Sausage Casing Girls - Letting it all hang out

I'm going to sound like Ann Landers here, but...

Men often wear clothes that are too big. Women often wear clothes that are too small. Both would look better in clothes that fit.

 

I shop plus size stores where, as near as I can tell, the sizes have not changed in the last 20 years.  I like to dress in clothing that is comfortable and loose but try and find shirts that don't cling or aren't cut above the hips.  It's getting ridiculous.  I wear a size 22/24 and this summer have 2 pairs of pants and 2 shirts that fit and that I like.  I have spent hours shopping and can't find anything that isn't for either a teenager or somebody's maiden aunt.  

This wasn't always true.  I used to find a lot of great stuff that was flattering but not this year.

 

Best rule for always looking classy, regardless of size or age:

Show shape, or skin, but not both.

 

My sister mocks me for refusing to wear much beyond jeans, khakis and t-shirts. The current fashions are impossible for somebody with my shape to wear. I feel terribly exposed and trashy with most tops that I find these days. I know the t-shirts with obnoxious sayings are a bit young for me, but at least I don't feel like a hooker in them.

 

Here's my problem. While I'm a big guy -- 6', 250 -- I have a somewhat athletic shape. By that, I mean the difference between my chest and my waist is about eight inches.

For the "average" man, the drop is about 5-6 inches.

Because of this, all of my shirts (except for the few athletic fit shirts I can find in big sizes) look awfully damn blousy on me. But, I need to buy those sizes in order for the shirts to fit right in the neck and sleeves. As guys should know, it can be miserable to wear a shirt that doesn't fit right in the neck or sleeves.

 

For a minute I thought the thread title was "Sausage Chasing Girls."

In which case I was prepared to go Andy Roddick on the ho's.

 

There goes dinner.

 

Hahaha, Ragu. I actually love the fact that guys' jeans are low cut and flared legged now. I can wear them again without looking like I raided my much larger brother's closet. I'm relatively sure that I own more guys' jeans than women's. They just fit me better.

 

I would rather see a man in a shirt that's too big than too tight <shiver>.

If you're not doing an Under Armour ad, save it for your girlfriend/wife.

 

No one will ever convince me that a women's butt looks better in those low-rise piece o' crap jeans than they would in a pair of men's 501s. A men's normal jeans will frame, or shape a woman's butt. The in-vouge woman's jeans drag everything down If you aren't revolted by the plumber's crack/thong glimpse or tramp stamp from behind, you're turned off to the fact, that, frankly, it looks like they are carrying a dump in their pants.

Those jeans + gravity do no women any favors, regardless of their weight.