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Should I wear jeans given my body type?

MellonC

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I'm what you call a stocky guy. Yet, I'm tall and quite fit. On top of that I have no back side. The gluteus maximus is there but it's small and muscular with virtually no fat. As a reference I tried the Levi's 511s only to find that it won't even get past my calves. The 513's somewhat better but it almost got past the mid thighs and got stuck at the upper thighs. There was a permanent air gap of about 1 inch under the crotch due to pants not going up all the way. The word slim sort of applied to my dressing in these jeans in a yoga/lululemon kinda sorta way. In other words, terrible. Yet, the buttocks area had plenty of room and the rise was fine - not too high or low. Ditto for waist. However, due to my low volume of fat in the backside, the pants did not look good looking from the back.

As such, I never liked wearing jeans. I thought the slim cut was supposed to make you look good and, well, slim but it ended up accentuating my muscular thighs even more and I looked nothing like slim and simply just looked like the Terminator wearing yoga pants.

Question 1. should I bother with jeans at all? As a reference I look fabulous with Brooks Brothers Milano cut. Best cut I've ever tried.
Question 2. if there are jeans that fit my bodytype (or do people like me exist?) what brand and cut are they?

Thannks.
 
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masshi

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why do people make posts like these without any pics?

i get if you're paranoid and value your anonymity or whatever, but when it comes to something like "should i wear jeans given my body type? NO PICS THO LOL", how exactly do you expect people to give you advice/critique? cause you can only describe yourself so well



it's just as bad as people who ask about what hairstyle they should get or what kind of glasses they should wear despite not providing pics either (both of which actually do happen, and both of which are just straight marsupialed questions; this is coming from somebody who's asked his own fair share of dumb questions btw)
 

MellonC

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I returned my 511s and 513s. I would have posted a pic otherwise. Besides, pics don't always explain either as they can be deceiving. I'm closest to this famous swimmer in terms of body type. Note his long torso and tiny legs but otherwise athletic body.
http://www.celebheights.com/s/Michael-Phelps-47759.html

What would you have him wear. Again I'd appreciate your comment.
 

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