What Clothes to Wear with Skinny Legs?
- Thursday, July 31, 2008, 20:03
- Fashion & Wear
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What can you do if you are not a fortunate possessor of ideal legs? In the first place, ask yourself “What’s ideality anyway?” Individuality is a much better word and you should learn how to use your individuality to the best effect. And if you really have any disadvantage, you can turn it into an advantage or just pick the right clothes to disguise your shortcomings. This article is about what you should wear if you have skinny legs.
Skinny Legs and Pantyhose
If skinny legs are a good shape, you don’t really have to hide them. If for some reason you want to make your legs look bigger, wear pantyhose of light or warm colors, tights with large patterns, especially horizontally striped pantyhose, and leggings.
Skinny Legs, Jeans and Skirts
If you have very skinny legs, avoid tight stretch-jeans, extreme mini-skirts, short or very wide flared skirts, thick sole shoes and vertical striped pantyhose.
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I often see girls with extremely skinny legs outside wearing really tight stretch jeans, it looks so disgusting, although it’s very fashionable. Girls, women, never wear this kind of jeans with skinny legs, if you don’t want to be ignored my men – you look like herons.
skinny legs can be hot, if they are long and the woman is tall. short and skinny legs – no-no!
I stumbled upon this site and I’ve just understood the infairness of the world. I must say, poor women – you have to think about every nuance of your body to be liked by men – skinny legs, blackheads, fashion, epilation, cellulite – and we men do almost nothing, just shave almost every day (and not for women, but to be let to the office
), wear what we have without thinking a lot about the color or combining things, do some sport sometimes and drink beer. I’m happy to be a man and I sincerely sympathize with all women.
A woman should have harmony in her appearance. No matter how your legs or hair or nails look themselves, they are never separated from you – you should not think about how skinny your legs are, but how to look harmoniously with your legs and other parts of the body.
So what your saying is that if you have really skinny legs, you shouldn’t wear a dress or skirt, that really sux, so its back to wearing jeans on boiling hot summers days.
I Hate my chicken legs!!
though my legs are skinny i really like to see pictures of the kind of clothes one can put on. thankyou hope to get a reply soon.
I have skinny legs and from the day i leave high school, which is about six years ago, only one time i ever wear something short in public, and i dont know what the heck i was thinking that day. I think it was April of this year. I went to a football game, I dont think I will ever try that one again. I hate the way my legs are skinny.
I have had skinny legs all of my life but since the age of 16 I have constantly been in the gym keeping them toned. No matter what size they are, (unless they are freakishly skinny) legs look good when they have tone to them. I work out three times a week and do squats, lunges, leg extensions, leg curls, and calf-raises. These exercises not only bulk up your legs (if you use heavy weight and low reps), they also add definition. Jeans with flap pockets add an illusion of a booty, and wide leg jeans also look good. I say no to skinny jeans. I also wear shorts and skirts. The main thing is to be confident. The way a girl carries herself is the most important! When you exude that confidence, anything looks attractive on.
i have skinny legs and never really noticed it until a friend of mine mentioned it when i was 14! that ruined the rest of my life in that department because ever since then, i havent been able to wear shorts or even dresses and skirts. i dont cover them up for men or anything but i no longer have the confidence to carry my self exposing my legs. she made me feel so abnormal, like a freak. im even considering surgery (calf implants) in the near future but its the finance, the pain and the thought of putting myself through this for the sake of people’s perception of perfect. it really affects me and i dont know what im going to do about it.
i want to love my legs but i feel like an imrpoper fraction.
Abigail,
we often get our complexes during puberty, as during this period we take everything to heart, and then we often have and suffer from these complexes for the rest of our lives. For some this was a cruel joke about them being fat, a reckless phrase about the breast size or our situation. Please, you really need to believe that what you feel is only because you were hurt by a friend of yours when you were 14. And, what is more important, it’s very likely that you didn’t have skinny legs at that time, she probably said it just to hurt you. At the same time, if you really had skinny legs when you were 14, it doesn’t mean you still have them.
You say, you want a surgery. But are you sure you will be happy with your legs after it? Before deciding for the surgery, think – would you at least know about calf implants if your friend hadn’t said it? You would probably never think about it! And you would wear mini-skirts with nice shoes every day. It’s like every day you say something to somebody. But once you record your voice and listen to it you find it so stupid! And after it you start thinking if your voice sounds as bad while you’re speaking to somebody. But if you haven’t recorded and listened to it, you would never regard it as problem.
Just look at Sarah Jessica Parker – she has skinny legs, plus, her legs are very bent. And does she find it unattractive? No way! She shows her legs! What people perceive as perfect is not a single body part – it’s the person in whole, it’s the talent, it’s the overall beauty. And people will evaluate you in whole, according to your actions, they always get a general impression. I guess, that friend of yours was nearly 14 as well, when this was said. This is the age when people can’t evaluate things adequately. Don’t focus on a dumb thing she said. Who is she finally? Is that 14 year old girl to determine beauty standards?
Ask people you love about your problem. If you have a boyfriend or husband, as him. Ask your parents, your sister/brother, ask your best friend, “are my legs skinny?” They will not lie to you. Do you need any other’s opinion about you, your appearance? The answers may be the following:
1. you have perfect legs,
or
2. you have skinny legs, but we love you the way you are and we don’t want you to change.
So, why not staying the way your closest people love you?
By the way, there’s another way not to fix on complexes. Start doind something about your problem (imagined defect). In this case a good tip is the one Kels 2450 gave – it’s the comment just above yours. Start working out, and this is absolutely real (I’m saying it from my own experience) to increase the size of the calves with exercises and getting the shape you want.
When you do something about your problem, when you start acting, you get the confidence that will let you feel good, wear skirts and win hearts.
I usually complain a lot about my skinny legs, as I was also teased growing up by friends and family who thought I had bird legs. Since then wearing skirts were a no-no for me and I hated wearing shorts. But it is true that when you have confidence in yourself that you feel better about how you look, and others can tell. I am learning to embrace how I am built…because I have tried the whole eat whatever to gain weight. That cost me health problems, so now I am working on being more fit and watch what I eat. That coupled with lunges, calf-raises and squats make my legs look toned and add definition. I take 15 minutes per morning to do these repititions and feel great that I am doing something for myself and not killing myself in the process.
As I see the results for myself, I have become more confortable about how I look, choosing clothes that flatter my shape – taking into consideration my height and build. What you wear and how you wear it has a lot to do with how you look, so if you choose wisely what compliments you, you feel better about your appearance. So flatter yourself with a few minutes here and there throughout the day with calf raises and lunges, etc. These are simple exercises that can be done while at work, or in line at the store, in your bedroom or wherever. The key is consistency, discipline and having someone to hold you accountable. But more importantly it is about taking the healthiest way to make you look and feel good about yourself.
thank you so much for the tips, im starting my daily walks and lunges too. its true that it makes you feel very confident about doing something for yourself. i am still to get myself together and walk out of the house with a dress and no boots but that will probably take a while.
i used to read about how bullying can affect a person’s life incredibly but never thought a single comment from a friend could ruin me this much. like i said before, i want to embrace my legs and be me and hopefully i will get there.
i keep telling myself “legs are for walking abigail” but i always see as if people would be shocked at the sight of them, but in actual fact i know its in my head because when i walk i dont look at peoples legs at all, so there are bound to be people out there like me.
i wont give up the squats and lunges….. thank you again
I can tell you all this from experience, hating your legs and body is a terrible thing to do. While you spend time beating yourself up life will pass you by. Although I’m a guy, I have seen the time that I would not get caught dead in shorts. I was very skinny when I was a kid and teenager and I did not want anybody in this world to see my skinny legs. I was well into my 20s before I got over that. Looking back, I really regret that I felt that way about myself. It makes no difference what size or shape your body is now, you have got a life to live. You better try to enjoy it while you can. It makes no difference how skinny your legs are, there is not one reason in this whole world that you can’t wear shorts, skirts, and dresses and be happy. Don’t waste one second of your time worrying about what other people will think about you. If anybody don’t like how you look they can keep their eyes off of you. If you can do this, go to a city or town many miles from where you live so that you will not see somebody you know and spend the day wearing shorts or skirts in public. You will find that most people will not pay any attention to what you are wearing. That helped me. When it comes to being teased about having skinny legs, it is likely that you will get that all along. Often the ones that do that don’t mean any harm and do it for fun. The way to handle that is to laugh at yourself and show them that nothing they say bothers you. No matter what they say, don’t ever let that smile come off of your face. It will not be that bad. If anybody says something ugly to you don’t say anything back, just ignore them and walk away. Do not under any circumstances let them bring you down and ruin your day. If you want to work at improving the tone of your legs there are many exercises you can do. A weight bench with leg attachments will allow you to do some leg exercises that might help. Working to improve your legs and body is good, but don’t ever be ashamed of what you have got now. When spring comes I encourage all of you to start living in shorts, skirts, dresses, and anything else that is comfortable. Don’t miss the chance to do that. Good luck to all of you.
Wow…I am really happy to be able to read some of the comments on here and for once hear about other people in the same predicament as me. I am 19 years old and 6” tall (which doesn’t happen to many girls). And my legs are beyond disgustingly thin, I hate them with a passion and I would pay people to share their body fat with me. But obviously you can’t do that so I will just have to deal with them for now. I hope that when I get older my metabolism slows down enough to make me look normal. In a way I am not looking forward to this summer because I have to wear bathing suits again =/ …greatttttt.
I have spent the last 32 years of my life trying to get great legs. I am so exhausted and sore. I am 49 now and at the end of my rope with wishing for, thinking about and exercising to get some reward (great legs). It has held me back in pursuing modeling and has colored my personality in a negative way for all of these years. I also happen to have a very powerful addition to desserts but even when I cut them out the problem persists. People stare at my lower half with a disapproving look on their faces. I’m so tired of getting compliments about my “tiny waist” which is just their way of complaining about how bit my hips and thighs are. If they only knew how physically and mentally worn out I am trying to fix the freak that I am. Quite often at one of my two gyms I am a member of, I deliberately wear short close-fitting shorts and watch peoples’ reactions as I walk by. If they only knew what an average exhausting week was like for the likes of me I believe they would cry. Can anybody out there hear my (mental) cries in the night caused by years of despair and loss of hope? If only I could just have one day, one week, one year spent living with somebody else’s prized, cherished and perfect adored legs I’d be so thankful and happy.
I appreciate encouraging words. PS I am not overweight nor have I been for the past two+ years. I lost 60 to 75 pounds two years ago and have ALWAYS kept up my exercises throughout my lifetime no matter what my weight was. There is a 17″ difference between my waist and hip measurement. The minute I start eating something I feel my thighs and but expanding. Can anybody help me with a permanent solution? (Note: Please do not bombard my email mailbox with products, etc. to try to make money off of me because you won’t get a lousy dime.)
I am 21 years old always had skinny legs. I am very pretty its just these little skinny legs annoy me. I can’t go anywhere without people saying something about my legs… like omg shes so skinny and the messed up thing is that half of these people think that i am def when i can clearly hear them!! But now i am at the point where i just don’t care cause half of the people that talk crap have fat chunky legs so they should look at them selves before they talk crap about are lil chickens lol. The best thing to do guys, just feel confident about your self. Walk with your head up high when someone laughs just let that laugh build your confidence. We only live once so lets enjoy our little legs and not let it take control of our lives. If you think about it we are famous cause people like gossiping about us. Just say please No pictures of my sexy legs asshole!! lolzz. :=P. The holding my head up high and Building confidence within my self has been working for me and i hope it shall work for you cause trust me i have some skinny mini’s <3
i have thin legs have no choice but to wear jeans or trousers as they look terrible and boyfriends and friends call them children legs – what can i do i have begun to go to the gym but i am genetically small on the legs so it is going to take a long time before they become normal infact they never will be
Hey guys, I HEAR YOUR CRIES people – seriously, it’s no fun at all looking down at your legs and wishing you could just mould them with your hands into a “better” shape…but think of this:
1) some people can’t walk, and have had their legs cut off due to an accident! 2) Some peoples legs are so big they can’t walk, or they look like tree trunks!. The most helpful thing we can do is stay healthy mentally and physically! If everyone followed what the Bible says about not judging people who feel the way we do would be in a better position socially! but hey! such is life!…remember that we were perfectly made – it’s society that dictates these lies about how the perfect body is! I’m not a fan of my legs either – I wish i could gain more weight on my lower body for more curves e.g. fuller calves and thighs! I know I will have it one day, but for now I’m learning to accept that I AM WONDERFUL there is SOOO much more to who I am than my legs!!!!!!
SKINNY LEGS OF FATTY LEGS…SAME DIFFERENCE….IM SKINNY AND WEAR SHORT SKIRTS…AND I LOOK AWESOME….LADIES YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PRESENT YOURSELF…..IF YOU LOOK GOOD THEN YOU GOING TO FEEL GREAT ABOUT YOUR SELF…..THAT IS YOUR LEGS AND NEVER BE SHY TO SHOW THEM OFF….
I have extremely skinny legs and i wear short skirts, short shorts, skinny jeans, i wear anything i like and i look awesome!!! i think its just the way you carry yourself. As for my self im like a barbie and i wear anythiing and people still seem to like it, you just have to walk with poise and confidence and know that you look good and everyone else will think you look good as well!!!!
I have extremely skinny legs with hardly no calves that are little inproportion to the rest of my body (bigger stomach/handles). Its worse when I get stressed as I seem to lose more weight from them! I love dresses and skirts but my legs just look like toothpicks and I get people looking/ commenting at them. I even love knee high boots but they are too lose /baggy on my legs. What are the best shapes to wear to not make them look so skinny?
SANDY: I totally understand your situation. How old are you may I ask, because if your really young then your body needs time to mature.
Nonetheless, you can improve the shape of your legs my taking up some exercise like bike-riding, walking, doing lunges and squats. These exercises will build muscle MASS and thats what you need, not fat, just to pump up your mucles some more. So you fill out trousers etc more.
When you have skinny legs it’s important to adopt a ew confidence that says “You wish you had my legs honey” and exude a confidence like the catwalk models…if your not very extrovert thats cool…if people stare look right back at them, catch their eye and just smile and turn away, if they make comments like “man you sure is skinny!!” just smile and be like “lol yeah yeah, I am” and leave it. That makes the person look abit stupid for stating the obvious.
WHAT TO WEAR: Don’t wear anything that isn’t your size, i.e. sizes too large because thats when you look really ill. If you have a bigger top half, try to wear lighter colours on top, and heavier colours and material on the bottom to levek yourself out.
Its all about CONFIDENCE. Which comes easier if you go to your doctor and make sure everything is ok with your weight and size etc, if it is, and you are eating well and are not stressed or suffering from anything which might make you lose weight then you should have maximum confidence because YOUR HEALTHY.
Plus, NO ONE IS PERFECT! Thats another thing for haters and people who make nasty comments need to know…THEY’RE NOT PERFECT either…and sometimes its the people who seem perfect and are super confident who are the most insecure!
Bless x
Marie, Thanks for comments & advice
I am 27 so my body would have done all its maturing for now, for me I think its in the genes! i have just been given a program at the gym with lots of leg work outs so hoping they will fill out a little, just need to make sure I keep on top of it.
You are right it is all to do with confidence and taking no notice of what other people think, I have been a little too conscious.
I have a wedding to attend soon and once again i am stressed looking for a dress that i can wear so that i dont look like a child in a dress – i want to feel sexy and wear things other girls do but i cant even wear skirts – my legs are non existant they have a small calf on them now but the sides are not shapely there is no fat on them but i am getting cellulite which iam working on so i dont mind this – i want to wear a skirt and for a man not to comment on as a woman what childrens legs i have and how bad they are – i am so ashamed of them plus this is only one of the physical issues i have the other is worse but why me! what can i wear to the wedding – al ong dress?
Hey Ruddy,
Once again I can identify with you…this is how I used to feel. Even in the summer for about 5 years NEVER EVER wore shorts or skirts I used to bare the pain and discomfort of sweating in jeans because I was so paranoid that 1) people would look and stare and think I was ill 2) compared to all the girls I knew with really nice full, sexy legs I felt really insecure.
However, what I can say to you is….take some time to be alone with yourself, buy something you would like to wear but don’t think will look nice, dress up in it, and get a close friend or someone who you trust who is honest and let them give you there opinion – maybe post it on a forum of some kind (hide your face) and see what people say – you will get a mixed bag of responses – some people will be violently harsh but you need to know that EVERYONE has insecurities…., but you’ll see that you have nothing to worry about.
One other thing…the most you experiment with cloths to suit your shape- the better you will feel.
If you have really slim legs and you want to dress in skirts and shorts – think about what you are wearing or wanting to wear…who are you trying to look like,, because we need to remembe that if we try to measure ourselves with someone elses stick we’ll always come up short every time – find a style and a femininity that is YOURS, tap into the woman that you are…your beautiful, e.g. pamber yourself, take care of your skin, your teeth, your hair, your diet and make sure your healthy mentally to…then TRUST ME that health with transform you from within and it will shine on the outside……..in time, no one will care about your legs if you hold your head high and thank God your alive.
There is a lot of great advice on here. I am 29 years old, 5′4″, about 115lbs, and my legs are very skinny! I was teased as a child for having “chicken legs” or “toothpicks”, and I still have a complex about it. Only within the past few years have I begun to accept my legs. It’s really only because for my 2nd job I have to wear a skirt suit.. Years ago I started working out my legs to try to build more muscle, but I was impatient. I do want to work at it again.
I also found a website that is awesome for calf fitting boots because regular stores don’t sell boots with skinny legs in mind. The only thing is, it’s a UK site, so pounds to dollars is a bit expensive. If you don’t mind spending the dough, check it out! I shop this site every Christmas for myself! http://www.duoboots.com
I’ve read everyone’s comments and I have to say I know what each and everyone of you are going throug. I’m 43 years old and ever since I was a pre-teen I have been teased and taunted about my legs. I’ve never worn shorts (unless I’m at home by myself), short skirts, leggins or skinny jeans because when I look in the mirror I see nothing but sticks. I love every other part of my body, but when it comes my legs…YUCK. I have friends who has great looking legs and wish why couldn’t that be me. I have two older sisters who never had a problem because they had great healthy looking legs. I hear comments on a daily basis about how skinny I am and it does make me angry. I don’t talk about people (big or small) so what gives them the right to be so open about my appearance. Do they not think skinny people have feelings? I’m trying to do the squats, lunges, calf raises and ankle exercises. I see some results in my thighs, but my legs are still horribly small with no definition. It looks as if the inside part of my lower leg is missing due to no calf muscles. BTW…I love the website Nicole added to her comment. Thanks!
Hi LaTeena, I’m so sorry that you are having to go through so much with people teasing you about your size and the size and shape of your legs. There are a lot of jerks that thinks it is just fine to say anything they want to to a person no matter how much it hurts their feelings. Some people don’t mean any harm with their teasing but they go way too far. If your friends are teasing you, you might try talking to them and tell them what they are saying is really bothering you and ask them to stop. If they are true friends they will understand and stop the teasing. Unfortunately it will make some people worse if you try to talk to them. If somebody says something you don’t like or calls you something other than your name don’t respond to them, just pretend they are not there. I want you to think about something, when somebody makes fun of you that is the same thing as them making fun of God and his work. God gave every one of us our bodies and he does not make mistakes, he has never gave anybody something that is ugly. Your legs are NOT ugly, so you need to stop hating them. If I was in your place I would wear shorts anytime I wanted to, I would not care one way or the other what other people thinks, especially total strangers. You have got the right to enjoy shorts no matter what the size or shape your legs are. When I was a kid and teenager I would not get caught dead in shorts because I did not want people making fun of my skinny legs. When I got in my mid 20s I decided that I was tired of living like that. I started wearing shorts, I did not care if anybody liked it or not. I decided that nobody was going to run my life, I was not giving in to nobody. If you decide you can’t do that I understand. To develop your leg muscles you need to work them against resistance. When doing squats and calf raises try holding a heavy weight in your hand. A weight bench with leg attachments will allow you to do leg exercises that might help. I hope I have told you something that will help. Good luck to you.
i’m not understanding this whole bit about NOT wearing skinny jeans/pants if you have toothpick legs. i am 27, 5″4 and 98 pounds— a hopeless a string bean with knobby knees…and when i wear anything too big is when i look the most ridiculous. in fact, i’m desperate to find some wear to work pants that don’t look like two potato sacks hanging off my waist…if anyone has any suggestions…i’m all ears!
mackanoodles: I know what u mean…try getting some specially made for you, with all your measurements taken into consideration…plus you know they’ll be perfect!
Thanks everyone and I do understand what you’re saying. There are days when I wear what I feel comfortable in. Unfortunately, it’s not the shorts or mini skirts, but I do where items that make me feel sexy and good about myself. It’s just thoes few days when it seems everyone decides to comment on how you look and your size that usually get me down. I usually tell them “if God wanted me to be big…he would have made me that way”. That shuts them up (sometimes). I’ve been doing the legs exercises and even though I don’t see much improvement, it does make me feel good about myself and I’m stepping out of my comfort zone one day at a time.
I am naturally skinny and tall. I too have a skinny leg complex, in fact since I was small I was told by almost everyone I know about my skinny legs, arms and made fun of in school .I too suffered on hot days. I am from the Caribbean and lived there up until two years ago. I now live in Brasil and only recently (last month) I wore a dress which stopped a little above my knees, IN PUBLIC. I was so self conscious. Thanks to advice from my big sister, who lives in NY, I got the courage to go out and expose my legs. I am not saying that some people did not comment on how skinny my legs looked but I realised, some did it out of envy or just to be plain mean, because most of the comments were not even in the least bit educated. I do have hangups still with my legs but I am the way I am, who doesnt like it…CAN CLOSE THEIR EYES!!!