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I wish high waisted jeans would feck off

106 replies

YourSpleenIsDamp · 17/10/2022 17:11

Why do all trousers and jeans have such high waists? 😭 I really want a pair (or five!) of wide legged jeans, but where are the low rise/mid rise ones all hiding? I'm an apple shape, and hate the feel of anything tight around my middle, lower cut jeans are so much comfier and more flattering! Any fellow apples like to share where you buy jeans and trousers, please?

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Dalekjastninerels · 17/10/2022 18:50

Cydonia · 17/10/2022 18:00

’Hip dips’ - yes! I’m assuming here, but that’s a very good description of my body shape. I’m apple shaped too, and though high waisted isn’t ideal, I prefer it to a lower rise where everything spills over the top.

Spilling over the top describes me in low rise to a tee.

follyfeet · 17/10/2022 18:50

I have this issue with Finisterre, love their clothes but can't buy any of the trousers die to the waists coming up to my breasts. I am not even short.

It looks sloppy if you are slender and probably cuts in if you are overweight. A hourglass figure might suit them but I will always be reminded of the 80's Twilight Zone series Grin

A nice mid rise is ideal, everyone wins. What irks me at present is how many so-calle did rises are fucking monstrously high .....M&S I is lookin at you, with your long crotch jeans with tiny, arse fattening pocket placements.

MinervaTerrathorn · 17/10/2022 18:55

I have narrow hips and low rise look awful on me unless I am clinically underweight. Jeans that sit on my waist are infinitely better! Even though I need a 25w to fit my waist but my hips are a size smaller.

woodhill · 17/10/2022 18:57

I prefer High rise tbh as low rise don't come up high enough on my waist

MinervaTerrathorn · 17/10/2022 18:58

M&S I is lookin at you, with your long crotch jeans with tiny, arse fattening pocket placements.
Agree, tiny pockets both look terrible, and are useless when you actually want to use them! I want full size pickets on my arse and for front pockets, the same as men get!

YourSpleenIsDamp · 17/10/2022 19:06

OMG - don't get me started on rubbish pockets! Just browsing H&M - some fab ones there, thanks, and a few other sites to have a trawl through. Realised what I really want is a pair of the jeans I used to wear in my twenties, but as I also cackled at the Helen Daniels comment, they might not suit me these days 😭

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buttons123456 · 17/10/2022 19:06

Go to the next website and put in low rise jeans !

PeloFondo · 17/10/2022 19:10

Ariela · 17/10/2022 18:22

Low rise literally slip off me when I sit down. Then I get up and they're floating dangerously low. It would help of course if they had a waist that was narrower than the bum. Thank goodness for high rise.

Same here! High rise for me always
But then I'm also tall so high rise is needed

ChristmasJumpers · 17/10/2022 19:12

I can't even imagine not earing high waisted as an apple shape, I hate my belly sitting on top of low rise jeans.
Not help, sorry!

peanutbutter00 · 17/10/2022 19:43

I love high waist jeans, I'm fairly tall and slim ish but with a massive bum, so anything lower than high waisted and my bum is showing when I sit down. If I wore low rise half my bum would be out, no exaggeration!

ThisIsNotAFlyingToy · 17/10/2022 19:46

I'm apple shaped and high waisted are perfect for me. The waist actually goes where my waist is.

Whatsleftnow · 17/10/2022 19:54

Have a look at salsa jeans. I wear their secret range which have a high waist but they are literally the only high waisted thing I can wear without getting indigestion. They’re very comfy and flattering.

They also have an excellent returns policy.

bouncydog · 17/10/2022 19:59

I loathe high waisted - and the wide leg jeans are awful imho. But then I’m only 5 2, short in the body and size 8/9 - they look like clown trousers!

Meili04 · 17/10/2022 20:00

Love high waisted they hold in my mum tum pooch which is getting removed next month.

MomwasCasual · 17/10/2022 20:04

I'm stupidly short waisted, high rise jeans do nothing for my belly and make my arse look the size of Denmark.

I really want low rise jeans and the low slung 'stunt' belt back.

chloechloe · 17/10/2022 20:08

YellowAndGreenToBeSeen · 17/10/2022 18:42

Me too. They sit over my ribs and nearly on my nipples fgs.

Those sound like my dream jeans! The best thing about being pregnant was maternity jeans with the stretchy bit you could pull up to your boobs! As my childbearing days are behind me I love the new high waisted jeans trend!

Sorry, totally unhelpful answer!

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 17/10/2022 20:16

MinervaTerrathorn · 17/10/2022 18:55

I have narrow hips and low rise look awful on me unless I am clinically underweight. Jeans that sit on my waist are infinitely better! Even though I need a 25w to fit my waist but my hips are a size smaller.

I saw the low rise trend coming and as someone who has never quite recovered from the “size 0” trend of the late 90s/ early 2000s, I do worry for young girls. You really need a completely flat stomach to pull them off.

red4321 · 17/10/2022 20:37

I'm not sure I entirely understand the everything spilling out above lower rise jeans, unless you're into wearing crop tops. My top covers my jeans so hides any muffin top, either tucked or untucked.

Personally I think that's more slimming than chunky denim pulled up to your chin.

And don't get me started on the high waisted denim shorts with your bum cheeks hanging out of the bottom...

KvotheTheBloodless · 17/10/2022 20:41

red4321 · 17/10/2022 17:53

That was me. Showing my age as a child of the 80s.

But I think they look really unflattering, even on slim people. Accentuate even the slightest hint of a tummy and leave you with a tiny top half.

Not if you're long-bodied and broad-shouldered (with a flat stomach)! They're bloody brilliant, I never want them to go!

herdingcatss · 17/10/2022 20:51

I agree with you! High waists can go to hell. I have short legs and short waist and I feel like those guys in the 1930s with their trousers tied nearly up around their chests when I wear a high waist. I actually feel suffocated thinking of them now.

Meili04 · 17/10/2022 20:55

herdingcatss · 17/10/2022 20:51

I agree with you! High waists can go to hell. I have short legs and short waist and I feel like those guys in the 1930s with their trousers tied nearly up around their chests when I wear a high waist. I actually feel suffocated thinking of them now.

Oooo I love that feeling especially in winter it feels all warm. Hope they never go out of fashion

MalagaNights · 17/10/2022 20:55

Has anyone posted this meme yet?
I feel your pain!

ifunny.co/picture/other-girls-in-high-waisted-jeans-vs-me-FAEhxEj18?s=cl

MightyOaks · 17/10/2022 21:00

I agree OP, in particular 'Mum' jeans 🙄 I'm sick of gigantic bums whichever way you turn. Do these people not realise how huge it makes their bums look?! Presumably they think they look like Beyoncé..

MightyOaks · 17/10/2022 21:03

LadyVictoriaSponge · 17/10/2022 17:58

Well you made me chuckle red I could really relate as an eighties child myself!
I don’t think they flatter anyone either I just see vast expanses of stomach and backsides no matter what the size of the wearer.

Same! Also child of early 80s. Neeeeeeeeighbours

DoodlePug · 17/10/2022 21:05

Hourglass here, glad I can get high waisted jeans again.

Levis are good for mid rise, I have several and hate them, I'll send them round 😀