Comments on: The hegemony of the low-rise pant http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Hulda Buyes http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-165696 Hulda Buyes Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:00:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-165696 Just what I was looking for! I was searching for free classified advertising and classified related articles when I came across your website post on Bing. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the share. I've bookmarked this post for future reference :-) Nice article - Thanks Just what I was looking for! I was searching for free classified advertising and classified related articles when I came across your website post on Bing. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the share. I’ve bookmarked this post for future reference :-) Nice article – Thanks

]]> By: Anonymous http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-131979 Anonymous Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:57:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-131979 I don't get this whole 'muffin top' buisness. I'm 5'7.5 tall and a size 6...but I'm lean, in good shape and good health. But even before then, when I was at my largest...a size 12, I wore low rise jeans and never got this problem. Women just need to learn what suits their body shape and not to try fit in jeans that fit their butt and nearly sever their hips...its pretty simple. Even at a size 0 (which I was not too long back) my hips are wide. I'm half English, half Latino...and while my waist was 24 inchs, my hips and bus were both 35...so I wore clothes which fit me and celebratedm y curves etc, Fashion only looks good if you can pull it off, and what looks ugly on the hanger can look amazing on the model...just look in the mirror before you walk out the door in the morning, ladies. I don’t get this whole ‘muffin top’ buisness. I’m 5’7.5 tall and a size 6…but I’m lean, in good shape and good health. But even before then, when I was at my largest…a size 12, I wore low rise jeans and never got this problem. Women just need to learn what suits their body shape and not to try fit in jeans that fit their butt and nearly sever their hips…its pretty simple.

Even at a size 0 (which I was not too long back) my hips are wide. I’m half English, half Latino…and while my waist was 24 inchs, my hips and bus were both 35…so I wore clothes which fit me and celebratedm y curves etc, Fashion only looks good if you can pull it off, and what looks ugly on the hanger can look amazing on the model…just look in the mirror before you walk out the door in the morning, ladies.

]]> By: Semper Medusa http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-124644 Semper Medusa Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:41:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-124644 Just to let you know, although I have no idea if they have this in the petite section, as I've never stepped into one, but there is a cut of pants with something called a "modern fit which fits just below the belly button. I find them to be just about perfect for correcting the muffin top situation. Just to let you know, although I have no idea if they have this in the petite section, as I’ve never stepped into one, but there is a cut of pants with something called a “modern fit which fits just below the belly button. I find them to be just about perfect for correcting the muffin top situation.

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-122250 neo-neocon Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:52:19 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-122250 Dana: Nope, not even remotely correct. Except for the years when I was dancing and had to eat very sparingly to keep myself much thinner than is natural for my particular body type, I actually haven't changed all that much over the years, figure-wise. I remember when low-rise pants were popular when I was a teenager (not as low-rise as now, but fairly low) and they were called "hip huggers." They were every bit as unflattering to me then. I think it's best to wear the fashion that is most flattering, and for all but the thinnest of women (with the slimmest of hips and the flattest of stomachs) that does not happen to be low-rise pants (I'm not talking about the ones that are ever-so-slightly below the waist; slightly-low-rise are okay). Plus, you are incorrect about the fit, for women with hips. If a woman with substantial hips wears very low-rise pants that are big enough that they don't bind her hips and cause the extra bulge of a muffin top, then they will fall down unless she wears a belt or suspenders. That's because the low area of her hips will be the biggest part of her. As for old-fashioned love of the fuller-figured woman, that preference went along with clothing that actually <i>flattered</i> that type of figure. The emphasis was on the decolletage and the waist. and sometimes the butt (as, for example, in a bustle, which artificially exaggerated the size of the butt in order to make hips and stomach and waist look even smaller in comparison). Finally, you are also incorrect about petites. Actually, you could not be more wrong. Junior sizes are most definitely <i>not</i> petites; I never shop in the junior section. The petite section is just the opposite---it caters to the elderly, something that makes it hard for me to shop there also, since although I don't like ultra-low-rise pants I'm also not ready for the elasticized waists and the like. <a href="http://neoneocon.com/2006/05/30/petite-woman-of-worldunite-you-have/" rel="nofollow">Here's a post</a> I wrote a while back on petite clothing. Dana: Nope, not even remotely correct. Except for the years when I was dancing and had to eat very sparingly to keep myself much thinner than is natural for my particular body type, I actually haven’t changed all that much over the years, figure-wise. I remember when low-rise pants were popular when I was a teenager (not as low-rise as now, but fairly low) and they were called “hip huggers.” They were every bit as unflattering to me then.

I think it’s best to wear the fashion that is most flattering, and for all but the thinnest of women (with the slimmest of hips and the flattest of stomachs) that does not happen to be low-rise pants (I’m not talking about the ones that are ever-so-slightly below the waist; slightly-low-rise are okay).

Plus, you are incorrect about the fit, for women with hips. If a woman with substantial hips wears very low-rise pants that are big enough that they don’t bind her hips and cause the extra bulge of a muffin top, then they will fall down unless she wears a belt or suspenders. That’s because the low area of her hips will be the biggest part of her.

As for old-fashioned love of the fuller-figured woman, that preference went along with clothing that actually flattered that type of figure. The emphasis was on the decolletage and the waist. and sometimes the butt (as, for example, in a bustle, which artificially exaggerated the size of the butt in order to make hips and stomach and waist look even smaller in comparison).

Finally, you are also incorrect about petites. Actually, you could not be more wrong. Junior sizes are most definitely not petites; I never shop in the junior section. The petite section is just the opposite—it caters to the elderly, something that makes it hard for me to shop there also, since although I don’t like ultra-low-rise pants I’m also not ready for the elasticized waists and the like. Here’s a post I wrote a while back on petite clothing.

]]> By: Dana http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-122249 Dana Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:31:33 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-122249 While I agree that One must choose for themselves what they must wear. I disagree that low rise pants are terrible. I myself am a mature woman, who enjoys wearing low-rise pants. I find pants that come too high uncomfortable and binding and the most unflattering. I have hips and a belly and find that wearing them correctly does not produce a (as you informatively and politically correctly stated) a butt crack. Since we speak frankly, lets be frank. I had seen that on your profile you have some background in psychology. Well, from your blog, it seems that you are having trouble with the realization that you are aging. I agree that The fashion industry should not dictate to how we perceive our bodies and wether or not we are over weight or other wise obese. Speaking of which you cannot forget that at the moment there is an epidemic of obesity in our country and it should do good to do the research of what the true definition of 'over weight ' is. True a healthy weight woman has a certain amount of body fat that is normal. however, as you had stated " Now, a muffin top of the old-fashioned variety is ordinarily a very pleasant thing" is truly old FASHIONED. I mean this to the true account of the words. Being old fashion and not what is humanly healthy. Back in those times it was considered attractive for a woman ( or a man) to have a little extra, or the preverbal love-handles. This, in that time as it were until the turn of the century of about 1910, was considered beautiful because of it's symbol of status or wealth . As well as the untanned skin was a symbol of the working class versus the upper class. If in fact you had truly done your research as you put it you would know this. The common trend these days in fashion is to wear your pants about 2-3 sizes too small for your build. A trend I must say I will be happy to see fade out with the days of flowing tops that look like you stole your 3 year old little sister's sunday school dress. If a pair of low rise pants are worn with the appropriate cut for the legs versus figure as well as inseam them they are most flattering on women of all ages. ( with of course the appropriate top). If one wears these pants at the correct size then the hips waist and stomach are glorified not horrified. As for your shopping. look into stores that are of the genre to your age bracket and not in the petite section, which was created for the 'juniors' in the transition period to 'women's ' sizes. While I agree that One must choose for themselves what they must wear. I disagree that low rise pants are terrible. I myself am a mature woman, who enjoys wearing low-rise pants. I find pants that come too high uncomfortable and binding and the most unflattering. I have hips and a belly and find that wearing them correctly does not produce a (as you informatively and politically correctly stated) a butt crack. Since we speak frankly, lets be frank.
I had seen that on your profile you have some background in psychology. Well, from your blog, it seems that you are having trouble with the realization that you are aging.
I agree that The fashion industry should not dictate to how we perceive our bodies and wether or not we are over weight or other wise obese. Speaking of which you cannot forget that at the moment there is an epidemic of obesity in our country and it should do good to do the research of what the true definition of ‘over weight ‘ is.
True a healthy weight woman has a certain amount of body fat that is normal. however, as you had stated ” Now, a muffin top of the old-fashioned variety is ordinarily a very pleasant thing” is truly old FASHIONED. I mean this to the true account of the words. Being old fashion and not what is humanly healthy. Back in those times it was considered attractive for a woman ( or a man) to have a little extra, or the preverbal love-handles. This, in that time as it were until the turn of the century of about 1910, was considered beautiful because of it’s symbol of status or wealth . As well as the untanned skin was a symbol of the working class versus the upper class. If in fact you had truly done your research as you put it you would know this.
The common trend these days in fashion is to wear your pants about 2-3 sizes too small for your build. A trend I must say I will be happy to see fade out with the days of flowing tops that look like you stole your 3 year old little sister’s sunday school dress. If a pair of low rise pants are worn with the appropriate cut for the legs versus figure as well as inseam them they are most flattering on women of all ages. ( with of course the appropriate top). If one wears these pants at the correct size then the hips waist and stomach are glorified not horrified.
As for your shopping. look into stores that are of the genre to your age bracket and not in the petite section, which was created for the ‘juniors’ in the transition period to ‘women’s ‘ sizes.

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]]> By: Foxfier http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111981 Foxfier Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:40:00 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111981 *snort* FMT- I'm pregnant and I already know I'm too heavy. I don't need to hand trolls bait to find *that* out. I've lost twenty pounds in the past four months to almost no visual effect due to my build. Once it won't put my kid at risk, I'll work on losing even more weight. Really isn't relevant, though. *snort* FMT-
I’m pregnant and I already know I’m too heavy. I don’t need to hand trolls bait to find *that* out. I’ve lost twenty pounds in the past four months to almost no visual effect due to my build.
Once it won’t put my kid at risk, I’ll work on losing even more weight.

Really isn’t relevant, though.

]]> By: fmt http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111969 fmt Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:26:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111969 What this blog needs is a "Women of Neocon" post. Pictures of hips and waists. Clothed is fine. Maybe even an online poll. Is this Neoconista fat? Vote Now! What this blog needs is a “Women of Neocon” post. Pictures of hips and waists. Clothed is fine. Maybe even an online poll. Is this Neoconista fat? Vote Now!

]]> By: neo-neocon http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111926 neo-neocon Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:02:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111926 Mrs Whatsit: I used to wonder that very thing about the <i>Glamour</i> "don'ts." Remember those photos snapped by the roving street photographers of anonymous women who had committed various unpardonable fashion sins? Imagine the ignominy of finding oneself immortalized as such! Mrs Whatsit: I used to wonder that very thing about the Glamour “don’ts.” Remember those photos snapped by the roving street photographers of anonymous women who had committed various unpardonable fashion sins? Imagine the ignominy of finding oneself immortalized as such!

]]> By: Mrs Whatsit http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111914 Mrs Whatsit Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:41:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2009/06/04/the-hegemony-of-the-low-rise-pant/#comment-111914 And as for Rich, who's an expert in female fatness even though he knows so little about female anatomy that he can't tell the difference between a woman's hips and her abdomen, pay special attention to the part in the article Neo linked for you that discusses waist-to-hip ratio. It looks to me as if Ms. Muffin Top may very well have the anatomy classified as "pear-shaped" which, theoretically at least, gives her a significant health advantage. And as for Rich, who’s an expert in female fatness even though he knows so little about female anatomy that he can’t tell the difference between a woman’s hips and her abdomen, pay special attention to the part in the article Neo linked for you that discusses waist-to-hip ratio. It looks to me as if Ms. Muffin Top may very well have the anatomy classified as “pear-shaped” which, theoretically at least, gives her a significant health advantage.

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