Whatever happened to waists?

[Billydessert]

Is anyone else fed up of all the waistless clothes out there? It seems that fashion is stuck in a boxy, baggy time warp and showing no signs of coming out of it soon. I am pear shaped (of course!) and I seem to spend my life pulling up jeans that are virtually the same width at the hips as they are on the waist; and trying to avoid square shaped tops that make me look like a sack of spuds. And don't get me started on all those bloomin boyfriend coats out there. If I want man shaped clothes I'll go to a mens wear shop!
Is it too much to ask for clothes that are shaped to fit the female form?
Phew! Glad I've got that off my (prominent/booby/woman's) chest.

Anyone have any brand suggestions?

Gap curvy skinny jeans are good. Designed for pear shaped and wider through the thighs and bum.

Will have a think about some more. I have wide hips and a narrow waist too

i agree i remeber fondly waist belts and waisted tops much more flattering.

Ah thanks New, I will have a look at the gap jeans. Haven't shopped there for years

The impression I get from fashion is that it's now supposed to droponto you like a thick sheet, and then just fall straight from bony shoulders to skinny ankles, with not so muc as a bump along the way

Staydazzling, if only the shops would have a just a little section for us! I feel hopeless when I shop, I'm too curvy for the boxy stuff but also definitely too curvy for the bodycon stuff! I guess it's tailoring I'm really after but that word seems to have fallen off a cliff..

I hear you - white company, Toast,
Hush, all raved about but the unstructured shapeless dresses make me look utterly dowdy.

As a look I think it only works on very slim people who accessorise the hell out of it.

That's very true Qvar. It's fine if your a size 8 with an athletic figure as the clothes will hang on your bone structure. Any bigger or less toned and clothes will hang from your flesh which IMO requires a whole different mind set from the designer. Hurumph

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I agree! I am a curvy 14 after having my baby and for the first time in my life I actually have boobs - I was excited about this at first but nothing looks good!! I end up in big shapeless tops that don't pull across the bust but then totally disguise my still fairly neat waist. So I just end up looking huge. I'm in a red top today and feel like a brick wall. I have been looking at the Bravissimo range of clothes which I think would be quite flattering but unfortunately are too pricey for me at the moment while I'm on maternity leave.

Following. I am pear shaped too and need things to nip in at the waist or I look giant all over

If anyone knows what happened to mine, do let me know. Last seen late 2015, probably near a McDonald's.

Pepperberry look beautiful on post natal bangers

And I was just inspired by this thread to look at Gap Curve Jeans. The only style they do is skinny and there are no sizes in a tall 12 or 14 in any colour apart from white 😳

My only decent feature is my waist. If I don't wear fitted clothes I look enormous. If I wear straight dark jeans/trousers and fitted tops/jumpers I look almost slim!

Sainsbury's is usually pretty good for jeans and I like Oodji jumpers- I get them from Amazon.

I tried on some sleeveless shirts yesterday in the hope that we will get a summer. They all hung straight down from my boobs and looked so unflattering.
I am a pear(ish) shaped size 8-10, and have never been able to pull off a boxy baggy look. Will be sticking with last year’s summer clothes. Thanks, retailers.

Also with you, just so sick of trying stuff on and it all looks like different coloured tents. Even t-shirts are sold as over sized, I have enough t-shirts that have become misshaped via washing left over from last summer. I have bought two tube skirts from Whistles, although they haven't been delivered yet so unsure of the fabric. I may buy a Rixo dress, if I can wear it without looking as though I've just been to a wedding. All I want is a bright coloured summer dress that doesn't look like a sack/triangle/rectangle/bedsheet.

And I'm a size 6 and in my 40's. Think this is a look only for the young.

Well, I have no waist; I'm like a wardrobe, so anything that "suggests" a waistline, rather than highlights my lack of one is fine by me!

The "half-tuck" is quite useful for a baggy top.

Try Joe Brown's for dresses- I'm pear shaped too & these do have waists:-) I also hate the short boxy look- it does absolutely nothing for me. Ditto these very high necked lace tops & the ones with frills everywhere- just why??

I'm hours glass and I've noticed this years fashion is wrap tops with waists which are super flattering . I'm actually excited about summer because of it !!

I hear you!

And I'll add to that the pathetic addition of a "belt" to many badly cut boxy sack dresses.

Do they really think that by adding two belt loops and a strip of fabric, the shapeless horror is suddenly going to appear fitted or flattering?

I noticed a few v neck, waisted tops in Oasis the other day - didn't have time to stop, but it gave me hope!

Otherwise, yes - I'm a booby size 18 and need a waist to avoid looking the same size as my boobs all the way down (38GG, so quite substantial!). Can't wear anything with a high neck or frills around the bust/shoulders. I basically haven't bought new clothes in about two years.

Gastropod - you are spot on there! A belt on a sack is just a belted sack.

Wallis often have waists, although the fabrics are not nice. I recently bought this black dress which I like (apart from the fake pearl buttons on the sleeves which I took off)

And does anyone else find that when dresses are waisted, said waist is about 3 inches too high? Which is uncomfortable and looks ridiculous! Waists are not right below boobs (and I do mean waisted dresses, not empire line which is meant to be high!).

Yes, I do! It makes me look pregnant. I thought I was just long-waisted.