low rise jeans

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Just came back from the store. We saw many women walking around with the below the navel jeans but with a large roll of fat hanging over it? Would anyone else go for this look? I wouldn't do it unless my tummy was flat, but I also wouldn't do it because I have a gallbladder scar. Just wondering what other people think, I hope I have not offended anyone. Just wondering when you are too old, too young , or too heavy to wear this look.

Even when I had a flat tummy, I didn't like to show it off. I am just so tired of seeing belly buttons. Those jeans look the best on very skinny girls, ones without hips.

Low cut jeans are like spandex...it's a privilage, not a right.

I think you girls need to post some Pic's for us to fully understand this delima,

What is EVEN WORSE are the men who wear their jeans falling off their butts, with their cracks showing. That is so UGLY!

*bit was the target*

(sorry bit i couldn't resist a jab at a bears fan.)

i also dislike the larger than life women who persist in wearing TIGHT and ENTIRELY TOO MINI skirts.

you can be big and beautiful. just not in tight jeans and mini skirts.

I think low rise stretch jeans are the best, provided you have the figure and shape to wear them. It just about knowing your body and your flaws, "I have a gallbladder scar," no offfense meant, knowing what looks good on you, knowing what is offense 'too much skin, butt crack showing', and mainly, knowing where and when to wear these stuff. For example, I won't wear a tight, tight tops whatsoever because I have boobs that are not too small so I won't even buy these to wear. Just as I will wear a low rise jeans because i am rather thin with a sizeable arse, excuse my language.

I agree totally with you Krazy. People just need to wear things that look good on their body type. I am a classic hour-glass figure. Those jeans would make me look huge! Just like a lot of the tops that are infashion are not for us large chested gals.

I wear low rise so I can show off my belly ring....I mean summer's over basically....whats the point of having a belly ring if no one can see it.

I run two miles a day and do ab crunches to be able to wear these jeans and look decent in them....well...okay not strictly to wear these pants...I mean I work out because I feel better about myself when I do.

I mean I wouldnt wear them in a professional environment...but for now I wear them when I can....because I wont be back in my profession until next year....but even then if they are still in fashion, Ill still wear them whenever....just not to work.

Marlene, I agree. No navel baring clothes in the workplace. Just as teen girls shouldn't wear ultra mini-skirts to church. Time and place people.

If you've got it, flaunt it.

I don't see anything wrong with low rise jeans, I like the way they fit, of course I wear long shirts to cover my belly but if I were thin I would wear shorter ones.

You are right about the belly ring, you had to done to show off, show it off if thats what you want.
As for mini skirts on larger women, I like them too, my legs are one of my best features.

I don't know, I think we all should wear what makes us comfortable. sometimes wearing something like that makes us feel sexy, well, we should be able to feel sexy if we want. My mom is big into what you should wear or shouldn't wear, I think its idiotic as long as you are not at work or needing to look professional.

you have every right to feel sexy, but women should also know their limitations. there's a difference between something looking good on you and you just thinking it looks good on you. personally i don't think sexy or beauty is related to thinness. to me it's more about presentation.

I'm not even sure why I would argue this, I don't wear mini skirts or show my belly. But I am just not going to go around telling people what they should and should not wear, thats their decision, and if they feel comfortable with it then thats cool. Thats like telling someone that they should not sunbathe topless just because you wouldn't do it.

Right on JoJo, that's like telling obese people not to wear a bathing suit. Not to be mean but I don't like to see fat people walking around with 30 pounds of tits hanging out of thier shirts but it's just not my business.

Marlene, I agree with you about the professional attire bit. It seems thats slowing deteriorating. This should be left up to managers and supervisors to fix. If it bothers you (I know, a lot of guys can't concentrate with these distractions, maybe y'all should come to work in your boxer shorts and sleeveless T-Shirts, lol, just kidding).

Anyway, if it was left up to people on what to wear, most would be walking around half-naked or nude. If it wasn't for laws, there would be total madness.
As for the fact if you have it, flaunt it that is okay, but you have got to know, again, the where and when.

I look in a two-peice, totally, but it wouldn't mean I will wear it to the mall, or grocery, or saloo, or, heavin forbid, to work. Just as a jeans and a T-shirt may be appropriate for a weekend at work, jeans and a tank is defintely for a club. Thats all.

And yo, Bits, my arse is for my man and my man alone eyes. Peace

Bragging

No I am not

PICs Pics Pics...Post Pics so the rest of us can "See" this issue!

Well, I guess Bit fits into the stereotype of the "visual' male.
Can't blame you for trying.

There's time & place.. and then there's sense of taste. Some people just, plain gots no sense of taste, period. And they need help with that, seriously! Hey, I'm no fashion queen, but I think I'm a little more inward and selt-reflective than your average type.

Please allow me to preface my observations and responses to the above-posted comments with a little background to establish some context.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about what things please me visually and what things do not. As an aspiring polymath I find the psychology behind it all very interesting! What do I find is beautiful, and exactly what is it in my brain's programming that tickles that sense of beauty? Is there some natural instinct? Is there some connection drawn from deep in my past that resolves the rationalization without conscious thought?

If it's not clear yet, indeed I've given the subject a lot of thought over the years. Moreso, I believe, than many. I believe that some people receive exactly the opposite: quite minimal programming and reflection on the topic and that it demonstrates itself in the way they present themselves. What they may find is sexy or appealing may be based on some super-simple concept or encounter that they had 5, 10, 20 years ago, without even realizing that it affects their decision-making process to this very day. I've seen SO MANY men and women who think they've identified a great look for themselves but have completely missed the boat. Perhaps it makes them feel good at the moment, but would it be more psyphologically damaging to find out years later that everyone thought their sense of style was complete manure, and sometimes even embarrasing to be around?

I think if people had a chance to spend some time with someone who was able to genuinely appreciate them and identify color combinations and styles, people could be significantly more fashionably presentable than they are in general. It's not about spending a lot of money on clothes, it's not about how much you weigh or how old you are. It's about accentuating your look properly - there IS a right and wrong method of accentuation on a psychological level based on general perceptions of humans. Stylists and fashion specialists get paid great salaries to make those types of determinations for film, print and live appearances of models and celebrities..

Anyway, based on the above, I would like to make the following observations:

* to low-rise jeans ON THE RIGHT BODY, time & place appropriate - very sexy.

* to ass-crack showing. I don't care if you're a dude or a chick, it's rather unappealing to have your poop-chute exposed to the public who doesn't necessarily care to see it. If it was your goal to make everyone think about you bent over naked doing some nasty deed, then congratulations: success. I'll wager that most people don't want others looking at them like that.

* to thongs showing. If you want people to know you're a slut into recreational sex, then this is a sure winner. There's nothing sexier or more popular these days, but careful what you wish for.

* to stretch pants, spandex, low-rise or anything else that serves to highlight bodily imperfections; as others mentioned, it helps to know your limits before you go flaunting something you don't have, IS NOT attractive and despite how you feel about yourself, does not leave a positive impression on others. There are so many other options that can make you look sexy and alluring or interesting or cute, or whatever your goal is without stooping to go with what's trendy despite whether the style really works for you.

There are a million other points to touch on, but I'll just stick to those few which are related to the current topic.

This calls to mind a "Leave it to Beaver" episode. Wally took on a new hairstyle that was quite flamboyant, for that time period. Ward Cleaver, the Principal, and others told June to just ignore it, that it was important for Wally's self-esteem to be able to choose his own hairstyle, blah blah blah. Well, all heck broke loose when Beaver sported the same hairstyle. June told Beaver to recomb his hair and informed Wally that the hairdo was ridiculous and made him look goofy. Wally was surprised to know that, but willingly changed his hairstyle, because he didn't want to look goofy.

However, I am more impressed with neat, clean, and modest than with sexy, alluring, interesting, or cute. Like beauty, those are all in the eyes of the beholder, and these eyes don't want to behold any of it.

I'm more about doing or wearing what makes YOU happy. Who cares what anyone else thinks, it's no ones business. As long as your privates aren't exposed I could care less. Unless I'm at the strip joint.

Good point! It is not very cold here in San Diego, but other parts of the country........ you'd think they would notice.

A relative of mine is know for his plumbers crack. His friend got a t-shirt with a picture of him on a ATV and printed "looking good at 50" and wore it to his party. It was sooooooo funny.

There are far too many people here in San Diego walking around showing their cracks!!! It's really quite nasty. Don't you think, Sherry? BLECK!!!

Way too many. lets pray for some cold weather. Maybe they will feel the chill and cover that up!

Works for me... put some CLOTHES on, people. Crack kills more than just addicts!

Personally i find low-cut pants more comfortable than normal waisted pants but there is a limit to how low you should be able to go.

You see some girls now-a-days with everything just about hanging out and it is not comfortable, I once saw a girl at a restaurant/ cafe with her friends and she stood up the whole time they were there because her pants were so low she couldn't even sit down in them.

That is wrong, how can these sorts of people be such a slave to fashion that they care more about looking "cool" than being comfortable, I don't understand, i would never wear clothes that made me feel uncomfortable.

Good point Schmiggens. If you can't sit down in them, you shouldn't wear them. I think you can look good, yet still be comfortable.

I don't have an awesome body or nothing but I do only weigh 108 pounds I am sixteen years old and I do not have an eating disorder which when i say 108 people immediatly assume aneroxecia or bolemia. I am neither. I can say I only own one pair of low rise but I didn't personally pick them out. I do think they are made for some people and not all people. The people who buy the jeans that are so low there pubic hairs crawl out while your waiting in line to check out of the store, those women need to think about a new line of fashion.

I love low-rise pants, for the feel and the look. As far as whatever sticking out, sometimes they come down and I don't notice. Usually someone tells me though.

ouch.... cutting it a little close..... haha get it! eh whatever...

-got chodder?

What's the point of wearing pants if they don't cover anything up.. you might as well walk around with no pants. Plumber's crack is not attractive.

I get it, thanks for explaining.

I guess we'll just disagree, since I think they look really good. I'm glad people tell me when they think my pants go too low, although sometimes it can get annoying to keep tugging them up so someone will stop telling you.

just say no to "crack"

Paris, France gets a

Paris, Kentucky gets a

These pics came to me in an email....and to me they just fit with the topic...

well, i guess soon we'll all just stop wearing pants all together...

That attachment is... risque.

I wear low rise occaionally...but even I think thats a tad bit too low...

I think its nice to wear them enough to show your belly button, but to wear them so far down like that is just pushing the limit...

If you wear them down to your hairline...it doesnt leave much to the imagination...might as well get them to think a little....or whats the point.

I bought a pair of low-rise jeans.

no one thought it was very sexy though...

taken in Paris, KY

Mystic- thanks for posting, makes me feel better!

I don't have any that show as much as Paris, France (or Paris KY), but I kind of like to push the envelope a little. Normally my pants come up to just at the hairline which I think "keeps them thinking".

Just saw Paris, France holy mamma.

Je vais a Paris parce que j'aime que j'ai vu!

That photo is just disgraceful.

Both are so bad, Adi, I can't believe that you find low pants visually attractive. They are so slutty and teeny bopper. My god, do these women have no self-respect? What is wrong with wearing nice clothes that cover up bits that people really don't need to see? To me it is insulting to walk down the street and be accosted with women of various ages and sizes showing off enormously large amounts of breast, leg, or arse. Absolutely repulsive.

Because if you did find that attractive, you wouldn't find me appealing at all.

...bodies that are in proportion look just fine in low rise jeans, or whatever else they choose to wear...its ok for other people not to like it....i for one think it is fine...whats repulsive is when people that are "out" of proportion try to wear the fashion...

What else would arse be? Pronounce it...I'm sure it'll become clear.

BTW Adi, it wasn't a question - it was just so you know. I don't wear clothes like that.

I am hoping your response is "Okay, good, I'm glad she doesn't wear those repulsive clothes".

so what do you wear? A long, thick, loose-fitting dress, a head shawl and a veil?

ahhhh, is the "dress" i was describing called a burka?

Dekka, as much as I appreciate your humour, I must agree with Adi's statement. There are other clothes besides loose-fitting dresses and head shawls. I simply do not choose to show off my arse crack to all and sundry, nor do I wear tops that are so low cut my breasts are falling out at the top. Nor do I wear tight jeans that leave nothing to the imagination.

There was a really funny act at the melbourne Comedy Festival last year, maybe Whidden saw it. Paul McDermott and GUD performed a song called 'Your jeans are too tight'. It had some great lines, things like, "If you were a guy, I'd see clear through to your balls, it's a good thing you waxed", and "I'm seeing the moon and its not yet the night". Funny stuff.

Personally I dont see anything wrong with these jeans....as long as they arent worn so damn close to the hairline like some people do....

Low rise jeans look good....its the lowest low rise jeans that are too much...

I think people need to define which ones they are talking about before calling them "trashy" looking.

I wear these to show off my navel (not all the time..but I have a couple pairs of them)....but I dont have any that are low enough to have to be pulled up when sitting down...I dont like them that low....especially not as low as the pictures that we have seen....I wouldnt wear anything that low..

But I wear ones that go right below my navel...I like 'em, and personally I dont see them as trashy....

Some people like the ones Im talking about, and I think that others shouldnt call them unattractive...I work hard to look good, why shouldnt I have that right to show off my navel ring as long as everything is covered up?

See I don't have a problem with those type of jeans if you are fit. I just hate the ones you would have to wax to wear, or any type if you don't have a flat tummy.

Of course Mystic, it's your choice to expose your body in any way you wish. I just don't see that it's necessary, myself, and I choose not to do it.

Mystic, it is a cultural issue for me. Women in India traditionally don't wear those kind of jeans (now some of them have started). I have grown up with those kind of sentiments and ideas. It is how I think, thats all.

I don't wear a bikini, so I can't answer that. I am extremely pale, so have to cover up 100% when in the sun. I am the dork in full length sunshirt, long board shorts, big hat and sunnies. Plus sunscreen. It's bad considering I live in Cairns, the skin cancer capital of the world.

I think bellies are now the new sexy body part. It used to be showing off your breasts, but with all the silicone out there, people have moved on to the tummy.

I don't know, there's still a lot of people exposing breasts.