/2011 09:51

Jeepers they are hideous. I like a nice baggy dress but it has to be sleeveless and mid thigh with bare arms and legs.

cyb · 22/08/2011 09:56

They look like they should have poppers in the crotch

DO NOT BUY

I like on trend/individual stuff as much as the next person but they are beyond hope.

milkysmum · 22/08/2011 10:02

OMG yes just clocked the price £89.95- wow!!!!

enjoyingscience · 22/08/2011 10:03

Stop. Hammertime.

Seriously though, they are not good. Probably very comfy, but there are nicer comfy trousers for a lot less money out there. Your usual style sounds very sophisticated, stick with that.

Stropperella · 22/08/2011 10:11

A long time ago, I once had a pair of trousers not dissimilar to these (youthful folly). When I was wearing them, a complete stranger stopped me in the street and asked me if I worked in the circus (which was in town that week). Went off the trousers after that.

HenriettaFarthingay · 22/08/2011 10:53

Sorry, but they're hideous. And cheap looking.

ZacharyQuack · 22/08/2011 11:44

They'd be useful for shoplifting. You could fit six frozen turkeys and a bulk pack of loo paper down there.

cumbria81 · 22/08/2011 11:48

Sorry, but I just physically snorted on looking at the photo. I'm guessing this is not your intended response?

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BranstonPickled · 22/08/2011 12:02

I won't buy them.

I actually thought they would look good worn with a black fitted jacket and flat pumps, but the MC Hammer effect hadn't escaped me.
I'd be the laughing stock of the village!

Thanks - pleased I came on here as I was tempted and they'd be a costly mistake.
They have now been deleted from my Ebay watch list.

A couple of years ago I bought a lagenlook coat of similar idiocy - all pointy hanging bits and appliques. I never dared to wear it and eventually flogged it on Ebay.

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cyb · 22/08/2011 12:04

lol @Zachary

BikeRunSki · 22/08/2011 12:50

OK for under 16s or on a gap year in Bali. I don't think you're either!

MrsRobertDuvall · 22/08/2011 13:37

They are truly hideous.
People will point and laugh

Hi cyb , just got back from PV Smile