Well the ultra high waisted came up and over my ribs
and this is just another reminder for me to stay away from Northern European brands. Sigh. I highly suspected this would be the case but curiosity and all that.
These don't look as bad but the crotch is sitting far too low and it's created a horizontal fold and overemphasising the fact I'm really bloated right now, unbloated it would probably be weirdly baggy. So these are going back too.
Otherwise they're nicely made, (in China, I had been curious about that) fully lined all the way to the hem (polyester) but for me the tailoring does feel too much like male tailoring ideas projected into what they think women would appreciate and have taken out the sharper male tailoring qualities and forgotten some fundamental women's fit things (all the tailoring with darts is at the back which fits great but the front is too plain and doesn't have a comparable tailored fit, it's like they just took the crotch allowance out 🤷).
I dunno, it feels kind of late 90s early 00s workwear. It's all very proper and obedient (and I feel women's workwear now is much more pronounced and assertive) and it's very much workwear, couldn't anticipate wearing it anywhere else and that does limit them somewhat. But good for solid workwear if the front fit is right for you.