Clothes you like but just don't work on you

[Thimble Queen]

I now own 5 jumpsuits and love them. Apart from having to sit on a public loo just in a bra problem.

I love skinny jeans but they don't flatter me at all. I am stumpy of leg and the waist is always huge but fits in the thigh.
I can never find trousers in the correct length for my size.

When I was tiny I bought regular cut jeans and took them to the dry cleaners and had them altered to skinny jeans. I bought the jeans on sale as well so I basically got jeans that fit me perfectly for less than 20 quid a pair

 

[8ball]

In most cases I think the problem is that mass-market clothing styles are not cut to fit every body type, rather than certain clothes just not suiting us.

I think you need to be a bit on the svelte side to pull off the dungarees look, no matter how they're cut.

 

[killer b]

why?

 

[colacubes]

I'm fat and I fucking love my dungarees.

 

[killer b]

sing it.

 

[8ball]

I'm fat and I fucking love my dungarees.

Fair enough - they never worked on me, which I put down to not being thin enough.

 

[Poot]

I am sad that there are so few jeans that aren't skinny jeans. I don't like skinny jeans. I can live with them I suppose if worn with big boots but they're so uncomfortable, even when you're relatively small.

I bought a pair of loose fitting purple things a bit like dungarees and man, let me tell you, I may never wear anything else ever again.

 

[colacubes]

Fair enough - they never worked on me, which I put down to not being thin enough.

Tbf I have to buy blokes ones due to my body being long, but I think they look pretty good.

 

[8ball]

Tbf I have to buy blokes ones due to my body being long, but I think they look pretty good.

Oh, not dissing anyone's choices. But I had some dungarees that made me look fat when I was over 3 stone lighter than I am now. When I was 2 stone lighter than I am now, people were asking me whether I was ill, so I'd need to be pretty emaciated-looking before dungarees suited me.

 

[Chilli.s]

Lederhosen, would if I could (not get stared/laughed at).

 

[killer b]

Lederhosen, would if I could (not get stared/laughed at).

As you post on urban, we can probably assume you're over 30. in which case, no-one cares. Wear lederhosen.

 

[Rebelda]

I don't believe this. What's the difference between your head & face and the head & face of someone who looks good in hats?

Self consciousness probably plays the biggest part and that's fair enough.

I bloody love jumpsuits. And dungarees. And onesies. It took perseverance to find ones that fit/suit (basically not H&bloodyM ever) but worth it.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I think you need to be a bit on the svelte side to pull off the dungarees look, no matter how they're cut.

I'm fat and I fucking love my dungarees.

This. I feel sexy as fuck in mines

 

[Thimble Queen]

I am sad that there are so few jeans that aren't skinny jeans. I don't like skinny jeans. I can live with them I suppose if worn with big boots but they're so uncomfortable, even when you're relatively small.

I bought a pair of loose fitting purple things a bit like dungarees and man, let me tell you, I may never wear anything else ever again.

I dunno. I find my skinnies super comfortable. I wear the high waist ones and I can eat in them and everything

 

[killer b]

Self consciousness probably plays the biggest part

I agree self consciousness plays the biggest part, I guess that's what I was getting at. I've heard the same from so many people (I used to only wear beanies myself too) but it just isn't true.

Our heads looks fine in hats, and our arses look fine in those dungarees. Yes it takes time and experimentation to find stuff that actually fits, and longer to become comfortable with something outside our comfort zones, but it is self consciousness that's the biggest barrier and we should be fucking that shit off right now.

 

[killer b]

(I have just bought some skinny white jeans btw. )

 

[Rebelda]

I agree self consciousness plays the biggest part, I guess that's what I was getting at. I've heard the same from so many people (I used to only wear beanies myself too) but it just isn't true.

Our heads looks fine in hats, and our arses look fine in those dungarees. Yes it takes time and experimentation to find stuff that actually fits, and longer to become comfortable with something outside our comfort zones, but it is self consciousness that's the biggest barrier and we should be fucking that shit off right now.

I know and I agree but it can become one of those self-hating vortices...I look shit in dungarees and I'm not even emancipated enough to wear them even though I want to, I look shit and I am shit, I'm staying at home in my pyjamas forever.

I don't think you don't know this B and I'm not disagreeing with you, just naming a horrible trap that I fall into frequently even though I spout the opposite. It's not easy not feeling self-conscious or feeling it but wearing that Stetson anyway. Not every day anyway.

 

[killer b]

just naming a horrible trap that I fall into frequently even though I spout the opposite.

mate, i sometimes get changed three or four times before leaving the house.

 

[Rebelda]

mate, i sometimes get changed three or four times before leaving the house.

Same same. I didn't think you were saying you were immune to it babe. I just wanted to say it, yuuno x

 

[campanula]

Our heads looks fine in hats,

This may possibly be the case...but since the wearing of any sort of headwear guarantees a permanent scowl, endless fiddling and fussing which cause hats to skew sideways or slide upwards or itch (he claims), overheat or feel as though they are going to fall off...then yeah, they do look rubbish

 

[kebabking]

A suit. My legs are ridiculously short while my body is bizarrely long - I look like something that grew up near Sellafield, and a suit just makes it look worse.

It's a pity, coz I like the suit 'look', but even offensively expensive bespoke suits don't work on me to my satisfaction. Running shorts and t-shirts are my comfort zone...

 

[8ball]

Our heads looks fine in hats, and our arses look fine in those dungarees.

It’s the belly that’s the problem in my case.

 

[baldrick]

Any clothing designed for thin women - blouses, tunics, high necks, wide leg trousers, loose blazers/cardis.

All make me look frumpy imo.

 

[Sapphireblue]

anything with a waist, as to get it to fit there it's going to be too big elsewhere. stuff that gathers under the boobs also makes me look v. pregnant.

love dresses but have to be very careful to get flattering ones due to those issues. will never wear a 50s style dress

 

[existentialist]

Bomber jackets - they over-accentuate my upper body bulk (but that's probably true of them on every single even slightly-podgy middle aged man )

Pleated front chinos - I look like I have a nappy on.

Anything in red - makes me look choleric.

"tailored" shirts.

 

[existentialist]

A suit. My legs are ridiculously short while my body is bizarrely long - I look like something that grew up near Sellafield, and a suit just makes it look worse.

It's a pity, coz I like the suit 'look', but even offensively expensive bespoke suits don't work on me to my satisfaction. Running shorts and t-shirts are my comfort zone...

I'm the opposite. I seem to be able to look good in a suit, even when it's a £50 Tesco job (though I am never, ever buying another one of them, it felt cheap, and made me feel like The Accused).

Perhaps something with a short - aka "bumfreezer" - jacket might work better on you?

 

[Red Cat]

I'm fat and I fucking love my dungarees.

I still haven't got any, keep looking at Levis but they're pricey. And frightened of the little voice that says you're too short and old for those. I'm going to look again now

 

[killer b]

I still haven't got any, keep looking at Levis but they're pricey. And frightened of the little voice that says you're too short and old for those. I'm going to look again now

Stone Vintage on ebay have some cute Levis Vintage Clothing dungarees at heavy discounts - still quite expensive, but they might accept a lower offer too... I like this one: Levi's Vintage Clothing LVC Distressed Overalls Dungarees Bib Brace W28 £305 NEW | eBay

 

[Thimble Queen]

I still haven't got any, keep looking at Levis but they're pricey. And frightened of the little voice that says you're too short and old for those. I'm going to look again now

ASOS do some nice ones they are pretty reasonable too, price wise.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

I got my dungarees from ASOS.
And at 5 foot nothing and a standard size 14...I have to say I'm happy with the way they look..
I wear my DMs with them and that gives me a little bit more height
And sometimes I throw a check shirt on over them and leave it open. They are very comfortable and I wear them all the time when I'm not at work. Bit warm for this summer but I'll get tons of wear from them.
If I could get away with them at work I would wear them there too.
In fact I might just wear them to work anyway...