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"My belly looks like a marshmallow," I thought, seeing it in the mirror.
A few dress pants of mine had gotten snug. Working from home, I haven't worn them in forever anyway, but that's besides the point.
It's too bad, I thought while looking at the pants, that they can't be made wider. There's no way to do it without cutting the waistband and inserting extra material which wouldn't match and would look bad.
I was debating whether to keep them or give them away.
Then I noticed something. Could it be? Yes, indeed. I was stunned that I'd never noticed it before. The pants were designed with extra fabric in the back. The waistband was sewn together in the center back, folded over on itself on each side. You only need to take out some stitches and sew it back together to widen the pants! Men's pants are so cool.
Two pairs of pants that I'd been debating about have that feature.
Another pair of my snug pants has a snazzy matching suit jacket, so I really didn't want to give them away. These pants don't have the extra fabric in back. However, the waistband folds over on itself on the front sides. And the pants have pleats in the front that could be taken out to provide more width. I doubt these were designed with that intention, but I might be able to widen them too.
Boy's shorts sometimes have elastic bands in the waistband that can be pulled to the desired tension and hooked onto a button on each side to allow for an adjustable fit.
A few dress pants of mine had gotten snug. Working from home, I haven't worn them in forever anyway, but that's besides the point.
It's too bad, I thought while looking at the pants, that they can't be made wider. There's no way to do it without cutting the waistband and inserting extra material which wouldn't match and would look bad.
I was debating whether to keep them or give them away.
Then I noticed something. Could it be? Yes, indeed. I was stunned that I'd never noticed it before. The pants were designed with extra fabric in the back. The waistband was sewn together in the center back, folded over on itself on each side. You only need to take out some stitches and sew it back together to widen the pants! Men's pants are so cool.
Two pairs of pants that I'd been debating about have that feature.
Another pair of my snug pants has a snazzy matching suit jacket, so I really didn't want to give them away. These pants don't have the extra fabric in back. However, the waistband folds over on itself on the front sides. And the pants have pleats in the front that could be taken out to provide more width. I doubt these were designed with that intention, but I might be able to widen them too.
Boy's shorts sometimes have elastic bands in the waistband that can be pulled to the desired tension and hooked onto a button on each side to allow for an adjustable fit.