You do have a point, but I’d argue that shorts fall into one of two catagories: teenie-tiny-slut-of-a-15-year-old-short shorts or I-am-an-old-old-lady-who-likes-wearing-stirrup-pants-and-mom-jeans-but-my-mom-jeans-are-dirty-so-I-will-wear-mom-shorts-to-right-below-my-knee-shorts. Damn, that was a mouth full.
Anyway, interesting anecdote (to me, at least. Then again, I find all of my stories both insightful and hilariously entertaining :D): I went shopping with my friends- the Twins- for outfits for some school thing (I want to say it was “Hillbilly Day” during homecoming week). My friends are both a size 00. I was a size 14.
We all decided that getting some shorts from Old Navy and messing them up would be a good idea. We found some shorts and all grabbed them. It was then that we had a realization: the only difference between the size 00 shorts and the size 14 shorts was the width of the fabric. In other words, the shorts were the exact same length. Now, my ass is much, much, much bigger than theirs, so this just made no sense.
That’s pretty much my dilemma- either my ass cheeks are hanging out or the shorts go past my knee (I’m only 5’3, so it’s hard to find mid thigh stuff).
If you’re making eye contact with her, how are you simultaneously checking out her magnificent rack??
I don’t usually have problems with shirts, but I will admit to tugging up a strapless dress occasionally. But that’s because it, um… let me down one time. :eek: I was wearing a sweater over it so I don’t really think anyone saw anything too scandelous, but if anyone wants to check, I think it might be recorded on BWI’s security tapes. :smack:
We guys are equipped with very very delicate sensors. It’s attuned to racks. We get to see the magnificent rack almost every time. You girls do the eye-contact nonsense to make sure we don’t see the rack, but we still get it. It’s like picture-in-picture.
Trust me, if she had pretty eyes and he had the rackage, you can be assured that he added that mental picture to the spank bank.
If I get the right pair of heels I can do this. Anything taller than a couple of inches I can’t seem to shift my weight back properly and I feel all off balance anyway. Maybe I could do it now since I’ve got a much better sense of balance than the last time I wore really high heels, but it’s hard to find a pair that will even fit right.
I can run around just fine in my two inch heels though.
Mostly my problem with clothes, is that its made for girls who are a lot shorter than I am. Medium rise jeans turn into low rise etc, shirts that are longer end up higher on me than were designed to. If they made tall clothing a couple sizes bigger I’d be just fine but most tall clothing I find stops at size 14. This is in the average store though, there are a few stores where I can find stuff that is size 18 and tall.
DiosaBellissima having worked in retail I noticed that myself. Some clothes do get longer as the size goes up, but not many and most of that seems to be the variation that’s allowed when cutting the cloth.
Flashing the party would also wreck everything - and be much more embarassing, too. Given the choice of looking not-quite-comfortable with my clothing and topless, I’m going with the uncomfortable.
Luckily, I’m short-waisted enough that I rarely have the problem of having a shirt that’s too short. Thank goodness, because no one wants to see my stomach. (Fitted shirts are not an option. The arms are too short and the body is too long.)
The skirt thing, I’ve done. I try the skirt on in the dressing room (or at least hold it up to me and think “that should be fine” but it isn’t until I’m out having worn it for a few hours that I realize what size it actually is and that it might be just a tiny bit too short to be worn. Of course, by that time, I’ve still got to finish the day.
Oh, and if you don’t really care about jeans and have no desire to spend $100/pair - Wrangler is excellent for long legs. Especially the Aura ones that Barrel mentioned.
Same here. I dry my pants on low heat so they don’t shrink, but anything resembling heat doesn’t go near my shirts. When I have dried ones I didn’t care too much about they shrink in length but not girth?? Must be the weave.
Do you mean bare-skinned rolls of fat or covered rolls of fat? I wear knit tops with a little stretch so that they will be kind of the shape of me, which includes some rolls. It’s not to be gross or revealing or anything, just to not look any fatter than I already am. No skin shows though.
Fine then!! You get no more of the rodeo sex or the donkey punches!!
Who else do you know that can serve up a hot donkey punch like me? Hm?
HMM???
Besides, it’ll be like the last time you tried this. You’ll come crawling and slinking back like a kitten when you realize you MISS the poodle ballin’!!
I don’t have a problem with shirts, but I do have a problem with bra straps. I can never find comfy bras in my size, so the ones I do have seem to slip down my shoulder all day long despite my best efforts to adjust them. I try not to mess with it in front of people, but sometimes it drives me nuts.
Another peeve is the “vanity sizing” problem. I go into Express to try on pants and I take a 4 and a 6 into the dressing room, only to find that they are both too large. Come on now! I’m fit, but I’m not a freakin’ 2. A 2 is some tiny little thing with no hips. I’ve ended up buying 2’s because everything else is ginormous. Pretty much all of my dress pants are too big because I can’t find nice ones in the junior section.
And yeah, walking in heels is easy. I think people who have difficulty with them often have bad posture. If you walk straight rather than hunched you should easily be able to wear heels.
From taking dance classes I got in the habit of holding up the center of the sternum and leading from there. It’s the best thing I know for straight posture, balance, and grace.
Cool! I’m praised in classical Sanskrit literature!
Well, I make as much noise as an elephant, walking around- you mean that’s not what they’re talking about? Oh, poo.
I might walk like these elephants- does that count for something?
I solve the problem by not wearing heels or tight-fitting or strapless clothing when I can get away with it (which is the vast majority of the time- I’m a computer tech-support geek).
I know this is an old thread, but I can confirm this with the amount of 2000s movies I have come across during my 3 year binge watch. There are also some tv shows that I saw.
I have discovered how often girls shirts would ride up to expose belly in many of these movies. This can include cheering, fighting, running, dancing, catching something, stretching the arms up, holding a person, being tied up or held hostage, and even just waving.
The 2000s fashion was probably the best time for low rise pants and shirts that rode up at odd times to show the belly as well as the belly button.
I actually think the best time for ‘belly-friendly’ fashion was around 2002-2006, with a broad range of 2001-2007. Of course, I saw some instances in 2008 and 2009.
