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Permalink Reply by cela hyatt on July 22, 2012 at 6:46am

Cigarette pants are meant to be fairly tight, though straight as oppossed to tapered like modern "skinny" jeans.  So they should be tight in the thigh, but not super tight around the calf or the ankle.  You can post a picture to gauge fit better :) Usually pants look better NOT skin tight any way, just because then you can avoid the dreaded muffin top.  I find that since I've been losing weight, I I wait until my pants are completely falling off before going down in size...I dont want to look like I'm squeezing into a sausage casing ;)

I have no idea why they are named that! did people in the past tie bows around their cats necks like that? Who knows! Maybe they were just brainstorming for names, "its a bow, that women wear, on a shirt...hmmm", "I know lets call it a pussy bow!", "Great idea, women will love that, women like cats!".  This is the conversation I imagine happened :)

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Permalink Reply by Desilu on July 22, 2012 at 7:45am

of course it is, with cigarettes lit, smoke filled in the room, and shirtsleeves rolled up. yep, can see it coming in an ep of mad men soon. lol...

i do the same thing with my pants - i literally am at the point where if a belt won't fix it, they either go to the tailor's or they get donated. muffin top /=/ PUG!!!

hopefully the pics i posted can give you a better idea of what i'm working with... thanks for the help!

um, ok... that was a weird posting place. anyways, ^ is the front of them. Here's the back: (keep in mind that I'm contortioning so I can shoot the pic in the mirror, so where there's pull, there in reality is no pull).

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