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Fern,
I often wear silky slacks and a long (over the hips) sparkly blouse for formal nights. I've never felt out of place.
Perhaps, but standards do vary from one cruise line to another.
In any case, the fact that you don't feel out of place wearing such an outfit does not mean that you are not out of place. In any case, a long silk or velour skirt probably would be more appropriate than slacks.
Many women of "girth" are more comfortable in outfits like this.
Then they obviously have not seen how they look from the back, or even from the side. Pants tend to emphasize bulges in the wrong places whereas skirts really do deemphasize them.
And you shouldn't be looking at my "girth" anyway !
If you don't want other passengers to notice your girth, don't wear clothes that emphasize -- and thus draw their attention to -- it. Most people are polite enough not to say anything to your face, but the absence of comment rarely means that they don't notice.
Norm.
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Norm, I'm talking about tops that cover the bulges! You'll never see me in
any tops that stop at the waist or even the hips. Mine go down to my knees! (Easy for me, as I'm short!) And you'd have to really be "studying me" to see that I have on slacks and not a skirt.
(I've just had the thought that maybe you just don't like the idea of women wearing slacks?)
I don't expect anyone to say anything about how I look. (How
rude would that be!) I try to look my best and I must say that I've seen women much larger who look ridiculous in clothes that are too small! I'd rather see someone in something that fits than someone who is trying to look smaller than they are!
Oh no, LisaK, this thread must
never be put to rest! It
is "much ado about nothing", but it's fun
!