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Indigo waistband tailored trousers with belt loops

Tailored trousers must be the most flattering, practical and stylish thing to wear to work. They eliminate the need to sit carefully and ladylike and are much warmer in the winter than skirts. But best of all they cover up your legs and skim rather than cling creating a streamlined and slim fitting (at the top) silhouette. When you are wearing tailored trousers, there is no need to wear tights so it just makes getting dressed in the morning quicker and easier. You also don’t have to worry about laddering your tights.

But in order for tailored trousers to look great, they need to be well fitting. It can be a bit of a chore to find a pair of trousers with a great fit but when you do, it will have been well worth the wait. Here are just a few tips on how to get a great fit.

• Around the waist the trousers should be comfortable and the waistband should sit neatly against your waist. When buying mail order, use a tape measure to measure around the narrowest part of your torso. Do not pull it too tight, it should sit comfortably around your waist the same way as a perfectly fitting pair of trousers would.
• Around the hips and thighs the fabric should drape allowing the trousers to hang straight down. It should not be pulled, puckered or strained. Crease lines across the front of the thighs indicate that the trousers are too tight in this area. You should get a size bigger and alter the waist to make it smaller if needs be.
• The height of the waistband should be in the right place which for most people will be just above the navel. This is by far the most flattering height or those with a round belly as too low will show off this area and too high will draw attention to it.
• The rise length is another consideration for the fit of your trousers. The rise is the area between the crotch and the waistband. Too short and the waistband will be forced to sit uncomfortably low, too long and the crotch will hang down too low making you look strange.
• The leg length of any trousers should just be just above the floor. In order to work out where this will be, you will need to decode on which shoes you are going to be wearing.
• The fit of the trousers can also be affected by side pockets and whether the front has pleats which can add volume and make your stomach look bigger. A wider waist band also usually works best as it helps to flatten the stomach.

When looking for a pair of new trousers, the only way that you can be sure that they fit well is by tryingthem on. Try them on in the comfort of your home where you can try on shoes and walk and sit in them to make sure that they fit perfectly. If there is one area like that is not quite right but they fit in all other areas, getting them altered may be the best option.