Crapola at fashion.....picture on my profile...yay or nay?

[SlightlyMadSweet]

It is actually a dress (you may have seen me debating it at W/E). Comes just about to knees.

Worn over black wide legged trousers

Problem with tights is that my bum is soooo huge and the dress is too short than when i bent over I revelaed my bum .

I did try as the dress was so pretty on and a tiny bit longer when on...I thought I might get away with it

Could you try on with opaques and heels or boots and post another piccie

I agree the trousers are all wrong

And yes I did wear leggings first time round...so I shall avoid them.

i think you aren't right about your size, btw. perhaps you need to look in more shops to get the right cut, but yes, i'd say that the trews are too wide.

You're a size 18?!?!?!?!

Wear it - it makes you look more like a 14 imo

oh sorry
just read last post

don't bend over?

agree you don't look like an 18!

Ooo slightlymad I want to take you shopping! (SInce i am a blimp I have to get my shopping kicks vicariously through others)Step away from the elastic waists!

I think you should wear it with opaque black tights and knee boots. Or dark denim jeans. As fitted as you have got.

My bum and thighs are 18.

My waist is 14

My bust is 14/16

princessmel....you cannot be serious about knee boots....I struggle to fit my ankles into ankle boots as a result of post DD3 oedema.

I am just so shit at this stuff.....hate clothes shopping with a passion and then get it all wrong.

Right I have a nappy full of diarohoea to sort and a head full of lice...back in an hour or two.

What shops are you shopping in though? If you are shopping for places that cater for teenagers you have no chance in the thigh department. Even H & M have suspect trouser measurements.

wear with tights and don't bend over

If you are particularly wanting to wear the wide leags maybe a lighter floatier material linen maybe.

You could wear bootcut jeans with that it does hide enough of the sins you want to hide to work.

I think it is lovely.

don't like it

if you are wearing wide leg torusers you need fited jacket to go with it - long or short but nipped in at the waist.

With vest under

That dress needs skinnys
you should be able to find skinnys that fit

Ok if no to boots then wear with dark denim jeans.
And heels.

You can wear it on its own with opaque tights and long boots - if you have big calves get them from Evans - the boots that is - it will make you look a lot smaller.

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no to boots, full stop. it's a tricky one if you're a zillion different sizes, that is true.

so maybe it is no good then?

Can you not find something a bit longer and wear as a dress?

they were pushing a layered look (skirt on skirt) in the guardian wifie's pages last weekend. i was not convinced.

yes I saw that
looked silly
no doubt we will all be doing it soon though

That is a thought
how about a pencil skirt under it?

no have just looked again
it would look odd

no, sorry

find somthing that flatters your waist?

agree with beety that wide legged trews demand a fitted top

you can only go "baggy" one one part of your body