Recommendations for Trousers

Be careful of H&M trousers..the front rise is short and they cut into you when you sit down. I'm a standard size so can't buy bigger size because they're too big on the hip.
Can't bear tights so I wear trousers all through winter.

i wear black trousers when i go out teamed with various coloured tops.
i bought my trousers from evans and they wash very well. i hang them on a hangar to dry and they don't need ironing.
a while back they appeared to be more brown than black so i bought a black dye and dyed them in the washing machine - perfect.
when it comes time to replace them - i've had them for over 10 years - i'll get some more from evans' website as they suit me perfectly.

I live in denim or cord skirt, jeans or cord trousers and have a wool and a linen skirt and jacket for 'best'. Jersey maxi skirt for living it up
Unlike many GNetters I don't like wearing trousers to funerals, so my best are of rather sombre hues and I have no dressy trousers.

I live in trousers as I too hate wearing tights. I think it is perfectly accepted to wear trousers at a dressy do as long as they are smart and coupled with a nice top.
However, this year I decided to ring the changes at Christmas and I bought a black maxi skirt from M&Co. I was really pleased with how it looked ( despite having to wear the dreaded tights).
They have a good selection if you’re interested.

I mostly buy M&S trousers as they are a perfect fit. However, Toast are good , but expensive and I quite like Seasalt. But I do wear dress often. I have five at the moment. 2 Toast, 2 Seasalt and 1 Gudrun Sjorden.
Easy to his own I say. If you like dresses wear them.

Ooh sorry petra I had a size 14 about 5 days ago. Always a popular size, 12 too, and they go fast.

TillyTrotter

I saw Monsoon copper-coloured velvet trousers in the sale and bought them.
They’re lovely.
Stretchy back of waist, flat fly front, straight legs not too wide.
and will pair well with 2 cream ‘evening’ tops I’ve already got.
Always find velour and velvet trousers so comfy to wear.

Lovely. Just my style, copper and velvet.
But 😥 they only have size 10. I’m 12/14. Bugger.

I wear trousers and dresses (not at the same time) and for a lunch such as you describe, I would just wear an outfit that I thought was the right level of smartness for the event, regardless of what others wore.

I saw Monsoon copper-coloured velvet trousers in the sale and bought them.
They’re lovely.
Stretchy back of waist, flat fly front, straight legs not too wide.
and will pair well with 2 cream ‘evening’ tops I’ve already got.
Always find velour and velvet trousers so comfy to wear.

petra

GoodAfternoonTea
Are you saying that you’ve never bought a pair of trousers🤷‍♀️

Hi. No, I wear trousers quite a lot but they are all jeans. I tend to wear a dress for ladies wot lunch but noticed at Christmas that I was the only one on ten who was wearing a dress. They all looked lovely so I wondered what other people did to wear nice trousers.

I wear both dresses and trousers/leggings, but almost never skirts. Dresses have the advantage of not having to be matched with a top half, and are cool in summer. Trousers are usually warmer, and as I knit a lot I have a million jumpers, so am never short of something to wear with them. I wear them in spring, autumn and winter.

I like LauRie for both jeans and slightly dressier trousers, and have several velvet pairs from different brands (probably all bought in sales) for dressing up.

I've bought some really warm ones from Uniqlo. There are shops in some big cities, but I had to get mine online. They also do extra warm stuff, Heat-tech, and it's fashionable.

Yes, go for whatever you want, when you want and where you want, anything goes!!

Your go to choice should be whatever you feel comfortable in.

I wear trousers more in Winter when it's cold but live in skirts and dresses in the Summer. Most of my trousers are M&S purely because they provide a longer leg length than most shops.

Yes, my go to choice.

I wear black or navy jeans, skinny of slim cut. Zara do nice jeans.

I mostly wear trousers, and have ordinary pull on elasticated waist black and grey trousers for wearing at home, but I find that Seasalt have some good trousers, needless to say I only buy them in the sales, but actually I have now found a way that suits me. I am only 5ft 6ins so quite often their "cropped" size suit me well and dont have to do any altering. What I have done recently is that my rather good linen trousers from them, in different colours, rust, yellow, blue, I wear and look quite summery. But the secret is that at the moment I am wearing my polar very thin undertrousers from Mountain Warehouse , which I bought for my trip to the artic. So they are very thin and fine, dont restrict my movements at all and the summer trousers go over them. I find them very comfortable - wear wide leg trousers as they are easier to get on and off with my back problems - and it is quite cheering to wear colours instead of boring dark or black trousers, so they are my solution. Have never been keen on jeans as they are too figure hugging and have always thought them too cold to wear. As a singer, I also have a couple of velvet black wide legged trousers, which have been very acceptable for singing in choirs etc, as you are actually safer in black trousers rather than a skirt, when you have to get up onto rather perilous seating on stages or into choir stalls. Long johns definitely needed for churchs in the winter especially!

GoodAfternoonTea
Are you saying that you’ve never bought a pair of trousers🤷‍♀️

I haven't worn dresses or skirts since I retired almost 20 years ago. I wear pull on indigo jeans from Cotton Traders just about every day except when it is hot when I go for cropped. I reserve an almost new pair of the jeans for smarter occasions, pairing them with a pretty top. Day to day I have tops of varied weights, so today I have on a Joules fleece top with zipped neck and side zips for easy access to the phone in my jeans pocket.
I go for comfort all the way these days!

Cossy

I live and in trousers, I did wear two dresses this on the Queen Mary for the “posh” evenings, but only because I couldn’t find any proper posh trousers, so thank you for your published choices, I’ll be checking them out

I have a pair of black velvet trousers for 'posh' evenings.

kittylester

I wear trousers all the time. Sometimes jeans but mostly straight leg jersey either from Lands End or M&S.

Jersey doesn't need ironing- mostly - and looks good all the time imo.

I wear those, warm and easy to wear. No zip, either, which can sometimes add a bulge where it's not needed.
The concealed zip in the side of trousers is less conspicuous but difficult to do up these days.

keepingquiet

I have just started going back to dresses after years of trousers only.

What I want to know is what has happened to all the skirts?

Skirts are definitely harder to find especially if you want knee length so many are midi length and at just 5' 2 they do me no favours unless I am wearing heels.
I usually manage to get some from Crew clothing White Stuff or Fatface.

Many years ago, I only bought from M&S, but over the years, the quality has deteriorated, and they have become very thin. I have bought Bon Marche in sales, excellent bargains.

I doubt if I will have to buy any clothes again, as I have more than sufficient.

Keepingquiet so do I. Having a thick waist and small hips skirts suit me much better.

I have just started going back to dresses after years of trousers only.

What I want to know is what has happened to all the skirts?

Hobbs are good for dressy trousers.
Otherwise I find that Marks and Spencer carry an excellent range of trousers to suit every body shape, leg length and purse.