are Linen trousers a disaster for getting overweight

[SuSylvester]

are they TOO forgiving? are they the jeggings of the summer season - do you get them as you know they will give and therefore put up with an increasing wasitband?

Mil going on and on about linen trousers and I thought - its only beaucse they GIVE

[moondog]

What is this Fat Land book?
Sounds interesting.

[nannyj]

They are emailing me when back in stock I really want them.

[SixtyFootDoll]

step away from the elasticated wiatband nannyj!

[mangoandlime]

I think buying new each summer helps, I know the sort of linen trousers you mean though, baggy, saggy, out if shape at the knees... They do lose their shape easily.

I think there must be a few things worse than wearing linen trousers (as long as they're not cropped) so I'm sticking with mine! Hey ho.

[nannyj]

Have just been on M & S website looking for elasticated ones ......they were all sold out. I obviously need a style overhaul

[cyb]

msn'd you about your dress

[SuSylvester]

yes same wiht mine
i haev to try nad look casual in insouciant, not my normal tense and ABOUT TO BLOW

[cyb]

I have never bought or seen an nyone wearing a pair of flattering linen trousers.

Within a half hour of putting them on they look shapeless rumpled and decidely bedraggled.

Not a good lok, however big your arse is.

I ahve a grey pair and a navy pair and look crap in both, i feel so matronly in them

[bishboschone]

I never wear linen trousers because they stretch, drives me nuts and not a good look !

[SuSylvester]

i think they are a cliche
had a god pair that were good for work as i inhabit a NIssen hut atm- freezing then boiling

[dinsdale]

my size 10 Next ones fitted me through most of my last pregnancy

[SixtyFootDoll]

FFF - I think hhe may be right!
I have some lvoely red linen crops that start the day off snug, by the time I leave work I am hoiking them up with bulldog grips!

[LetThemEatCake]

yes, I remember that from Fat Land ... also that more sizes are available so you;re never stuck for something to wear ... you'd not have got XXXL in the menswear dept 30 odd years ago - now, you get big, you go up a size, no biggie.

TBH ... and sorry to those who own them ... I think linen trousers are a disaster, full stop.

[mummyloveslucy]

I blame leggins.

[SuSylvester]

no youa re kidding?

[FunnyLittleFrog]

In the book 'Fat Land' Greg Critzer blames loose linen trousers (among other things like big restaurant chairs) for the rise in obesity in America.

[fatzak]

Especially if you get ones from Next. I spent weeks last summer thinking I had miraculously lost pounds as they were so slack ... then tried my jeans on Mine are more comfy than my pyjamas now!!

[mummyloveslucy]

No! I bought navy and brown.

[brimfull]

I wsa thinking about this 'nobody tells you you're getting fat'
I told dh to tell me-he refuses

I blame him entirely for my gut

[mangoandlime]

Please don't say you bought the white Primark ones, mummyloveslucy?! They are the most see through ever, I always buy lined White linen or those with big pockets on the bum.

They aren't stretchy as such, but there is 'give' as you wear throughout the day. I always buy longer than I need too because they shrink like hell in the wash, over time.

[mummyloveslucy]

I thought linen trousers were ment to be baggy and not stretch at all, but then I'm no fashion guru.
I do like them for the summer, in fact I've just bought 2 pairs from primark £6 each (bargain)

[SuSylvester]

yes
mil said " do you like linen" as if its a recent discovery

[mangoandlime]

Oh yes, drawstring ones are a bit like tracky bottoms in that respect, I stick to the smarter cut.

[traceybath]

I think you are definitely onto something - especially the drawstring waist ones. But I don't do linen trousers really.

However I notice I eat less/more restrained on the days I am wearing my 'thin' jeans.

[mangoandlime]

Never thought about the give in linen trousers! I certainly don't buy mine with that in mind, I just love them for summer.