#42

Haha me too, I can do simple repairs by hand sewing but don’t know how to use a sewing machine or how to cut patterns etc

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#43

I think I might have a very short body, always find the waist a lot of dressed are very looow.

Also so sick of dresses having no waistline in general. Gimme a waistline! I have hips! Without a waistline I end up looking like I’m wearing a sack. I just think it’s lazy dressmaking sometimes, it’s easier the less tailored they are I guess…

ALSO, clothes that are one size fits all or meant to be a really flowy large fit… I get a bit confused what size I should be wearing.

#44

I hate how jeans somehow manage to cut in at the front of the waistband while also gaping at the back. How is that even possible??

#45

Everything I wear is reasonably comfortable, though as a tall man I could do with an extra inch or so on the average t-shirt/shirt, plus most jeans etc only come to a 34" leg. Relatively speaking though, it’s fairly easy to find clothes that fit.

#46

I had a little rant about this in the ask women anything thread earlier.

I am not the same height or proportions as an average man. There are definitely garments that could work as unisex - for example, skirt styles that only need to be close fitting around the waist. However when you see something labelled as unisex it’s never a fucking skirt, is it. It’s a pair of jeans that I wouldn’t be able to walk in or a top that would look like a tent on me while also somehow squashing my (not even particularly large) tits.

#47

I don’t understand why I have it so easy with clothes, despite my height. I’m like a medium in almost everything, and seemingly 32L in jeans. Do all my clothes just fit really badly and I haven’t noticed?

#48

Gap goes up to 36" #protip

#49

You’re about my height aren’t you? (6’4 or thereabouts?) I find that jeans are okayish these days because you can get away with them sitting at ankle height. Wasn’t so great in the 90s.

Also, I have it easy as a straight cis man (especially one in his early 40s) as there’s zero pressure for me to look good in my clothes.

#50

glad it’s easier to get men’s jeans in soft and stretch denim nowadays, can’t cope with rough denim on my legs

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#51

I remember when I was a little kid of about 4 or so I got bought some jeans that with the combo of small size + thick rough denim, I couldn’t bend my legs in

#52

Think bras are the only things that give me red marks.

I wear dresses mostly now though. Trousers get on my nerves and are cold (jumpsuits aside) obvs.

#53

Yeah, exactly right - seems like lots of people my height struggle and I (think) I’m fine. My biggest issue is people buying me clothes in XL size and them being way bigger/baggier than I would ever want :grimacing:

#54

Bras, tights, pants, socks. I think pants and socks are fairly unavoidable as they need to stay up. Tights I don’t enjoy wearing but have to with dresses to stop my legs getting cold. Bras are obviously evil but as I discovered during lockdown, I actually don’t like not wearing a bra as much as I thought I did.

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#56

Speaking of pants, does anyone else find it really hard to find pants that don’t end up going up your bum crack and giving you a wedgie?

I saw an Instagram advert for Monki underwear recently and in the video one of the models was briefly shown rearranging her pants in a manner that suggested that she was experiencing the problem I described above. Not a great advertisement for the product!

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#57

Weirdly I’ve had luck with Sainsbury’s own brand

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#58

I just wear massive pants now. I got them for after a c-section and I can’t go back. They’re right up to my belly button and they do not move.

#59

I wear Asda pants. Seem fine…

#60

@avocado
Pls join the DiS sewing community of…er…2 of us :joy:

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#61

See I want no waistline and baggy dresses!!
I want shapeless. I don’t want something to be “flattering”
God I hate that word so much

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#62

Always find you and @froglet really inspiring and actually the reason I want to try! I’m always finding ideas of things I’d like, especially in certain Japanese styles that I’ve loved since I was a teenager and could theoretically make myself, seeing as its hard to get the items from Japan and they’d never fit even if I did, and that I would want to adjust them to suit me. I just don’t know where to start and worry about spending loads on a sewing machine and fabric and then getting fed up and giving up

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