I can totally sympathize with you on the jeans issue.
One of the big problems is the rise, or the distance between the top the zipper and the place where the legs join together. The manufacturers, inasmuch as they expect ANYthing, expect you to wear your beltline over your belly, so the rise is HUGE for bigger waist sizes, and you end up with 1) a huge bulge of fabric over your crotch when you sit; 2) the place where the legs of the jeans meet hangs halfway down your thigh, hampering movement, causing chafing and looking Just Plain Stupid; and 3) the aforementioned No Butt problem.
I haven't come up with a good solution. When I go to buy jeans, I'm up-front with the salesman about the beltline-under-the-belly thing... and several times, the salesman has been able to point out styles that have shorter rises. I think the real solution, though, would be to have some jeans custom-made, if you can afford it. I have yet to find a single "make" of jeans that actually expects you to have your belt under your belly, so that might be the only way to go.
How do you like the fit of your Utilikilt? I was pleasantly surprised to find the "beer belly cut" option in their online catalog. It's the only time I've seen that concession to reality in any manufacturer.
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Date: 2005-03-13 08:33 pm (UTC)One of the big problems is the rise, or the distance between the top the zipper and the place where the legs join together. The manufacturers, inasmuch as they expect ANYthing, expect you to wear your beltline over your belly, so the rise is HUGE for bigger waist sizes, and you end up with 1) a huge bulge of fabric over your crotch when you sit; 2) the place where the legs of the jeans meet hangs halfway down your thigh, hampering movement, causing chafing and looking Just Plain Stupid; and 3) the aforementioned No Butt problem.
I haven't come up with a good solution. When I go to buy jeans, I'm up-front with the salesman about the beltline-under-the-belly thing... and several times, the salesman has been able to point out styles that have shorter rises. I think the real solution, though, would be to have some jeans custom-made, if you can afford it. I have yet to find a single "make" of jeans that actually expects you to have your belt under your belly, so that might be the only way to go.
How do you like the fit of your Utilikilt? I was pleasantly surprised to find the "beer belly cut" option in their online catalog. It's the only time I've seen that concession to reality in any manufacturer.