The Irony of High-Rise Trousers

[ericgereghty]

This is such a ridiculously dumb back and forth lol, and just arguing for the sake of it.

Food matters for weight gain/loss. Squats are going to burn through more energy than bicep curls.

Carry on...

 

[CasuallyWorked]

lol no. Calorie deficit. Then it is down to your genetics where you will lose fast easier/faster and where last or the hardest.

if you want to lose fat a little faster, working out larger muscles groups is more efficient since the more muscle you have the more calories you burn. Just like working out the tricep will give you more muscle than the bicep.

 

[JohnMRobie]

Could sum this all up with the old phrase:
"Abs are built in the kitchen, not the gym."

Abs might be built in the kitchen but my dad bod was built on doordash.

 

[Texasmade]

Everyone wishes they had a perfect physique like mine.

 

[sussi]

if you want to lose fat a little faster, working out larger muscles groups is more efficient since the more muscle you have the more calories you burn. Just like working out the tricep will give you more muscle than the bicep.

That's a fact. But telling somebody to go and do some squats and deadlifts when he wants to lose belly fat is not really a great advice to begin with.

 

[sussi]

That has never been a problem and doesn't make any sense. I wear every day high waist trousers with very long button flies or zip flies and that has never happened to me. Button/zip fly that is too short looks absolutely terrible, the button fly should go down to the fork of the trousers, easier to put on and off, easier to use when you need to go to the toilet too and it also looks better.

Trousers made by a friend:

Vintage british flannels:

Scott Fraser Collection:

1890 Levi's Vintage Clothing

Scott Fraser Collection is my go to for trousers since they were launched in 2017. I still haven't found any RTW maker than matches their rise, quality and fit for pleated classic trousers.

For those who mention that their trousers don't stay up with their bellies maybe that's because they aren't buying them in the right size. Someone with a belly and their trousers under it makes you look unbalanced, for a flattering look the trousers should fall from your navel

Few very nice fits! Love the look of Vintage British Flannels! Have you heard of Berg&Berg or Natalino? They also have high rise trousers and denim.

 

[gimpwiz]

I think we should go back to talking about foot.

 

[Enrico Mandelli]

President Eisenhower in Hitlers fortress after the second world war.

 

[Uncle.Scrooge]

Hi All,

I read the first comment on the thread and immediately felt  less alone. For context, I'm 175cm and 70-72kg. BMI of 23. Within healthy range by most measures. I have a 36" chest, 34" at the waist, and 32" at the hips. So yes, they slide down without support.

For me, high rise dress trousers = suspenders. Casual trousers do not make sense to me in high rise so it's mid rise for those garments.

Done!

 

[9thsymph]

My high-rise chinos and odd trousers* tend to fall down around my hips, where most pants (such as mid-rise chinos) naturally ride on me. This phenomenon makes the benefit of a higher rise moot and the crotch ride low.

I have a very slight belly. I’d wager any day that it’s smaller than the average American’s. But that belly seems to be enough to prevent a high-rise waist from sitting where it’s intended to sit.

Because of these factors, it seems that mid-rise trousers wear with an effectively higher rise.

Does anyone else experience this reality?

*I am not interested in discussing classically cut, fishback trousers worn with braces. Those are a different ball of wax.

Braces ftw

 

[tobiasfunke19]

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[Tohna]

I think highrise trousers demand suspenders. I use combination weekly.

 

[sargeinaz]

I found this thread after finding it interesting how many brands say “high” or “higher” rise in their descriptions like Rubato, Anglo Italian, Natalino etc, but they make casual chinos that in a size 32 have rise measurements that are 11, 10 and 11 inches.

I find 11 inches like the absolute bare minimum and I usually reserve that for jeans. I really prefer at least 11.5 to 12 for jeans/chinos and like 12.5-12.75 for my suit/sport coat trousers and I’m only 5’8” and weigh like 155lbs and have a small belly around my midsection.

The key for me was getting a slighter roomier waist size than I used to get to allow the pants to sit a little higher. Do they sag down occasionally and I have to pull them up? Yes because like I said I definitely don’t have like a flat stomach, but when I wear pants that have under an 11 inch rise, I just think it looks really bad.

Which is bizarre because I see men whether it’s on a blog/IG or on a websites product page that are clearly taller than me wearing a size 32 and it doesn’t look low really. So I don’t know, but pant rise seems far trickier than just X measurement will look good on you due to people’s height, proportions, if they have a flat stomach, is it comfortable, will pants stay up etc. I’ve done a lot of trial and error and honestly it feels like I’m still figuring it out how trouser measurements come together to fit me in a way I like (and I’m not even a hard fit compared to other people).

 

[imatlas]

^ that's why my last 3 pairs of jeans have come from Todd Shelton, so I have complete control over the rise and cut.

 

[sargeinaz]

And I’ve noticed some brands make jeans that have a higher rise than their chinos which is weird to me personally.