https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/skirtspants-to-the-waist Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 12 May 2026 19:22:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/skirtspants-to-the-waist#post-883379 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:44:08 +0000 Pat 883379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I will not buy a skirt if it doesn't go up to the waist (without a separate band of fabric below the waist going up to the waist.) &nbsp;I have never even tried on a skirt that didn't go up to the waist - I've seen how that style looks on other women. &nbsp;I understand that type of skirt is not comfortable and doesn't fit right. &nbsp;Reading the comments on this Web site I see that that type of skirt doesn't stay in place.<br /><br />If you don't buy that style, and if you contact skirt/suit/pant manufacturers and let them know you want skirts/pants to go up to the waist, that will put some pressure on them. &nbsp;I have hips but several years ago I bought a pair of jeans that came to the top of the&nbsp;hip. &nbsp;They kept slipping down.<br /><br />Occasionally I luck out and find a pencil skirt that goes up to the waist and grab it. &nbsp;They are showing very, very short skirts that go up to the waist. &nbsp;I think they are trying to ease back to classic skirts. &nbsp;I have met many women who won't buy skirts/pants that end at the hip after one bad experience. &nbsp;It hits the manufacturers at the cash registers and they know it but they're afraid it won't look 'new'. &nbsp;Chanel had an ad last year of two white suits showing the skirts' waists, one had a waistband, the other didn't but also went up to the waist. &nbsp;The ad was specifically designed to show that the skirts went up to the waist. &nbsp;<u></u>I can't afford Chanel.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;