Curvy girls - How to wear 'paper bag' or tailored trousers

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I've tried several pairs on and just cannot seem to make them look good. I have large thighs and the trousers just stick to them, making them look awful. Starting to think I have no hope unless I suddenly become tall and slim overnight.

I am tall and slim, and they look horrendous on me too. I think unless you're a 5'10 size 4 as the models seem to be, you're doomed to a life of bootlegs, skinnies and crops. Leave the paper bag trend to tucker itself out and find something which looks fabulous on you!

I’m an hourglass (size 12) and I love mine! Black paper bags with flats and a jumper or heels and a cami top

I am short and fat and love them too - they seem to work well over my post c section tummy. I am a pear/hourglass and they make me look curvy and small waisted.

I am pretty sure my arse looks vast mind but i can't see it....

I've never heard of these, can someone link to a pair please?

I think they look good on curvy people - you need a good arse to counterbalance all the detail at the front.

I’m medium height and a size 8/10 and I look absolutely dreadful in them. I have no arse so they look shapeless and saggy at the back (a bit like my actual arse).

I had to Google "Paper bag trousers". This it's another 80s reboot, air? You aren't missing anything.

I'm just a bit sick of skinny jeans, not sure what else to try. Don't even find skinny jeans too flattering

I’ve literally just discovered these while browsing jeans an hour ago. Shudder, they’re revolting on ANY size imho.
www.riverisland.com/p/mid-blue-paperbag-jeans-729612?t168=t168-search-plp

WTF?
Will not be purchasing, they are bloody awful.

wow, they are quite something.

I was looking at something more like these www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0664319005.html

I love paperbag trousers and think they can be really flattering. Im a size 14 with a small waist and curvy hips so sizing up in this style always works for me 😉

They always look shit on me (size 12, tallish). I’ve given up on them.

I tried some on and they just looked ridiculous

I work with a woman who had a khaki pair on and she look fab

They mostly look awful

Really unflattering

I’m size 8 and they make me look gigantic

Any trouser style recommendations? I'm petite and chubby, not the best combination

They work well on me, they help disguise my csection belly

What about paperbag style cullottes? They are loose on the legs also

What is "paper bag" about them?

I haven't heard the term before.

Have you tried wide leg linen trousers or bootleg jeans?

sonjadog because the part that fits the torso has a series of pleats and gathers around the waistband, like a paper bag that's been folded closed at the top.

I think it's all in the weight of the fabric, OP. The ones you linked to from H&M are quite drapey and silky, so I think they would flatter you. Those horrors from River Island - not so much!

They don't really look paper bag to me. More just pleat front trousers.