Since I do not have a couture budget, I have taken a few lessons from the school of life and maybe, kind of, sort of, developed my own thing. It's jeans. Every day.
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| Jeans photo courtesy of bulldogza; freedigitalphotos.net |
That's not my own thing, is it? Every mom is doing it.
Shoot.
Well, here's what I'm NOT doing...muffin tops and love handles. Over the last 2 years I've, well, expanded a bit...from a 6 being loose on me to quite honestly, needing to buy a 10. Hey, Haagen Dazs is good stuff, I'm sorry!
I'm still squeezing into my 8's and one pair of size 6 stretch jeans, but with my added padding, especially in the love-handle area, I've found it necessary to adjust my normal dressing habits. I've found a few solutions that work well for me.
First solution: Old Navy Sweetheart jeans. If you've got some rear baggage and a little meat to your thighs, these are an awesome friend to have. They have some stretch and best of all, they are that perfect waist to crotch height that gives coverage without becoming the “mom jean” I cringe at the thought of. I highly recommend Old Navy for a reasonably priced selection of many fits and styles.
Second solution: Buy longer tops. In my experience, this means you spend slightly more on tee shirts and whatnot, but if you get 10 cheap tee shirts and you feel like crap when you wear them so they stay in your closet/dresser/laundry basket, have you really saved anything? Buy great tops. They're worth it. And please, if you are 5' 2” or less, don't buy anything that goes past your crotch. You'll thank me. Even at 5'6” I find it hard to wear anything long without looking like I'm drowning. Look for tunic or "long length" in the product descriptions, like this Bella tee on Amazon: Long Length Tee
Third solution: Buy flesh colored underpinnings. I mean camisoles, body shaping Spanx, (I have Spanx Higher Power High-Waisted Panty). Choose whatever works for you. Get some that can breathe for summer, some to provide extra warmth for winter. Having the correct underpinnings prevents the floppy skin show all together. I mean, how many of us really want to see all we actually do see out there? Love handles and thongs and crazy tattoos. Underpinnings don't have to be tight and scratchy and about sucking you in and moving fat around; it's about coverage.
Keep it in your pants, ladies! Hey, I've been guilty of this in the past because I was too busy/broke/changing sizes too much to get proper things, but I'm taking a stand...let's start a new revolution, because the current one is grossing me out.
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| Photo courtesy of Ambro; freedigitalphotos.net |
Woman in pink panties photo credit
Jeans photo credit; bulldogza; freedigitalphotos.net
2 comments:
Is the lady in the picture really trying to "pinch" her love handles!
Ha ha! Well, I thought I'd save you from a photo of what I've got going on. And truthfully, big or small, if you aren't properly dressed it can be a disaster :)
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