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or do these shorts really look this awful?
In my never ending quest for trail-type shorts I came upon these results from Performance
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_id=1222
I can only hope these shorts don't really make you look like a six year old boy wearing his dads board shorts, Particularly these
Zen - I tend to agree. It looks like the shorts are about to fall off the model. That and I detest the dropped waist look, which doesn't help the appearance that the shorts are about to fall off.
a 6 year old boy is right! oy vey.
Karen
Before I even looked at the second link, I knew those were the shorts you were talking about! Just awful...Quote:
Originally Posted by zencentury
I don't know - the Fox Women's Base short might be worse:eek:
CA
I'm nowheres near that skinny (and note that the Fox sizing chart gives comparable dress sizes in juniors'), but I do favor that style of shorts for walking, boating, hanging around - they're just so comfy. I don't much care how they look when they feel that good and I'm wearing them for "ratty," sweaty activities anyhow. I've never worn a MTB style short with a liner though.
Those pictures are hilarious. Performance's store brand shorts run huge, in my experience -- I had a pair of size mediums that I could wear when I was five months pregnant, and immediately after I had my daughter, and now they are way too big for me. (And I am about a size 8-10.) Probably they just don't come in a small enough size for that model!
The model is too skinny AND the shorts are too baggy and ugly. :cool:
I guess I don't find them that bad... maybe I just have weird taste in fashion.
I like wearing shorts, pants, skirts with dropped waists. Sorry... no mom pants for me even though I am an old lady. They actually are more flattering on me than high waists.
But, those models did look a bit on the scrawny side. Performance clothes do run big and they don't carry the things I like in extra smalls. Perhaps they don't realize there a lot of short cyclists. I have a couple of Performance wool jerseys in smalls from a few years ago that do fit well, but it seems like since then, there has been the dreaded size creep.
It looks to me like she's wearing her big brother's or her boyfriend's shorts. I give them (or her depending on how you look at it) a "thumb's down".
I like pants and shorts with dropped waists too - gives me the illusion of actually having hips :D
it's not the dropped waist that's odd. It's the HA-YOOOOJ baggy legs :eek:
Yes I think that too. I like dropped waists. But the circus clown shopping bag legs?? :confused::confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by zencentury
Those do look bad on her! These were not made for women with toothpick legs.
These are the kind of shorts that would look good on me--I've got some meaty thighs that would fill those right up and I would look adventurous AND hot.