We see it every day, everywhere; fat people wearing the tightest clothes they can stretch and get into. Is this a game to see who has the most rolls? I understand being fat and unable to lose that extra 50 pounds, I have that problem but I sure don’t show it off, I try to hide it by wearing large, loose clothing. Am I out to lunch on this?
I try to not be judgmental of fat people in really tight clothes but it’s hard. People should be able to wear whatever they want as long as they are decently covered and it shouldn’t bother me. Sometimes I even envy their freedom of not caring what others think (or of thinking they look good). I am so self-conscious in even well fitting, form hugging clothes that it’s all I can think about.
It’s hard to find extra-large clothing in stores. Some of these people may be wearing the biggest size they can find, even though it’s not adequate. I’m a pretty large guy and buy my clothing online. I recently found a few nice shirts in 3-XL for between $8 and $10 apiece and a couple of pairs of denim shorts in a 58" men’s waist. I’m conscious of how my clothes fit and make sure everything is covered that should be.
You know that person that has that look that just grabs your attention?
There is someone who looks at the people you have issues with and feel the same way about them.
If they are happy and not hurting anyone why is this an issue?
I don’t have any. Frankly, I have too much of my own shit to deal with to waste time and mental energy caring about something as trivial and irrelevant as what other people are wearing.
Frankly, I don’t like seeing people of any size in clothing that’s too tight and too revealing. The world doesn’t want to see your ass crack. They don’t want to know what color thong you’re wearing. And wearing a bra with a strapless garment just ruins the visual line - I’m not offended by your bra strap, but it is not at all attractive.
Yes, I recognize that no one has to dress to please me. By the same token, I don’t have to like everyone’s clothing choices. I am free to think that you look tacky, unpresentable, unkempt, or even ridiculous. I may be unable to suppress a chuckle. If my opinion means that much to you, maybe you need to reevaluate your look. Otherwise, feel free to ignore me, and I’ll permit you to do the same.
The fashion pendulum swings on this one. One year they’re trying to get us into muumuus and circus tents to hide those problem areas and the next they’re extolling the virtues of ruching and “slimming” garments that squeeze like a hungry boa constrictor.
So I just wear what I like. That tends to be body skimming but not clinging things with lots of wrap and faux wrap necklines that show off my fabulous tatas.
I try not to get judgey, but there are those extremes that make me wonder about the miracles of fiber physics, and I just think that it must be awfully *uncomfortable *to be so squoze (and this from a woman who wears corsets for comfort and fun). And it’s not always fat people. I’ve seen some skinny women is some bogglingly tight jeans that give them prodigious muffin tops that just look uncomfortable as hell.
“Fat” people (and we may have different ideas about what that means) can wear whatever they damn well please, just like any other people. I think the OP is a little behind the times.
You know that doesn’t work, right? It generally makes you look fatter because it overemphasizes how much weight you have.
They have the right to wear whatever the hell they want within the law, and I have the right to find it unattractive. What I don’t have, is the right to be an obnoxious douche about it, Not that I’m accusing the OP of this, but I see far to much “humour” these days that basically just boils down to “OMG, She so fat, GROSS! HA HA!”
It’s not my place to judge, and that whole attitude gets grating after a while.
Sometimes my first thought is that it’s rather nasty looking, then my second thought is who the fuck am I to judge them and to mind my own business. Wish I didn’t have that first thought, but there you go.
Word. I hate seeing people who look uncomfortable.
Stretchy little clothes is basically what’s for sale around here. I figure a big girl goes to the mall and buys whatever they are trying to sell to a girl at that time, because it’s the style.
As Dung Beetle says, it’s the style. It’s difficult to find something that doesn’t have spandex in it, even though spandex is not your friend if you’re fat. To put it bluntly, spandex accentuates the fat rolls and leaves nothing to the imagination. No camouflaging the figure faults.
I have a couple of overweight friends who constantly wear tight clothes.
One would be mortified, I think, to know how awful she looks. I don’t think she’s objective or realistic about her appearance. Her weight gain was gradual, and she’s still choosing clothes that looked good on her 50 lbs ago.
Another friend just doesn’t care what you think. She dresses for her own comfort, and apparently, tight clothes comfort her. Like a thundershirt comforts a dog in a thunderstorm.
People can wear whatever the hell they want. It’s not like we live in Best Korea where there is a state-mandated uniform. If a large person wants to wear clothes that aren’t especially flattering, then that’s their privilege. As long as all the parts are covered, I don’t care. It doesn’t mean I can’t snark about it, however.
That said, I think that some of it is that some fashions really aren’t flattering, but that’s what these people wear anyway. This is especially apparent in teenagers who go to parochial schools that require a uniform. I’ve seen uniform sweaters on boys that don’t really fit because the sweater is cut for an adult and the boys’ bodies aren’t fully developed yet. Same for girls’ skirts; they’re intended for an average girl, but the legs on the very thin girls look like toothpicks and the legs on the overweight girls… don’t; it looks very uncomfortable and very embarrassing.
I know we’re talking about fat people, but the principle is the same. People wear clothes that don’t fit their shape because of vanity or because they have to.
As opposed to fat people in loose clothes, they’re at least not trying to hide the obvious fact that they are fat.
New clothes and flattering fashions are expensive, and most fat people tend to be poor. Most fat people are gaining weight, and wear clothes that fit them better last year.
Moving thread from MPSIMS to IMHO.
I remember a girl like that from high school. (Not mentioned before on this board. ) I would not have said this to her, of course, but if she were to wear a string bikini it would look like two rubber bands around a sewer pipe!
I suppose it happens all the time, but I just started noticing a trend. Maybe it has to do with the populaity of yoga pants.
If you want to wear yoga pants because they’re comfy; fine. I really don’t care about the size of your rear. BUT…it can’t be comfortable to have underwear on underneath them that makes inch-deep impressions on your cheecks and around your thighs.
It just looks uncomfortable. Please, wear a thong.
I’m not in favor of clothes that don’t fit, regardless of the person’s size. The worst offenders are typically regular-size men. How grown-ass adult men don’t know how to buy clothes that fit is beyond me. I’m looking at you, guy who rolls up his sleeves because otherwise they’d cover your hands…and you, guy with the pants that are eight inches too short.
Cheap clothes are cheaper than ever, but they are also THIN. My cheap t shirts weigh half or less of what cheap t shirts weighed ten years ago. They cost $4because there’s about five cotton balls in there. So they don’t drape, they cling. To get shirts that don’t cling, one has to buy very oversized clothes, or go to at least a decent department store and spend significantly more.