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Originally posted by TheSweetest+Mar 22nd, 2004 - 1:00 pm--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheSweetest @ Mar 22nd, 2004 - 1:00 pm)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-softgrey@Mar 22nd, 2004 - 9:44 am
a high waisted trouser can actually make your legs look longer and make you look taller...that's if you wear them with heels...i happen to know that you don't wear heels..as you like it...so i would not go for the exaggerated hi waist if i wre you, but for somewhere in the middle...i've always preferred the higher waist, myself... 
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you took the word right out of my mouth, but one thing is for sure...they don't look that great on pot bellies (not saying that you have one), so maybe a slimmer or a waist cincher. I love the cinchers, get a painless one that creates a womanly waistline. I have a small waist and wide hips but I still wear them and the high waisted skirts. Love them so much! [/b][/quote]
Well, one of my few good figure points is that I have a flat stomach. I've a few doubts about the flattering nature of high-waist trousers though because I don't have a lot of curve between my waist and hips. I have pretty regular proportions by measure, but this is because I have a high, round butt.
I think I am going to buy a length of inexpensive fabric and experiment a bit. Then, if it is unflattering, I will know without being out much.
I think I could make the look work, because, as I said, I have a long torso already and not very long legs, but I am overall pretty fit. I look awful in pencil skirts because of the lack of hip/waist definition, and I am not a fashion slave enough to wear a waist cincher on a regular basis. One of the basic requirements of my work clothing is that it can be worn while bicycling or can survive being folded up and carried to work in my backpack and changed into in the Ladies' toilets. I don't think I could bike in a waist cincher, and don't fancy weaseling into one in a restroom stall.
Do you think I should go with a fitted waist and hip, then looser legs, like the ladies' trousers of the 1930s (like Marlene Dietrich) or do an overall slimmer look? I have very muscular legs from my bicycling addiction, so I don't like tight-fitting pants, but I can and do wear slimmer cut trousers sometimes, that have 1.5-2" ease all the way down.