Lower skinny legs

BekahBekah

Its getting warm and I want to wear dresses and skirts etc but there's one problem when it comes to dressing...my legs.I'm 5'2 I have medium size hips and thighs I wear a size 8 but I have no calves and from the knees down my legs are extremely skinny. SORT of like Chicken legs. I would love to wear dresses and pin skirts but my legs look so weird! When I wear tights i put leg warmers on underneath because they make my lower legs look full.How can I fix this? What are some good ideas as far as wearing items that show my legs?

9 years ago

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Suz

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First of all, welcome to the forum, BekahBekah.

And second, are you sure your legs look as "skinny" as you think? Sometimes we have insecurities about parts of our bodies that other, more objective eyes, don't share.

Even if you have slender calves, that can be a real virtue if you want to wear skirts and dresses. You will want to find footwear in proportion to your calves (so perhaps more refined vs. clunky) and you may want to draw attention upward if you don't want people to look at that part of you. On the other hand, you could also go the opposite direction and go WILD with coloured or patterned tights that would look horrible on someone with wider calves!

9 years ago

Angie

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I echo everything that Suz has suggested. Have you tried knee-covering dresses with high-low hemlines?

9 years ago

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