I was standing in a checkout queue today and there was a woman and her teenage daughter in front of me. I found myself looking at her bum (the mother's that is). Come on don't tell me you never look at bums! Bums, female bums in particular, can be a thing of beauty regardless of size. I am a people watcher of many years experience and I don't just see bums as they look, I see potential and failed potential in how people dress them.
I have come to the conclusion that stretch material for pants, slacks, shorts or jeans must be stamped out. As an expert in this field I can say with complete confidence that unless you have a good round firm butt, stretch pants will flatten it completely. I myself have a fair bit in buttock department and its is rounded nicely. In a good pair of pants it looks .......... well, pretty damn fine :-) I have received comments to that affect. I do however have a problem finding pants that's fit well as I have a very small waist in contrast to it. I saw a label on some pants in a shop that said they where specially made to flatter the ..... shall we say less than perfect derrière. I pictured them fitting my bottom and giving it just the little lift it needs, I am past the 50 mark after all.
No such luck. They were made of stretch material and all they did was give me a unibum, same as the woman mentioned at the beginning of my post. BAD look. Surely you understand what a unibum is? It's a bum with ........ well, no crack really. That is the secret of a nice toosh, the peach look. Just a little hint of lift and separation. A little tuck between and under. It gives definition and frames the seat beautifully.
I have a friend with a teeny tiny butt and it is also quite flat. I have another who is on the weighty side. Both, like me, look so much better with something that fits around rather than squish the cheeks flat. Come on designers! Do you not get it! Tighter is not always better and this is more true with the bits that sag over time. Just a light touch will do. Like the peach, the female bum does not do well with too much pressure. Please treat them gently.
