Men's to women's pants ???

Ok, I'm chubby - and most of my fat lies in my thighs and belly so women's pants rarely fit, but men's pants are quite ok.
The trouble with them is that they have that annoying bulge in the front, do you have any idea how to get rid of it?

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5 replies since 1st September 2011 • Last reply 1st September 2011

Reply #1:

I would just take it in by pinning and sewing the extra material in the seam. However, that would be difficult to do if there is a zipper involved, unless you want to remove the zipper. Wish I could be of more help!

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Reply #2:

I just make two darts above the center of the front pockets.Play around to find what works for you.

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Reply #3:

I would suggest not trying. Pleats for one thing will just make you look bigger in the thigh and men's pants are cut in the crotch to accommodate their men parts.

My suggestion to you is to make sure you are in fact shopping in women's sizes. They should have even numbers (12,14,16, ect) Don't worry about what size pants you need to accommodate your thighs, just purchase a pair that fit you in your widest area comfortably and then take it in at the waist if you need to.

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Reply #4:

I agree, darts in the wrong places could be a disaster.

I did recently take a part a pair of mens pants and turned them into a pair of my own. Keep in mind I went from a 34-36 in waist tooooo- well I wear I size 5...

Its a lot of work and really time consuming but I took apart everything and I mean everything...all that surging....jesus. Anyway. You could take them apart and re size the back panel in between the waist band and the back pockets, ( you know that seams that sometimes makes it feel like your panties are falling down) and reshaped the button fly area, which is tricky and you can really only go smaller. And really this is a huge undergoing if you were planning on doing it to every pair of pants that you wore...It'd take forever and I personally couldn't imagine doing it without either a really good pattern that you know well or a pair of pants that you're super happy with already that you can use as a template.

also @PinkWeeds eh he men parts, thats awesome that's what I tell my son to call them...cuts out that little kids being fascinated with every other name you can come up for 'em...Just weird to hear someone else say it.

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Reply #5:

The only men's trousers I've worn have been jeans/skinnies (so more unisex anyway). I found lowering the rise (by cutting off the belt loops to make hipsters) worked but of course this is an ultra casual summer look and unsuitable for most trousers.

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