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Post by devogirl on Nov 28, 2006 0:09:22 GMT -5
With jeans, it's more than the butt, it's also the look of the seams down the side. I still don't recommend going to a tailor for jeans, and trying to find the right fabric on your own can be trauma-inducing, as you mentioned. Auscrip just mentioned wheelchairjeans.com. I checked out their website and they are still in business, and at least in the tiny blurry photos on the site, the jeans looked good. If it were me, I'd try ordering from them before going to a regular tailor.
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Post by Ouch on Nov 28, 2006 8:33:16 GMT -5
The plain titanium looks better anyway...lol, yeah, people shouldn't spend their life savings, become prostitutes, etc. to get a (black) titanium chair to impress a dev...that's even crossing the line for someone desparate and lame as me...they're great for sports though.
I actually have the opposite problem most guys here are talking about, and perhaps I can theorise why...but a recurring problem I've seemed to have heard is that stuff always seems short on them...with me everything seems big...I can get a good waist size (I knew eating those burritos would help!), but never a good length...so I have quite the opposite trouble, no fear of showing sock, but in some cases I lose my shoes under the legs and beyond. I'm guessing since I was born a para, and didn't have the period of regularness that SCIs have that would seem to be why....so sometimes I tend to look like I've been "rollin' through da' hood" rather than a more mainstream look.
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Post by Enid on Nov 28, 2006 17:17:33 GMT -5
but in some cases I lose my shoes under the legs and beyond. I'm guessing since I was born a para, and didn't have the period of regularness that SCIs have that would seem to be why....so sometimes I tend to look like I've been "rollin' through da' hood" rather than a more mainstream look. Well, making pants shorter is really not that hard, anyone with a sewing machine can fix that. And I know what I'm talking about because in my country they make all women's pants for girls who are 6ft tall, thinking that the rest of us can get them fixed (all stores do this too) Although if it's not too long, I wouldn't do anything about it (the only thing that bothers me about extra-long plants is that they drag around and get torn... but you might not have that problem ) I don't think there's anything wrong with that look unless you need to look professional or something *shrugs* Note: I'm the last person anybody should ask for "fashion advice". This is just about being practical.
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Post by BA on Nov 28, 2006 18:50:15 GMT -5
Land's End as well as J. Crew and LL Bean all custom inseam their jeans. So if you have SB and your legs are short that shouldn't be a problem. Any good tailor can do a decent hem and still make the jeans look like they CAME with that hem.
Along your post Enid... they seem to cut everything very LONG here in the US also. I am only 5'4" which is sort of the cut off point for petite, so I either have to hem everything or else it is too short in the crotch (this can give a rather alluring look, but hell it's uncomfortable all day). Once in awhile I'll find the perfect pants and then I buy a few pairs.
To my wheeler men, I think that probably suit jackets and jackets in general have to be the hardest thing to get a good fit with.
On a personal note, I KNOW it's comfortable guys, but the worst thing I can think of on any guy (AB or non) are those proverbial sweats (worn long or cut into shorts) and the too short T-shirt. This seems to be the "now that I've gotten to know you" uniform of most of the men I have ever known and I find it just so YUK. The female equivalent is the knee legnth nightshirt with the pink kitty on it that says "I don't do mornings". Sexy, right?
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Post by Carrie Ann on Nov 28, 2006 19:24:16 GMT -5
Oh, AB, you are so right about those sweats. Ugh.
Matisse, you don't have to go to a fabric store. Plenty of online fabric stores will be happy to send fabric swatches to you. And a good tailor will know how to finish the seams properly to look like regular jeans.
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Post by E on Nov 28, 2006 20:46:22 GMT -5
Oh, AB, you are so right about those sweats. Ugh. I'm glad I've never felt the need to own sweats...
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Post by devogirl on Nov 28, 2006 21:45:27 GMT -5
Ditto that on getting pants shortened. I'm only 5'3" and most pants are way too long on me. I'm pretty good with a sewing machine, and I've hemmed them myself. It's true that many nicer dept stores and places like Lands End will do it for free, but other places at the mall like Old Navy will not. But I discovered the tailor will do it for about $10--SO worth it. Now I no longer look like I'm wearing someone else's clothes.
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Post by shouldbestudying on Nov 28, 2006 21:45:36 GMT -5
Sweat pants = terrible
Sweat shirts (especially my college hoodies) = essential but only while lounging, traveling, bumming for class, or attending/warming up for sporting events
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Post by Chan on Nov 28, 2006 22:11:08 GMT -5
Ditto that on getting pants shortened. I'm only 5'3. Psh, grrl, PLZ. I've got both you and AB beat at 5'2. I've actually emerged from stores in the mall tearing up (not actully "crying", mind you) because I would stay in there for hours and go from shop to shop to shop trying to find pants that were actually short enough for me. Then I finally got fed up with it all and got a pair of really nice jeans that I wanted altered.....the whole process of jeans-buying and altering ended up being around 90 bucks. Which still makes me sick everything I look at those damn jeans because they just weren't *right* once they were altered. So now it was just a big sick waste. It's gotten to the point that whenever I do actually find a pair that fit and are the right length, I'll pay for them no matter what just because I know what a fucking treasure they are.
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Post by matisse on Nov 28, 2006 23:36:53 GMT -5
Hey, we are supposed to be talking about OUR stuff!!!!
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Post by Chan on Nov 28, 2006 23:40:48 GMT -5
Hey, we are supposed to be talking about OUR stuff!!!! You shut up, you.
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Post by matisse on Nov 28, 2006 23:42:53 GMT -5
the worst thing I can think of on any guy (AB or non) are those proverbial sweats (worn long or cut into shorts) and the too short T-shirt. Ok I have to admit I do put on a pair of sweats a couple hours before I go to bed (never during the day, not even on weekends). Although I don't own any t-shirts that are too short. So if not sweats at this time, then what?
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Post by Carrie Ann on Nov 29, 2006 6:07:45 GMT -5
Just don't wear the sweats in public. Please. Ugh. Such a disappointment to see a wheeler guy in sweats. What you do in the privacy of your own home is your business but it will likely not make your SO attack you...in the good way.
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Post by Ouch on Nov 29, 2006 8:30:32 GMT -5
Yeah, the me 'being one of the shortest people in the world' problem has been easily managed...actually I am proficient in the art of sew-fu myself (Yeah, what can I say...I'm like wheelchair Barbie...laugh all you want, guys...real men can sew)...so I haven't had to worry about spending money on extra tailoring, unless I really want it to be uber-professional.
...5'2" though...I didn't think there were people shorter than me...
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Post by BA on Nov 29, 2006 17:04:20 GMT -5
There are people shorter than you.
Now can anyone tell me how to get my husband out of the stained sweats? I have threatened to torch them (with him in them)
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