Power Trousers
Hey all,
I'm looking for some style. I really need some. I existing mostly in jeans and t-shirts, as I have done since I was a kid. I'm 45. I think it's time to look like a grown up, even when - gasp - I'm not at some work. Only for very brief periods have I ever worked at a job where I couldn't wear jeans and t-shirt. I have a grown up wardrobe, a bit, when I need it, but really it's not very comfortable.
Is it possible to find style that is comfortable and makes me look like Marlena Dietrich in a tux/Greta Garbo/Katherine Hepburn etc? Especially at a size 18/20? I'm chubbier around the waist than I used to be, thanks to the affects of age/hormone changes. I prefer low-waisted pants than go below my bellybutton but I'm finding with the extra belly weight they don't stay up as nicely as I want them to!
And things that fit great when I'm standing, aren't so comfortable when I'm sitting down and all the belly flat slides around.
And I just can't do dresses. I feel like I'm in drag and I just don't feel like myself in them, even though I know that if I could solve the chub-rub issues, they'd be more comfy. It just feels like false advertising, you know?
It's a dilemma! And so, I stay with jeans or sweatpants.
But I'm tired of it! I want style! I want a signature style.
Help me, obiwan kenobe(s). You're my only hope.
I'm looking for some style. I really need some. I existing mostly in jeans and t-shirts, as I have done since I was a kid. I'm 45. I think it's time to look like a grown up, even when - gasp - I'm not at some work. Only for very brief periods have I ever worked at a job where I couldn't wear jeans and t-shirt. I have a grown up wardrobe, a bit, when I need it, but really it's not very comfortable.
Is it possible to find style that is comfortable and makes me look like Marlena Dietrich in a tux/Greta Garbo/Katherine Hepburn etc? Especially at a size 18/20? I'm chubbier around the waist than I used to be, thanks to the affects of age/hormone changes. I prefer low-waisted pants than go below my bellybutton but I'm finding with the extra belly weight they don't stay up as nicely as I want them to!
And things that fit great when I'm standing, aren't so comfortable when I'm sitting down and all the belly flat slides around.
And I just can't do dresses. I feel like I'm in drag and I just don't feel like myself in them, even though I know that if I could solve the chub-rub issues, they'd be more comfy. It just feels like false advertising, you know?
It's a dilemma! And so, I stay with jeans or sweatpants.
But I'm tired of it! I want style! I want a signature style.
Help me, obiwan kenobe(s). You're my only hope.