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Anyone else hate high rise jeans/trousers?

77 replies

redfacebigdisgrace · 29/05/2024 19:15

I look terrible in high rise jeans. They really don’t flatter my bum at all. Emphasise my sticky out stomach too.

Mid rise are way better. Hold my tummy in more and make my bum look perkier. Anyone else? I love the look of high rise but they do nothing for me.

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GauntJudy · 29/05/2024 19:18

I like them but I'm very long bodied so think they give me better promotions

Jifmicroliquid · 29/05/2024 19:19

I grew up in the hipsters era so I find high rise very Simon cowell-esque!

JaneEyreBedHair · 29/05/2024 19:19

Yes, I’m the same, hate high rise jeans they do nothing for me.

BeetyAxe · 29/05/2024 19:20

YANBU awful bloody things. So uncomfortable too.

TheOGCCL · 29/05/2024 19:21

I think they can be flattering if they stop at your narrowest point, hold you in and they also lengthen your legs but I can't wear anything higher than an inch below my navel. Far too uncomfortable for me. I think that's partly why people say jeans are uncomfortable.

Hedgeoffressian · 29/05/2024 19:21

You’re not alone. I got a pair from Fatface recently. I’m normally a size 6-8 in Fatface but I look like a dumpy Tellytubbie in those jeans.

Teddleshon · 29/05/2024 19:21

I love high rise as I have a very small waist and a not so small bum. So high rise and wide leg is my happy place.

pizzaHeart · 29/05/2024 19:37

I absolutely hate them. I only wear midrise, and I think they suit the majority of people. You need to have thin waist and long body for the high rise and long legs which is lovely but unrealistic.

I don’t have “very defined waist” 🥲 but DD has and she has flat enough stomach however she can’t stand high rise either, she said that they are too suffocating.

Im so ready for a change - I want high rise jeans, oversized tops and this government to go away.

stayathomer · 29/05/2024 19:40

Yup, hate them too!!

ArcticBells · 29/05/2024 19:41

Nowhere for my muffin top to goBlush

fashionqueen0123 · 29/05/2024 19:41

Yes I literally have no idea how anyone sits down in them. Let alone eats. Just weird.

Im desperate for low rise jeans to come back in. I had to get my last pair off Vinted.

TuesdayWhistler · 29/05/2024 20:44

I've tried exactly 1 pair.
Well... they accentuated something...
like I had a coin slot to power me up,
50p for 30 minutes.. little man from Rumbelows comes to empty me out every fortnight.

BringMeTea · 29/05/2024 21:15

Love them but I am long bodied so it works well.

MontalbanoFan · 29/05/2024 21:43

I love them too and would be aghast if they disappeared from the shops! Low rise jeans don’t suit my body at all. I need something to accentuate my waist or otherwise I look like SpongeBob Squarepants.

coxesorangepippin · 29/05/2024 21:46

They're great if you have short legs

Springwatch123 · 29/05/2024 21:47

I’m pear shaped and love high-rise jeans.

Vicliz24 · 29/05/2024 21:50

I hate them . Why do they have to go up to my ribs !

chattyness · 29/05/2024 21:52

I love high rise jeans so much more comfortable to sit down with them on, can't stand low rise they dig into my waist

Loubelle70 · 29/05/2024 21:54

Me. I look like max wall in them

Branleuse · 29/05/2024 22:11

I love them. So comfy and flattering on my pear/hourglass shape

tillytomtiny · 29/05/2024 22:25

I've been living in high rise cropped Next jeans recently, I find they tuck my tum in quite well and don't dig in when sat down

redfacebigdisgrace · 29/05/2024 22:33

I think they look good if you’ve got a decent bum, I do not.

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fashionqueen0123 · 29/05/2024 22:48

chattyness · 29/05/2024 21:52

I love high rise jeans so much more comfortable to sit down with them on, can't stand low rise they dig into my waist

But don’t they cut into your body or tummy when you sit down?
As that’s the same reason why I like low rise because they’re low and so aren’t by your waist to cut in.
Mid rise is even worse!

AsCoolAsKimDeal · 29/05/2024 22:52

They're good if you've got a long body and short legs. I've got a short body and long legs and I hate them with the heat of a thousand suns.

MustDust · 29/05/2024 22:54

Completely agree, everywhere seems to be high rise, I swore by Hollister but they've stopped doing the ones I love so no idea where to look now. I have a crap bum too.