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Pants that fit
It's a little scary that, in any given Kohls, the odds of a particular style of pants existing in a size even close to my own is almost zero. I used to shop in the boys section, but even there they're getting too big for me...
I bought every single pair of khakis in the store that fit me (not counting the terribly ugly and useless grey ones), which was a grand total of two.
What really frightens me isn't so much that they don't have my size; I can't pretend that it's terribly common. It's that the vast majority of the pants there, both in the adults and the kids sections, are large enough to fashion reasonably effective SAILS with. I actually wrote down the contents of an entire rack of one style I wanted to buy. (Forgot about it, and found it in my car this morning). I'll omit the inseams, but suffice to say they were primarily 32, with a couple of 34s and nothing longer than that.
30 x 1 (30" inseam)
32 x 1 (30" inseam)
34 x 4
36 x 6
38 x 12
40 x 9
42 x 11
44 x 9
48 x 4
I imagine that's the distribution of average Kohls customers. I didn't fare much better at some other stores.
I'm seriously considering just buying clothes online from now on. -_-
I bought every single pair of khakis in the store that fit me (not counting the terribly ugly and useless grey ones), which was a grand total of two.
What really frightens me isn't so much that they don't have my size; I can't pretend that it's terribly common. It's that the vast majority of the pants there, both in the adults and the kids sections, are large enough to fashion reasonably effective SAILS with. I actually wrote down the contents of an entire rack of one style I wanted to buy. (Forgot about it, and found it in my car this morning). I'll omit the inseams, but suffice to say they were primarily 32, with a couple of 34s and nothing longer than that.
30 x 1 (30" inseam)
32 x 1 (30" inseam)
34 x 4
36 x 6
38 x 12
40 x 9
42 x 11
44 x 9
48 x 4
I imagine that's the distribution of average Kohls customers. I didn't fare much better at some other stores.
I'm seriously considering just buying clothes online from now on. -_-
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That's what I do now. If pants fit, I buy ALL of them that the store has. Going online is just the next logical step.
The bottoms are barely long enough as it is. Most 30" waist pants have a 30" inseam, which is way too short. It's hell to find 30x32s or, ideally, 30x33s. People aren't taller than me, they're fatter than me. =P The gigantic pants are the same inseam as the small ones.
For the waist, belts are certainly not a solution. Too-large pants tend to bunch up and crease incorrectly if you just tighten them up with a belt. They thus don't sit right, and tend to look sloppy. Ideally, your pants should be about a half-inch larger than your beltline. You tighten that last half-inch with a belt, but have the option of loosening it after a large meal.
There are a lot of places that will send you return postage in case it doesn't hit. I recommend getting an 'internet only' credit card with a lower credit limit (you can usually get these through your bank). This makes it easier to track your bills if you return things a lot as sometimes it takes a while to get reimbursed. My $0.02!
I realize that doesn't actually help any, but that's the reason why I was thought of the belt or the hemming.
That's just sad.
The situation in england isn't too bad though trying to find trousers that have a medium waist, really long leg and can cover my 32cm long feet to any extent it nigh on impossible.
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This will probably make Rym laugh, I just wanted to put it somewhere he would see it unexpectedly.Semprini's surname was later immortalized as a fictional profanity in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, where it referred to an unspecified body part (likely part of the male sexual anatomy, given its context in a sketch about an extremely indiscreet pharmacist). Later in the same episode it was refered to as a body rub.
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1. Lots of people wear the same pants as I do and therefore there are very few of them to be found, meaning the supply is lacking.
or
2. America's majority of pants-wearers are fatasses and that's why there is a seemingly endless supply of pants to fit afformentioned asses of fat. 48" waist and 32" leg? AYFKM?!
I recently had an experience in going to the "petite" section for pants (I think the "normal" pants must be made for women who are 7 feet tall or something) and *still* having them be too long. Uuuhhh? That's kind of ridiculous.
Poor Rym, I wish you luck in pants hunting.
For myself, I hate looking for pants. When I do find that perfect pair, I will buy them and wear them until they are no longer wearable. Because of fashion trends, finding pants that fit just below the waist, is pretty hard. Most jeans are ultra low waist fitting pants, and I'll admit it, I have a tummy. " Muffin-topping" is not cool. It looks horrible when you see girls wearing ultra low waist fitting pants and the "muffin top" is just ridiculous.
Also, I have a short inseam, I really don't know the measurements, because with women it's different. It's either "Petite/Short", Regular, or Long. Once I find jeans that fit me in the waisting, having to find the small inseam is even harder. I normally have to buy the regular and get them hemmed, which annoys me because I'm paying even more money for the jeans than I wanted to.
I'm almost to the point where I'll just resort to buying things online, but I'm cheap and don't care to pay for shipping, but since it's pretty much the same price of getting regular jeans hemmed, I might just as well buy them online. I plan on buying a new pair of jeans this Friday, maybe I'll share how that goes.
Edit: I agree with Uglyfred. I really hate how pant sizes for women vary in stores and how they give them "sizes" versus the actually measurement. It's amazing how one store I'll fit into one size, and then you go into another store and you only fit into a pair of pants that are 2 sizes larger than the other. >.<
The other problem is that, even when I find the right size, the actual fitting varies wildly, since there aren't numbers to describe the subtle distinctions, and they tend to make pants that will fit everyone OK, but no one well. Sadly, the only solution to that problem is... MONEY!
Still, at least those distinctions are subtle. If I had to figure out if a 32 was really a 32 every time I bought pants, I'd burn something down.
[Trousers ----> The state of humanity]
Also, what do you define as trousers in the US?
Most Americans have never heard that word.
Yeah. I deal with this with Cathy a lot; at least she recognizes it, and fights it on occasion. But seriously, it's all crap.
And what's with the lack of pockets on women's pants? Seriously.
Whereas you had difficulty, I went to Kohl's this weekend looking for some new work pants and found a shitload that fit me perfectly. I bought two pairs of coduroys and a pair of khakis, all on sale for 80 percent off! Normally, I can never find pants that are wide enough in the legs without riding uncomfortably in the... uh, middle.
Viva la Kohl's!
I always carry a few Quick Balls just for that purpose.