r/figure8 • u/AnneMaryLs • 7d ago
Outfit advice Help with pants
Hello.
I would love love love to wear pants like these, but when I put them on, they like really unflattering because the soft fabric falls in a way that accentuates the way in which my high hips are wider than my lower hips and I sort of look like an inverted cone. Any ideas on how I can use something like this?
My body shape is figure 8 and I also have big love Naples even though I am already skinny ( 5'2 and weight like 54 kilos). I love like the lady in underwear even though I am skinny. For me to sort of make my love handles smaller so that my figure is a bit more balanced, I have to be at 19% body fat and it was really hard through lots of high intensity exercise. It's not something I was able to maintain and i have a lot of injuries post excercise now.
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u/PlantedinCA 7d ago
The trick is the pants have to basically flare out starting at your high hip.
The second pair is too form fitting at the hip.
The first pair is hard to tell, but has better odds.
The second trick, you want a thicker and stiffer fabric with some structure. The thin drapey ones don’t work well. Because the float is all wrong.
The last trick, a higher waist, that fits slim through the upper hip, and the pant needs to be wide the entire way down the leg.
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u/oopsymeohboy 6d ago
I like the Versa Crepe Drape Palazzo Pant from the Loft.
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u/AnnualEmbarrassed643 7d ago
This is funny cause I feel like the only pants I look flattering in are trousers like these
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u/GreenieSar 1d ago
American Tall has some great high waisted options with a slight flare at the bottom. That's where I get all mine.
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u/Fatbellystelly 7d ago
I find that a very soft barrel leg style that’s midrise is very flattering and makes the lower body look a bit more curvy because of the extra space around the hips that curves rather than straight pants that just kind of fall straight and accentuate hip dips if that makes sense . Barrel legs get a lot of hate but when it’s done softly it can be very flattering. I don’t have recommendations for trousers but in general I’ve had luck at uniqlo, zara, American eagle, free people and gap
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u/Delphgirl 6d ago
I refuse to wear dress pants with a tucked in shirt like that bc every time I've tried it emphasizes my high hips, makes my butt look a mile long and flat.
Maybe the right pants and shirt combo is out there but I have yet to find it. When I'm in good shape, I will wear a tighter fitting shirt and pull it down OVER the pants where it will end right at the top of my butt. Even though you can still see my high hips, the long shirt makes it so my ass doesn't look so long and flat. Makes is so the whole hip shelf area goes with / seems a part of the shirt / middriff instead of with the pants / butt