What Pant Rise Should I Be Wearing?
Hey Reddit! I’m having some trouble as I revamp my wardrobe, specifically around what rises I should be picking for my pants.
My torso is a bit weird. My belly button, and my natural waist by extension, sit a lot lower on my torso than you might expect. As a result, if I try to wear pants that sit right on that line, they’ll tend to shimmy downward as I go about my day even with a belt on, so they’ll wind up resting where you see my pants resting under my belly in the pics.
I understand the advice that men with a bit of stomach should wear high rise pants to hide that contour, but they just never sit quite right. I do have a pair of very high rise fatigues from Bronson, and even those tend to slip down as I wear them. I'd have to tighten the belt to a point where I can't even sit down comfortably to get them to stay.
This all leads me to the question: Do I just accept that my pants will sit under the belly because of how my stomach/hips are configured, or is there some secret to high rise pants I'm not understanding?
As an aside, just to preempt it: please refrain from all the “exercise more” and “lose weight” comments. Guys, I know. We all know. Nobody who makes a post like this looks in the mirror and says “I wonder if I’d look better if I was skinnier?” I’m already dieting and working with a personal trainer, I promise I get it, but that doesn’t solve the issue of how I should wear pants today unless you know a magical method by which I could lose 40lbs overnight. I apologize if this sounds confrontational, I once posted a fit pick to the normal men's fashion subreddit and go dogged on by gym bros.