dress pants for bigSTUFF

widenine

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I've mostly had jeans and t-shirt jobs and just recently moved into the business world (finance) so I have to suit up. I've noticed that I get alot more crotch stares now.

I honestly don't know if it's the clothes, the new diggs (I'm in London now - used to be in the states), or if I'm just more selfconscious. It could easily be that I'm getting sized up more in this new field but it's not the kinda question I can ask my cohorts.

I do mostly buy off the rack and have clothes tailored from there so when I can affort bespoken clothes (custom) maybe this will be less of an issue.

Thoughts? Ideas? Any tips?

steve
Wear pleated pans and buy them about a size larger around the waist. Make sure the material is not too thin.
 

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I've found that I have this problem too. I'm not a small guy - I have a 38 inch waist and weigh ~220 pounds - and I still have problems showing. Hell, sometimes I even show in jeans - so I buy those big (usually 44x30) and cinch them up with a belt.

There's nothing I can do about business clothes except buy big there too. I always buy off the rack then tailor - my favorite dress slacks are Claibornes (don't remember where I got them) that started out at a 44" waist. They have plenty of room up front, but I still get self-conscious every once in a while, when I just have this feeling like "Jesus Christ, you know everybody can tell - it's practically obscene."

The night I took my GF to prom (eons ago), afterwards I changed from my Dress Blues into a nice suit at a friend's house. She caught a glimpse while I was changing and said something about it. I couldn't come out of that room for an extra 20 minutes after I changed, I was so self conscious.

Sometimes though, you just have to suck it up and drive on, and realize that you are who you are, and people are going to look. I honestly don't know that very many people notice or even care.