https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 17 May 2026 08:03:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-825399 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:30:20 +0000 rosee 825399@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>...the story of my life - whether slim or chubby (like now) - pants that are too big in the waist and too tight in the hips...</p> <p>I have a lot of sewing to do (or to have someone do it for me). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-825319 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:09:47 +0000 Lauren 825319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you ladies! I can't wait to do this with other pants and dresses. I will no longer dismiss clothes b/c of a little waist gap </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824528 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:49:44 +0000 JulieJohn 824528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great suggestion, Lauren! I have the same problem as you, and I never even considered doing this, although I have a brilliant seamstress. Doink! Now I won't be so quick to dismiss pants that gap tremendously at my waist. In fact, I can focus on learning how they are supposed to fit in the hips and butt, which is something of which I am woefully ignorant. A new day is dawning! BTW, you look sensational in your tailored pants.</p> <p>Amiable, what a great fix you came up with too! Smart gals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824525 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:49:04 +0000 Jules 824525@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, I LOVE the end result. I'm also a fan of wide legs and high waists. You have a great shape and these look great on you!<br /> I've never had pants altered in the waist but I know that I should be. I'm just barely curvier than the standard and I just sort of live with belts, dropped crotch etc. However, I pay over $10 for hemming. I imagine waist alterations are going to be quite a bit more than that. Since you have a great, reasonably priced tailor, I can see how it makes sense to try this with cheap pants (being a budget shopper myself!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824511 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:26:30 +0000 amiable 824511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have the opposite problem - narrow hips and a wide waist. I've been doing similarly - look for pants that fit my hips, then cut the waist and insert a triangle. Then I wear a belt to cover my tracks. Makes many many more pants wearable for me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824500 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:18:52 +0000 lyn* 824500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I bought the most expensive pair of pants I could afford and tailored them - when I was very young (17? They were almost $300 and my mom was like ... WTF!) and wore them for about 6 years until I swore off pants. I kinda miss those pants. So comfy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824472 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:50:32 +0000 Anonymous 824472@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think this is what Angie recommends, having the waist taken in on the garments that you mention. However, why buy a cheap pair, especially if going to the time, work, and probably expense of having alterations done? A better quality of fabric will make a difference in the drape and overall look of the pants or pencil skirt. Spend as much as you can on one good garment, especially if it's for work.<br /> BTW, be glad that you don't have the opposite problem. I have a thick waist but no hips. If it is to fit the hips nicely, it is too tight in the waist, which is a harder fix </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/a-solution-for-the-girl-that-cant-find-work-pants-to-fit-her-hips#post-824457 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:29:51 +0000 Lauren 824457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a woman with large hips and thighs I have never been able to find work pants that fit me perfectly. They are always too tight in the hips and rear, or loose in the waist. I finally decided to find my own solution and I would recommend this to anyone: order a pair of really cheap work pants on a cheapy website (I used a $30 asos pair) BUT order them three sizes too large. This way they fit your hips and thighs and you tailor the waist. I did it: <a href="http://bit.ly/10LUJiR" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/10LUJiR</a> </p> <p>Let me know if anyone has tried this or done this with work dresses and pencil skirts? Does it work as well? </p>