High-rise pants/shorts

Carissa145
Carissa145 Posts: 604 Member
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High-rise pants and shorts are coming back in style. I've always been averse to them, cause I've always hated the 40's/80's fashion, but what do you all think? I'm starting to reconsider my stance on this :)
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I think they look horrifying, unless you're a 50 year old soccer mom.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    I won't be wearing them, no matter how popular. My natural waist is really high as it is. When I wear high-waisted pants/skirts, the waist band is essentially right under the band of my bra. I look ridiculous!

    It may be stylish/trendy, but if it's unflattering - I figure I'm probably better off following other trends. :-)
  • robinso5
    robinso5 Posts: 310 Member
    I dont like them! for some reason they alwas look as if they are in the crack of the person wearing them butt.........
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I think the high waisted styles can be flattering IF they fit properly. They probably won't work as well for someone with a shorter torso though since they seem to elongate the legs the torso would end up looking even shorter. Of course this is just an opinion. The best way to find out is to go find a pair you like and try them on.

    Edit: I always picture them more in the 40's style than the 80's.
  • heylookitsval
    heylookitsval Posts: 1,141 Member
    I think the high rise bikini looks retro and cool..that is all.
  • Carissa145
    Carissa145 Posts: 604 Member
    I dont like them! for some reason they alwas look as if they are in the crack of the person wearing them butt.........

    This is so true!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I think the high waisted styles can be flattering IF they fit properly. They probably won't work as well for someone with a shorter torso though since they seem to elongate the legs the torso would end up looking even shorter. Of course this is just an opinion. The best way to find out is to go find a pair you like and try them on.

    Edit: I always picture them more in the 40's style than the 80's.

    This.
  • perrysquared
    perrysquared Posts: 5
    There's really nothing I love more than a high-waisted anything. I've even been sporting high-waisted bikinis for two years now.
  • LizL217
    LizL217 Posts: 217 Member
    Ugh, curse American Apparel for bringing these back in style.

    High-rise skirts or bathing suits can look cute in a retro kind of way, and can be flattering if you have a small waist.

    But high-rise pants, for some reason, always make the wearer look like they have a long, flat butt (in my opinion).
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    Of course they are coming back in style...They were out of style when I was heavy and had the belly, and could have been used to disguise that...Now I'm starting to fit back into the cute stuff they want to go and raise the waistlines?
  • alyssajayds40
    alyssajayds40 Posts: 17 Member
    I had to Google image it! LOL Looks flattering on some, I have always loved the nautical look on these type shorts but not so much the blue jean ones. I loved the old days fashion come backs modernized personally.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    they're so dorky it hurts my eyeballs
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Most high-rise pants or shorts would look wretched on me because I have such a short torso. But some look good. A pencil skirt with a high waist can look amazing. Dress slacks would probably look good, as long as they look more Katherine Hepburn than Soccer Mom.

    But for the most part, my shirts cover the top of my pants and I don't often tuck things in, so it really doesn't matter much. And I know quite a few people who always seem to show asscrack, so I'd like to introduce them to higher waistbands.
  • Escape_Artist
    Escape_Artist Posts: 1,155 Member
    You would have to pay me so much to get me to wear anything high waist... No... just no for me!

    Plus I have yet to see someone looking good in them *shrugs*
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    they look ridiculous...and horrible. They completely unsexy everything. My guess is that if it coming back it won't last long...or young "hip" chicks will just look stupid and not hot.
  • farrellb21
    farrellb21 Posts: 18
    Because of the way I'm built-with most of my torso weight being carried in the front of my stomach- I have to wear pants that sit at my belly button, if I wear low or mid rise pants my stomach fat pushes my pants down and it causes the top of my pants to roll or worse to fall down, even when I wear the correct size- doesn't help that when I wear those rise pants or makes me look pregnant, because it all is out instead of some of it being tucked away in my pants.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I have never liked them on anyone but Katey Sagal.
    I will not be following this.. "Trend..."
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    There's really nothing I love more than a high-waisted anything. I've even been sporting high-waisted bikinis for two years now.

    Like 80's porn bikinis?
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    I just pull my regular shorts up a little.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    I just pull my regular shorts up a little.
    Don't forget to adjust your t-shirt to make it look like you've got a bra under there ;)
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    But some look good. A pencil skirt with a high waist can look amazing. Dress slacks would probably look good, as long as they look more Katherine Hepburn than Soccer Mom.

    This.

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  • gabbygirl78
    gabbygirl78 Posts: 936 Member
    Ugh, curse American Apparel for bringing these back in style.

    High-rise skirts or bathing suits can look cute in a retro kind of way, and can be flattering if you have a small waist.

    But high-rise pants, for some reason, always make the wearer look like they have a long, flat butt (in my opinion).

    This!
  • SF2514
    SF2514 Posts: 794 Member
    On some women yes they can look good, on most no. It's just about body type.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    I hate the 80s butt, long and flat, that high waisted trousers and shorts give. But high waisted pencil skirts, I love, and they make my not-curvy lower half look way more voluptuous. But I don't have much in the way of hips or butt. I'm also on the short side and short-waisted, so a lot of those looks do swallow me up a bit.
  • inktink
    inktink Posts: 135 Member
    I like the nautical styles on others.. I couldn't pull it off.

    I agree about high waisted pencil skirts though!
  • SkinnyBubbaGaar
    SkinnyBubbaGaar Posts: 389 Member
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  • itsfruitcake
    itsfruitcake Posts: 146 Member
    Wearing high waisted skinny jeans right now :D I've got a fairly small waist and a big butt, so they just fit much better than normal/low rise jeans. And I think I look quite good in them, with a shirt tucked in...

    But I agree they do make a bit of a long flat butt, ha.
  • ElliottTN
    ElliottTN Posts: 1,614 Member
    No better way to show off that camel toe. Pull em up as high as they will go ladies.
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    I like the shorts and skirts bcuz I think they make my legs look longer, I hate my short legs!
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Not on this short-waisted girl.

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