On the subject of girls in sexy cloths...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, May 29, 2005 18:31
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SHINYHAPPYKLIN

Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:30 PM

I'm really starting to believe that it is very difficult for anyone to find "stylish" clothing (that is something that's not incredibly conservative/covered up or bland in styling - looks like a uniform) without it also being terribly revealing.

I'm a woman of middle age who likes to dress a little edgy/artistically, and doesn't mind showing off some "womanly attributes", but I'm really having problems finding attractive things (especially pants and blouses) that work for work -- they look ok when I'm out with the hubby, but they cross the line a bit for work, ya know?

I don't mind my husband or other admiring persons checking out cleavage when I'm "off the clock", but I do have a problem with my students staring down my top. When I tried to find more "modest" things to wear to work this week, everything other than basic tunic tops (ick), button-down "uniformy" looking blouses, and high-necked shells (which only make me look like a brick) were incredibly low cut and plunging! Even when they looked ok on the hanger, as soon as I put them on, they plunged to new lows, and would require wearing a camisole or some other annoying garment underneath to make them business-appropriate. I did get a couple of really, really cute tops, but after wearing one to dinner last night, I realized that a safety pin will be required to even attempt to make it work-friendly. Even the stuff in the so-called "career wear" department was designed with the young and firm in mind, and was more revealing than I was comfortable with.

Oh, and the pants....I'm just glad I'm short-waisted, otherwise I'd never find a pair of pants that fit...even at the larger sizes I wear, finding a pair of pants that come to my waist is an amazing challenge. I've taken to wearing drawstring linen pants for summer, just so I have some ability to try to hike and tie them where I want them - most pants are too low and even when they fit, the "jiggly bits" are exposed, and that just ain't attractive on anyone, especially those of us of a certain age...

I will be SO happy when waistlines go back to normal....and yes, also when the baggy look on kids can go away....I am sick of seeing that look as well.

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DANFAN

Sunday, May 22, 2005 11:11 PM

Your post made me stop and marvel at the incredible power that the fashion industry holds in our society... more so for the women than the men in my experience. Yet even for men, it exists to a lesser degree.

I think that is so unhealthy. It seems that the only place where you can shop reasonably free of the power of fashion to force undesirable change is in functional clothing: hiking, camping, work clothing, etc. And even there, you see some nod to changing colors and the occasional seam placement to coax the crowd in to buying another shirt or convertible slacks.

So, if you are comfortable in your own skin, and you know what look works for you, but your sense is out of step with what the industry wants to sell you this year, you are SOL. That is wrong. How do we fix that?

Thank goodness my office allows me to wear Rockports, Levi's 505's, and earth-tone henleys. I'd hate to have to solve the problem you face.

JASONZZZ

Sunday, May 29, 2005 5:04 AM

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LISSA

Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by shinyhappyklin:

I will be SO happy when waistlines go back to normal....

i agree with everything you said (i'm 19), just as long as waistlines don't go allll the way back up to the waist, because that is just NOT attractive. pants that don't cover your butt are bad, but pants that double your butt are also bad. being a stylish woman, i'm sure you probably agree;)

~lissa, spwhore

CAITE

Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:31 PM

I am a woman who used to be quite overweight. To be honest, I went from being 5'0, 175 pounds to being 5'0, 120 pounds. I did it the healthy way--diet and exercise. I cut out junk and fast foods and started going for "long walks on the beach." I am still not thin thin, but I'm in my target weight range for my body type and that's good enough for me.

That being said, I too am dismayed at the heavy women who insist on wearing clothes they simply shouldn't. Yes, by all means have confidence in yourself no matter what you look like on the outside. HOWEVER, I subscribe to the make the best of what you've got philosophy. When I was much heavier, I wore t-shirts and jeans and stuff that covered everything up. My jeans were at the waist, and when I had to wear a bathing suit, it was a one piece. There are even more adorable plus sized clothing now, and I just don't understand why they make things ever worse for themselves by dressing so inappropriately.

I also am agaist super SKINNY women showing EVERYTHING and then some. I am an English teacher in training at a Southern CA High School, and I am shocked at some of what I see. This 10th grader in my 5th period wore the shortest skirt in all of creation Friday, and I was appalled....

Anyway, that's just my two sense.

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