What to Do With Pants to Wear Again

April 22, 2022 Post a Comment

What is the perfect pants fit — how SHOULD should they fit? When are they too baggy; when are pants too tight? Reader One thousand wonders…

Tin can you discuss proper fit of adapt pants/slacks for the workplace (including trouser jeans for casual Fridays)? I can't discover anything related in the archives- I was hoping for something like the guide to hem length.

How do you lot notice the right rest between too baggy and as well fitted, particularly in the thighs and barrel? If they take a crease on the front, should the pants exist loose enough that the crease stays creased all the way upward?

I'm curious what readers say here near the perfect pants fit. For my $.02, I remember this is easier to say what Not to practice than what TO do.

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**What is NOT "the Perfect Pants Fit"**

In my mind, you want to avoid:

creases or "grin" across the crotch of the pants — this mostly speaks to fit problems (either too tight, also long in the rise, etc)

anything that is so tight that you have a pantyline. While there are thongs and a number of boyshorts and bikinis that are marketed as resulting in "no VPL," a lot of times the reply hither is as simple as "yous demand bigger pants, hon." (That said, check out our final discussion on favorite underwear brands, also as the best "no VPL underwear" for eliminating VPL.)

whatever waistband that hangs also far beneath or above the abdomen push (at least, unintentionally) — a lot of times this is a fit issue (but I would also contend that pants that sit way below the abdomen button just aren't appropriate for work).

any crotch that hangs likewise low or also high. If you can see the outline of your lady parts through the pants (popularly known every bit "camel toe"), your pants are as well tight. On the flip side, if yous can grab a handful of fabric betwixt where your body ends and your pants begin, your pants are too loose.

Thigh/leg wise – I would say if you can't at to the lowest degree pinch an inch of extra cloth on your thighs, your pants may exist verging toward "too tight." You may find that they wear poorly (they may literally be busting at the seams) and the fabric may get sparse in certain places.

I've tried to make a piddling nautical chart with pictures of pants that are too tight and besides loose here:

Some styles of pants are meant to await actually tight in some places (skinny jeans, for example); some pants are meant to await really loose in some places (eastward.one thousand., harem pants); but then, these are generally non styles that are appropriate for most offices.

We had a chip of a word about which brands fit which torso types before, and I'm curious to hear what readers say here — what is your body type, and which brands of pants fit information technology best? Which issues are unique to your body (and which tailoring alterations have you found to right or mitigate the issues)?

Over again, for my $.02, I've always had a curvy, hourglass-type figure, then my waist was often too big. I sometimes would get the waist tailored; a lot of times I would just wear sweaters and blouses lower on my hips, untucked. A lot of brands I avoided entirely considering I always felt like they didn't fit my curves (Theory, Ralph Lauren); others felt too long in the crotch (Talbots), while others seemed fine (Gap, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, etc).

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Ok, readers, over to you: how does a great pair of pants fit? What practise you look for in a perfect pants fit, and what do you avoid? Particularly, which brands and styles best fit your body type (and what is your trunk type)?