Who Are These People That Make Clothes Unflattering to Women's Bodies???
Seriously. and why do so many women actually pay cash money for these clothes? Do they not have mirrors? Do they not feel uncomfortable after 10 seconds in these clothes? Some things I have been noticing lately...
Tight shirts, tight sweaters, that are oddly put together and cut too high, so that the belly area shows unless one wears a long shirt underneath. These tops are so close fitting, you can see the underwear underneath. Now I don't wear bras and haven't for years because they are too uncomfortable for me, but these look especially heinous. Even on very thin women they squinch in the skin so that she looks like she has mounds of back fat, and/or they dig into the shoulder area.
and the pants, and I suspect this is an Ohio thing because I can't believe women in the rest of the country are still wearing those unflattering low rise jeans, that squish the skin/fat up over the hips and causes crack to show. Or how about those dresses that are really short, but cut to look like a little girl's dress?
Who are all these people that design these clothes....or is it all a big joke, to see how far they can go, how much they can convince American women to wear?
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I love clothes, but I always have trouble finding ones that look right. I hate the back fat bra thing too.
Also, I might be crazy, but I think that stores use skinny mirrors, so when I try on clothes, I look all tall and hot, but when I get home, and look in my regular mirror, I look like a troll doll in some ridiculous get up.
mercury, what is going on? you seem to be in a strange place right now. maybe i'm reading into these posts? in one, you are upset that folks are talking too much depression/complaining/suffering your way and in this post you are trashing the way women dress. are you okay? i'm just asking 'cuz i don't remember you coming off so harsh about others before recently.
one of the things i loved while living in chicago is all the heavy women wearing tight ass sexy clothes that looked like they bought 'em two sizes too small. the comfort they had in their own skin was what i took from their look.
my personal preference is to cover the crack of my ass and too look the other way when someone didn't! its embarrassing.
cool beans.
Yeah, its hard to find clothes that actually fit my body nicely. 
Not just Ohio. You see a lot of crack in Bismarck, too.
I was looking at this vintage clothing site the other day and laughing at some of the fads from the 70's and 80's - terrible stuff! And I used to think I was all hot wearing it. Personally, I wish the designers would all revert back to those beautifully cut dresses they wore in the forties - everyone looked so pulled together. But then I'd be complaining about the shoes or something.
I still buy men's Levi's because they fit me the best and are not too low or too high cut. But sweaters, ugh, I hear you. Can't find any that go down over my jiggly belly.
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when i get the chance to thrift, i look for the older, 50's styles of clothing. A lot of the 70's styled dresses fit me nicely, too. That thin poly fabric, love it.
I'm making a dress very much like this one right now, but in heavier fabric for winter:
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lol, too comfortable!
Very cute by the way. Amke SURE you post a pic. How cool to have a dd who likes to design. You give my kid a pair of scissors, tape and a shoping bag and she will design. like, 6 outfits for her dolls. I used to sew in jr high and made a lot of my own clothes. We would deconstruct tee shirts, etc,... I'm actually looking into taking a sweing class.
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Sewing is awesome. I found this intact pattern the other day at a thrift store for 19 cents! I'll have to make some adjustments because the size is too big, but I-bop can help me with that:
I totally love the dresses and tunic, they are long and modest but also cute. really flattering to the figure without putting all your business on front street
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but imo it doesn't look good on short people w/ boobs & hips, i just look like i'm playing dress up...
They are still very much in evidence here in Minnesota! I went jeans shopping with my best friend not too long ago and oh.my.word! We accidentally ended up in the teenager jeans section of some department store or other and it was hilarious and depressing. We had to laugh because otherwise we would cry. We couldn't fit any of the jeans past our thighs for one thing and for another ... the jeans are SO low-rise that the zippers were only about an inch long!!!!! And even when we ended up in the grown-ups jeans section-- low rise, show off your butt crack was still the norm. Really? Who wants to see that? We had to give up on buying new jeans in the end.
I'm relieved that grunge was the dominant fashion trend when I was a teenager-- all my jeans were two sizes too big and there were NO tight sweaters in sight. And vintage clothes were very fashionable-- at least amongst the people I knew. I would not have been very happy with the tight tanks, sweaters, jeans of the last few years. Seems like fashion trends swing back and forth...I hope when my daughter is old enough to care these things will have changed again (or that she has the self-confidence to just ignore it all and do her own thing!).
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I'd like to add to the list shirts that are one size (super large)up in the shoulder and bust so that they constantly fall askew and expose too much but are tight as heck on the waistline so that even a size 2 woman's belly-meat is defined for all to see. I enjoy pairing this with those super low, made of spandex jeans that rock everyone's world right now.
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I am having a hard time covering up my svelte waistline lately. It sure is weird. It just keeps getting bigger. Just my waistline. It is like someone needs to make a line just to help women out that grow only in the stomach.
tight fitting too tight pants
I'm actually a low rise lover because you won't find me rolling mom jeans
I go for more of this style of layers (ok some belly may poke through in certain positions) and low rise. Even on a "full size" woman you can layer tee's and wear a low rise as long as you don't have the waist so tight it forms a muffin top or belly spillage. A longer waist created by lower rise in jeans can elongate the torso. It's a common stylist trick. Again, you want to layer tee to pull down over waist and preferably wear a boot cut flare with a slightly higher heel.
HA!!!
she's not going to have ass crack becuase her thong hangiing out will cover it.
I think the common problem you're seeing with women (thin and full size) from the back is the pants are too damn tight. That is the one flaw people make (IMO) with low rise jeans, wearing them a size too small. If they are a size 5/6 they but 3/4.
the only thing worse than mom jeans is spandex pants
and I'm also saddened by what our young girls are faced with as choices while they try and
morph into *what's in style*. Funny how I feel it's got a lot to do with the parents. At a rummage sale the other day, I picked out some great Hanna Anderson dresses for M at $2 bucks each. My friend was picking out mini skirts and Hanna MONTANA tops for her 5 year old. It sounds like I'm judging, and I'm not really (well, sort of) but it was more of an observation that at 5 years I believe WE control what they wear.
Like the old saying goes, just becuase they make it in your size......does not mean you should wear it.
THAT said, I have found many designers getting in the market of designing clothes for larger women. As someone mentioned Gap, levis, DKNY etc... They know there is a market out there of $$$$ to earn if the relax their cuts, etc...
I know I have walked out of the house feeling ok and then cuaght a glimpse of myself in horror. WHAT was I thinking!
I think we've all done that at least once
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I actually look worse with a higher rise because my middle is slightly thicker and if I try a higher rise my circulation cuts off or I have a baggy behind which is waaaay worse than muffin top IMNSHO Though my low rise aren't the lowest and they're a little higher in back so my buns don't show
I actually just happen to have a picture of my backside, I wanted to show DH how hot my new jeans were lol and I am wearing a super tight shirt too ha!
you wear them well mama!
I am with you on the low cut jeans - they only give you a muffin top if you wear them too tight!
ps. the mom jeans ad is awesome!
I totally think the tight pants thing is wayyyyyy worse on guys than girls, and sadly, it is my generation that LOOOVE them. How the hell do they get their feet through such tiny ankle holes? I don't want to see your bulge, or your boxers. And it makes them look like they have ginormous clown feet because their pants are so tight
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and buy vintage when I can. back in the day, some designers knew how to make flattering, comfortable clothes that flatter a woman's body.
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